Supervision as a requirement for a license assures at a minimum that the individual has demonstrated competency in important areas such as ethics, assessment, understanding of key psychological principles and the developmental needs of the population being served. Typically in a school system, especially a rural school system, there are no other licensed school psychologists, licensed clinical psychologists or other licensed mental health professionals to learn from or provide any type clinical supervision or even clinical peer consultation. Supervision is typically Administrative Supervision in these school systems and are not clinical. Years of employment in any job does  mean the individual received the typical clinical benefits and understanding unique to clinical supervision. School Psychologists do have a  certification/licensing process by the State Board of Education, but it only assures that the individual has taken specific educational classes and a graduate level internship. I have 20 years of experience in working with three school systems in providing mental health intervention. Being a licensed mental health professional in the school system requires understanding of the complex mental health symptoms and/or behavioral symptoms of students of all age groups. It is my opinion that the current requirement of clinical supervision hours should remain post-graduate to fully concentrate and complete the professional process to prepare the licensed school psychologist to provide minimal competent services to the youth, their families and advice giving to the school administration.  This license should not be considered in any manner as a qualification for independent practice.