SLP‘s for public schools are hard to come by. Removing the bureaucratic red tape of requiring costly, ADDITIONAL credentialing by private corporate club would be a step in the right direction. SLPs exit grad schools and enter the workforce highly trained and strapped in school debt. Requiring private corporate club (ASHA) certification - on top of state licensure and education department requirements adds unnecessary financial burden that often drives SLPs away from schools and other potentially lower paying, understaffed, high-need human services settings. States can maintain their own high standard of education and continuing education requirements without the additional “lobbying group stamp of approval,” and their speech-language professionals and student/patient populations will be blessed for it.