School Issues/SLP-Assistant Task Force

In 2018, Vermont passed Act 173, “an act related to enhancing the effectiveness, availability and equity of services provided to students who require additional support” (VT AoE website). You can access information about the implementation of Act 173 on Vermont’s Agency of Education website.

In July 2013, the Vermont Speech-Language Hearing Association (VSHA) submitted an Application for Preliminary Review on Speech-Language Pathology Assistants to the Vermont Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) proposing to regulate Speech Language Pathologist’s Assistants in Vermont.  Click here for the SLPA regulation fact sheet.

Click here to see the OPR application and the preliminary legislation.   

The Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant (SLPA) Task Force report details the use, scope of work and supervision of SLPAs in Vermont. Report of SLPA Task Force -  October 2008

Click here for Vermont Department of Education - VT and Federal Special Education Laws and Requirements. Click here to access VT’s special education rules.