Kewley v. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

In 2009 the plaintiff, Barbara Kewley, brought suit in Superior Court against three governmental defendants: the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE); the Board of Registration in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (board); and the Wachusett Regional School Committee (school committee) (collectively, defendants). She sought a judgment declaring her eligibility to practice speech and language therapy in public schools under the authority of her licensure from the DESE and without licensure from the board, and an affirmative injunction compelling the school committee to…