North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech & Language Pathologists & Audiologists v. North Carolina State Board of Education

SMITH, Judge.

This appeal is from a grant of summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action instituted by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists (“Examiners” or “Board of Examiners”). The trial court granted summary judgment for defendants, the North Carolina Board of Education, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), and individuals employed in public schools as speech pathologists. By its declaratory judgment petition, Examiners seek construction of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-294(c)(4) (1993), which concerns exemptions from the licensing…