The department of elementary and secondary education and the board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall accept American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) accredited continuing education units (CEU’s) completed by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) to fulfill continuing education requirements, in combination with or in lieu of college course credits. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association continuing education units will be reported in transcript from the ASHA Registry of Continuing Education to the office of teacher certification within the department of elementary and secondary education.