Forty school districts or 69% of California's counties, responded to a mail questionnaire concerning the need for speech-language pathology personnel in California. About half of the school districts sampled did not need additional speech-language pathology personnel based on their estimate of the number of personnel required. However, when districts were asked to account for failure to provide needed services, only 35% of the districts felt that their needs were met. Forty-seven percent of the school districts sampled had emergency credentialed personnel on their speech-language pathology staffs. Lack of funds and lack of available qualified personnel were cited by administrators as primary reasons for unmet needs for speech-language pathologists. Data concerning the need for bilingual speech-language pathology personnel, turnover, methods of seeking personnel and problems in the delivery of speech/language services are presented.