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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to librarians employed by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.023 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.023. CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN. (a) A school district |
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with any district campus at which 500 or more students are enrolled |
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may employ for each elementary school in the district a librarian |
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certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator |
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Certification. A district may employ for every 500 elementary |
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school students enrolled in the district at least one librarian |
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certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator |
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Certification. |
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(b) To the extent practicable, a school district without any |
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district campus at which at least 500 students are enrolled shall |
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provide the services of a librarian to elementary school students |
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by: |
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(1) employing a part-time librarian certified under |
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the rules of the State Board for Educator Certification; |
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(2) employing a part-time teacher certified as a |
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librarian under the rules of the State Board for Educator |
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Certification; or |
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(3) entering into a shared services arrangement |
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agreement with one or more other school districts to share a |
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librarian certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator |
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Certification. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |