Amendment H-1041 to HF 597

Filed March 2, 2023 in the House by

What it changes

1. Page 2, by striking lines 11 through 33 and inserting: “
2. a. Beginning July 1, 2006, each school district shall have a qualified teacher librarian who shall be licensed by the board of educational examiners under chapter 272 . Each school district shall establish a kindergarten through grade twelve library program that is consistent with the educational standards established in this section, contains only age-appropriate materials, and supports the student achievement goals of the total school curriculum. The qualified teacher librarian, working with students, teachers, support staff, and administrators, shall direct the library program and provide services and instruction in support of the curricular goals of each attendance center. The qualified teacher librarian shall be a member of the attendance center instructional team with special expertise in identifying resources and technologies to support teaching and learning. The qualified teacher librarian and classroom teachers shall collaborate to develop, teach, and evaluate attendance center curricular goals with an emphasis on all of the following: (1) Promoting inquiry and critical thinking. (2) Providing information literacy learning experiences to help students access, evaluate, use, create, and communicate information. (3) Enhancing learning and teaching through technology. (4) Promoting literacy through reader guidance and activities that develop capable and independent readers. b. The library programs established pursuant to paragraph “a” shall be regularly reviewed and revised and shall be designed to meet all of the following goals: (1) To provide for methods to improve library collections to meet student and staff needs. (2) To make connections with parents and the community. (3) To support the school district’s school improvement plan. (4) To provide access to or support for professional development for the qualified teacher librarian. (5) To provide current technology and electronic resources to ensure that students become skillful and discriminating users of information. (6) To include a current and diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction materials in a variety of formats to support student and curricular needs. (7) To include a plan for annually updating and replacing library materials, supports, and equipment. c. The board of directors of each school district shall adopt policies to address selection and reconsideration of school library materials, confidentiality of student library records, and legal and ethical use of information resources, including plagiarism and intellectual property rights. d. The state board shall establish in rule a definition of and standards for an articulated sequential kindergarten through grade twelve media program. e. A school district that entered into a contract with an individual for employment as a media specialist or librarian prior to June 1, 2006, shall be considered to be in compliance with this subsection until June 30, 2011, if the individual is making annual progress toward meeting the requirements for a teacher librarian endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 272 . A school district that entered into a contract with an individual for employment as a media specialist or librarian who holds at least a master’s degree in library and information studies shall be considered to be in compliance with this subsection until the individual leaves the employ of the school district.”

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book