Re: Charter Schools & School Libraries

[Neva Voelkert <Neva_Voelkert@ABSS.K12.NC.US>]

Here is the draft of which I was speaking --
Resolution of the North Carolina Library Association
DRAFT, DRAFT, DRAFT --

Whereas the North Carolina General Assembly has enacted a law (d115C-238.29)
permitting private non-profit corporations to operate publicly-funded charter
schools; and

Whereas the Act encourages each charter school to provide an individual and
separate curriculum, and

Whereas the Act provides no requirement for in-school library service or
instruction; and

Whereas the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools requires library
services and trained librarians for all K-12 schools seeking accreditation; and

Whereas experience has shown the importance and relevance of providing school
children with in-house school libraries with trained librarians; and

Whereas public libraries do provide services for everybody but cannot tailor
their materials and instruction to any one school or curriculum; and

Whereas public libraries cannot provide materials and instruction for all local
individual schools and curriculums; and

Whereas college libraries cannot provide materials and instruction for
curriculums not supported by their parent institution; and

Now therefore be it resolved that the North Carolina Library Association
recommends that the General Assembly require charter schools to provide
in-school library services and instruction or otherwise provide for library
services and instruction; and

Be it resolved that the Department of Public Instruction be authorized to
require said charter schools to include in their reports on-going plans,
schedules or information about the staffing and library and media services they
provide or plan to provide; and

Be it resolved that the members of the North Carolina Library Association
contact their legislators to inform them of the ramifications of the Act for
the residents of the State.

Neva D. Voelkert
Library Media Specialist
Broadview Middle School
Burlington, NC
neva_voelkert@abss.k12.nc.us

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