Here's the hit--thank you to everyone that responded. I did NOT use more than one
response from each state.
The original post...
With budgets being cut all over the country, I'd like to target which states
have staffing ratios mandated by state law or state education department
regulations, and what those ratios are--if you know.
MN--no longer any mandates.
1 librarian mandated per 1000 students for New York state middle and high school
students.
Here in Massachusetts we have recommendations but no mandates. The only
reason my job is safe at the high school is because NEASC, our
accrediting body, requires one fulltime library media specialist to
maintain accreditation.
Massachusetts School Library Association is working with the DOE to get some
teeth into the printed State Standards. Our standard says 1 librarian and 1
full-time aide for every 500 students. It was 1 librarian for every 800
students but was changed to reflect in increasing demands on librarians.
These are standards but are not enforced by the DOE.
Oklahoma has definite guidelines in Accreditation Standard VII. Here is the link:
http://title3.sde.state.ok.us/library/Standardvii.pdf
Here is the link to Maryland's standards, staffing is one of the things mandated,
as is collection size and facilities.
http://www.mdk12.org/share/standards/statemed.pdf
Alaska has no mandated requirements.
Thank heavens ours in Montana are some of the strongest in country. Part-time
req. under 250 kids, 250 to 500 1 full time, 500 to 1000 is 1.5, over 1000 is
2. That is at every level k-12.
We have recommendations, no mandates in Missouri
You can look at this for Tennessee, but I can tell you that some of these
"requirements" go unmet every day. There's not much teeth in this. And
especially in small schools, the "librarian" is often a teacher who wants
out of the classroom.
http://www.discoveret.org/tasl/tnstatereq_slmc.htm
North Dakota has staffing ratios mandated by DPI. In order to remain
accredited, a school must provide a library media specialist, unless the
total school population is less than twenty-five, in which case the school
must provide DPI with a library media services plan that designates what
access students have to library resources and services. Credential
requirements are based on the size school that is being served.
I hope this is what you were needing.
Rule 10 mandates 1/5th time elementary school librarians in Nebraska.
Middle school and high schools are required to have 1/2 time librarians.
My position was cut to 1/2 time two years ago...after 30 years of being
fulltime. I serve two elementary schools. A fulltime librarian covers the
middle school and high school. We each have a fulltime aide.
I've been told by an administrator, but not seen in writing, the following info for
NJ.
Only Abbott schools MUST have a certified library media specialist in each
building, while all the other schools in NJ need to have, as a minimum, one
certified librarian PER DISTRICT.
Staffing ratios in Michigan are set by local district contract
Librarians are mandated only at the HS level in CT. Our regional accrediting body;
NEASC suggests one librarian for every thousand students but, I don't think the
state has a regulation for how many librarians you should have as long as you have
one. Still I know several large high schools that have 2 librarians. My library has
2. We have a student population of about 1600. The other HS in the district has
about 1400 kids and they have 2 librarians as well.
Here in Indiana, we don't have library staffing ratios mandated to us. It's up to
the school system and their prorities. (and budget.) We are only required by the
state to have a certified school librarian in the high schools. However, I believe
most middle schools have them as well.
(Rhode Island)There is talk of revising our state standards. The following
standards are considered state law now:
Elementary: no librarian required for schools with fewer than 100 students
1 1/2 days a week in schools with fewer than 250 students
1/2 time librarian in schools with 250 - 499 students
full-time librarian in schools with 500 - 999 students
Secondary: 1/2 time librarian in schools with fewer than 250 students
full-time librarian in schools with 250 - 499 students
full-time librarian plus a full-time clerk in schools with 500 - 999 stud
2 full-time librarians plus a full- time clerk in schools with over
1000 students
There shall be additional clerical assistance for enrollment beyond
1500 students
More details are on line at: http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/BEP/bep.html
So far as I can tell there is no state regulation requiring any libraries or
librarians in schools in Delaware - let alone any staffing levels.
Terry Bynum
Media Specialist
Stowe Elementary School
Duluth, Mn.
Terrance.Bynum@Duluth.k12.mn.us
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