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Volunteers in the Library:

California Education Code Section 35021 Utilization of Volunteers

(b) No district may abolish any of its classified positions and utilize volunteer aides, as authorized herein, in lieu of classified employees who are laid off as a result of the abolition of a position. A district shall not refuse to employ a person in a vacant classified position and use volunteer aides in lieu of filling the classified position.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to permit school districts to use volunteer aides to enhance its educational program but not to permit displacement of classified employees nor to allow districts to utilize volunteers in lieu of normal employee requirements.

Ed Code Requirement for Teacher Librarians:

**N. SCHOOL LIBRARIAN/LIBRARY MEDIA TEACHER SERVICES** EC §44868 states that no person may provide library media teacher services in any elementary or secondary school unless he/she holds a valid credential of proper grade authorizing library media teacher services. The authorization statement in Title 5 §80053(b) provides a comprehensive statement of the duties of a librarian. It states that the holder of a Library Media Teacher Services Credential may:

1) instruct pupils in the choice and use of library materials; 2) plan and coordinate school library programs with the instructional programs of a  school district; 3) select materials for school and district libraries; 4) coordinate or supervise library programs at the school site, district or county level; 5) plan and conduct a course of instruction for those pupils who assist in the operation of school libraries ;  6) supervise classified personnel assigned school library duties; and 7) develop procedures for and management of the school site and district libraries.

Non-Credentialed Library Staff: CTC recognizes the appropriate inclusion of noncredentialed staff to assist in the delivery of library services. Employing agencies may use non-credentialed individuals to assist in the provision of library services, provided that the employment of non-credentialed personnel (technicians, pupil or parent volunteers, classified employees, etc.) is not intended to supersede the requirement to  include holders of the Library Media Teacher Services Credential or other credentials authorizing library service in the coordination and implementation of public school library programs.

Services provided by non-credentialed personnel shall not include those activities requiring possession of a valid Library Media Teacher Services Credential, as specified in Title 5 §80053(b). Also, holders of credentials authorizing administrative services are not authorized to perform library media duties unless they hold the additional authorization.

While a certificated school librarian must perform these professional services, it is not necessary to have a certificated librarian assigned full-time to each school library. CTC acknowledges the financial burden of operating library services at all or most of the schools in a school district or county. CTC encourages school districts and county offices of education with limited resources to organize library programs in which circulating credentialed school librarians perform the necessary professional functions, while noncertificated personnel engage in such day-to-day operations as shelving books, filing, checking-in and out of materials, etc.

Posted to CALIBK12 by Susan Adamich, Teacher Librarian
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