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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill Requires Every Public School to Employ a Certified Professional Librarian
Last action · January 22, 2025: Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 22, 2025Sponsors: Joe Ciresi and 25 others
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What This Bill Would Do
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in professional employees, providing for professional librarian.
School districts across the Commonwealth must adjust staffing and operational budgets to recruit and retain state-certified library personnel.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public schools in Pennsylvania
Public schools must hire and employ at least one certified professional librarian to comply with the new statutory requirement.
Professional librarians
Certified librarians face increased employment demand across public schools in the Commonwealth.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does every public school need a librarian under this bill?
What qualifications must the librarian hold?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 22, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to EDUCATION, Jan. 22, 2025
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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