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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 864

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 2348

                                                             By Watson

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2423

                                             By Greg Martin, Crawford, Howell

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to librarians.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

                    (a) The state board of education, in consultation with the department of education,
          shall qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads
          to a library information specialist endorsement.

                    (b) A public school that serves any combination of grades nine through twelve (9-12):

                              (1) With a current student enrollment between seven hundred fifty (750)
                    students and one thousand five hundred (1,500) students, both inclusive, must, at a
                    minimum, employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a
                    library information specialist; or

                              (2) With a current student enrollment of fewer than seven hundred fifty (750)
                    students must, at a minimum, employ a part-time library information specialist with an
                    endorsement as a library information specialist, or designate a teacher to serve as a
                    library information coordinator. If the library is open during regular school hours and a
                    library information specialist is not present, then a teacher or other staff member must
                    be assigned to supervise students in the library.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2348

PASSED:  April 14, 2026

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this ;:).]t:4 day of /\pr,rl               2026

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                        BILL LEE, GOVERNOR