(a) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, which are available at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/index.html, are adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The Standards and Guidelines are based on the work and recommendations of an advisory committee formed to review and update the current Standards and Guidelines. (b) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas are applicable to local Texas school districts (Independent, consolidated, common, or municipal districts and charter schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency as provided by TEC Chapter 11 Subchapter D, Chapter 39). (c) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, describe six components for school library programs: Learner-Centered Teaching and Learning, Learner-Centered Program Leadership and Management, Learner-Centered Technology and Information Access, Learner-Centered Library Environment, Learner-Centered Connections to Community, and Learner-Centered Information Science and Librarianship. The Standards and Guidelines describe four levels of achievement, below standard, acceptable, recognized, and exemplary, for the goals within each component.

Source Note: The provisions of this §4.1 adopted to be effective June 14, 2004, 29 TexReg 5781; amended to be effective June 20, 2005, 30 TexReg 3578