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Board discusses formation and membership rules for School Library Advisory Council (SLAC)
Summary
Trustees reviewed a proposed resolution and local policy to create a School Library Advisory Council under SB 13; the board directed staff to draft a resolution specifying 14 members (seven voting parents and seven nonvoting members) and to return with policy language for a second reading.
Trustees at the Oct. 21 meeting discussed a proposed resolution and draft local policy (EFB Local) to establish a Local School Library Advisory Council (SLAC) in response to guidance from the Texas Association of School Boards and SB 13.
Staff and board legal advisors reviewed statutory requirements, including that voting members of a SLAC must be parents of students enrolled in the district and not district employees. Trustees debated membership size and…
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