SB 2348: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads to a library information specialist endorsement; establishes certain staffing requirements for libraries in public schools that serve students in any combination of grades nine through 12 based on current student enrollment; requires a public school that serves any of the grades nine through 12 to employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a library information specialist if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.

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SB 2348 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads to a library information specialist endorsement; establishes certain staffing requirements for libraries in public schools that serve students in any combination of grades nine through 12 based on current student enrollment; requires a public school that serves any of the grades nine through 12 to employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a library information specialist if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49. Primary sponsor: Bo Watson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 4, 2026): Pub. Ch. 864.

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