13 Tex. Admin. Code § 1.81 - [Effective until 9/1/2025] Quantitative Standards for Accreditation of Library

(a) The definition of "local fiscal year" is the fiscal year in which January 1 of that year falls.

(b) The following are the minimum requirements for membership in the state library system:

(1) A library serving a population of at least 500,001 persons must:

(A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $13.82 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $13.89 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $13.96 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $14.03 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 64 hours per week;

(E) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and

(F) employ twelve full-time equivalent professional librarians, with one additional full-time equivalent professional librarian for every 50,000 persons above 500,000.

(2) A library serving a population of 200,001 - 500,000 persons must:

(A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $11.95 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $12.01 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $12.07 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $12.13 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 64 hours per week;

(E) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and

(F) employ six full-time equivalent professional librarians, with one additional full-time equivalent professional librarian for every 50,000 persons above 200,000.

(3) A library serving a population of 100,001 - 200,000 persons must:

(A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $9.60 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $9.79 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $9.98 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $10.18 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 54 hours per week;

(E) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and

(F) employ four full-time equivalent professional librarians, with one additional full-time equivalent professional librarian for each 50,000 persons above 100,000.

(4) A library serving a population of 50,001 - 100,000 persons must:

(A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $8.00 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $8.16 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $8.32 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and at least $8.48 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 48 hours per week;

(E) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and

(F) employ at least two full-time equivalent professional librarians.

(5) A library serving a population of 25,001 - 50,000 persons must:

(A) have local expenditures of at least $5.31 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $5.42 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $5.52 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $5.63 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 40 hours per week;

(E) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and

(F) employ at least one full-time equivalent professional librarian.

(6) A library serving a population of 10,001 - 25,000 persons must:

(A) have local expenditures of at least $4.25 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $4.34 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $4.42 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $4.51 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials, provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 30 hours per week; and

(E) employ a library director for at least 30 hours per week in library duties.

(7) A library serving a population of 5,001 - 10,000 must:

(A) have local expenditures of at least $3.97 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $4.05 per capita in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $4.13 per capita in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $4.21 per capita in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 20 hours per week; and

(E) employ a library director for at least 20 hours per week in library duties.

(8) A library serving a population of 5,000 or fewer persons must:

(A) have local per capita expenditures or minimum total local expenditures, whichever is greater, of $3.70 per capita or $10,650 in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; $3.77 per capita or $15,000 total in local fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018; $3.85 per capita or $18,000 total in local fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021; and $3.92 per capita or $21,000 in local fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;

(B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 15% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials, provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held;

(C) have at least 1% of total items in collection published in the last five years;

(D) be open for service not less than 20 hours per week; and

(E) employ a library director for at least 20 hours per week in library duties.

Notes

13 Tex. Admin. Code § 1.81

The provisions of this §1.81 adopted to be effective September 1, 1977, 2 TexReg 1925; amended to be effective September 1, 1979, 4 TexReg 2675; amended to be effective May 1, 1981, 6 TexReg 1438; amended to be effective July 22, 1983, 8 TexReg 2607; amended to be effective June 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 4343; amended to be effective March 31, 2005, 30 TexReg 1765; amended to be effective September 2, 2007, 32 TexReg 5365; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 47, November 21, 2014, TexReg 9200, eff. 11/30/2014; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 34, August 23, 2024, TexReg 6443, eff. 8/29/2024