House Bill 168, filed by Representative Josh Carlson (R-Lafayette), would change the requirements for anyone seeking the job of library director at a Louisiana public library. The proposed law changes the requirement that library director candidates have MLIS (Master's of Library Science) degrees, and instead states that directors can have ANY graduate degree. 

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HB 168 was voluntarily withdrawn from the House Municipal Committee due to the bill author's lack of any evidence that there is a shortage of applicants for director positions in Louisiana, and the fact that this issue is local to Lafayette, and not in need of statewide remedy.

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NOW, Rep. Carlson has had HB 168 moved to another committee- the House Education committee, where he hopes to have it heard again, in an attempt to have the bill reported favorably to the full House for a vote.

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