The intent of the school based card policy is for classrooms of students in our service area to have access to our resources. Teachers, librarians, school counselors, and college professors regularly provide resources to students and may be eligible for school-based cards. This policy will help them provide MLS resources to classrooms of students in our service area.

Procedures:

To establish eligibility, the customer will need to do one of the following:

• Request an original letter from the customer’s principal or dean on the school letterhead stating that the customer is currently & regularly teaching a classroom of students at that school.
• Have the school principle/administrator sign an affidavit (attached) on the school letterhead verifying that the applicant teaches students at a school in the MLS service area. (Note: Identification badges are inconsistently issued by the schools and are not typically updated each year. These must not be used as verification.)

Occupations such as private tutors, teachers’ assistants, short-term substitutes, principals, or assistant principals do not regularly teach a classroom of students and are not eligible for a school-based card.

Note: This type of card must be validated annually.