defined in section 103 of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1003)) for at least 1,020 hours 
during a year.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred in tax-
able years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. MANDATORY FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES THAT MAINTAIN OR IN-
CREASE TEACHER SALARIES. 
Section 2003 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AU-
THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘FUNDING’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART A.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any 
funds not otherwise appropriated— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2022, $5,200,000,000 
to carry out part A; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2023 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year, the amount appropriated 
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under this paragraph for the preceding year, in-
creased by a percentage equal to the annual 
percentage increase in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers published by 
the Department of Labor for the most recent 
calendar year. 
‘‘(2) RESERVATION FOR TEACHER SALARY IN-
CENTIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCY.—The term ‘eligible local edu-
cational agency’ means a local educational 
agency that, for the preceding school year, 
maintained or increased the salary sched-
ule for all teachers employed by the local 
educational agency. 
‘‘(ii) TEACHER
SALARY
INCENTIVE 
RESERVATION.—The term ‘teacher salary 
incentive reservation’ means, for each fis-
cal year, the amount that is 20 percent of 
the amount by which the funds appro-
priated under paragraph (1) for the fiscal 
year exceeds $2,200,000,000. 
‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year 
for which the total amount appropriated under 
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paragraph (1) is greater than $2,200,000,000, 
the Secretary shall, after making any reserva-
tions under section 2101(a), reserve and use 
the teacher salary incentive reservation to 
award grants, based on allotments under sub-
paragraph (C), to eligible local educational 
agencies for purposes described in subpara-
graph (E). 
‘‘(C) ALLOTMENTS.—An allotment under 
this subparagraph for a fiscal year to an eligible 
local educational agency shall bear the same re-
lationship to the teacher salary incentive res-
ervation as the number of children counted 
under section 1124(c) who are served by the 
local educational agency bears to the total num-
ber of such children counted under such section 
served by all eligible local educational agencies 
that submitted an application under subpara-
graph (D). 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—An eligible local edu-
cational agency desiring an allotment under this 
paragraph shall submit to the Secretary an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. 
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‘‘(E) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational 
agency receiving an allotment under subpara-
graph (C) may use the allotment to carry out 
one or more of the following: 
‘‘(i) Comprehensive teacher or school 
leader preparation programs described sub-
section (d), (e), or (f) of section 202 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(ii) Support for teachers to earn cer-
tifications or credentials in high-need fields 
or advanced credentials, such as certifi-
cation or credentialing by the National 
Board for Professional Teaching Stand-
ards. 
‘‘(iii) Teacher leadership programs. 
‘‘(iv) Induction or mentoring pro-
grams for new teachers, principals, or 
other school leaders. 
‘‘(v) High-quality research-based pro-
fessional development. 
‘‘(vi) Other activities approved by the 
Secretary that— 
‘‘(I) promote and strengthen the 
teaching profession; 
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‘‘(II) attract, retain, and diver-
sify the educator workforce; or 
‘‘(III) advance the skills and effi-
cacy of the educator workforce. 
‘‘(F) SUPPLEMENT, NOT
SUPPLANT.—A 
local educational agency receiving an allotment 
under subparagraph (C) shall use the allotment 
to supplement, and not supplant, any State 
funds or efforts to raise teacher pay.’’. 
Æ 
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