(1) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH 
QUALITY 
TEACHERS 
AND 
PRIN-
CIPALS’’ and inserting ‘‘HIGH QUALITY 
TEACHERS, SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA 
SPECIALISTS, AND PRINCIPALS’’; and 
(2) in the part heading, by striking ‘‘TEACHER 
AND
PRINCIPAL’’ and inserting ‘‘TEACHER, 
SCHOOL
LIBRARY
MEDIA
SPECIALIST, AND 
PRINCIPAL’’. 
SEC. 202. PURPOSE. 
Section 2101(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601(1)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) increase student academic achievement 
through strategies such as— 
‘‘(A) improving teacher, school library 
media specialist, and principal quality; and 
‘‘(B) increasing the number of highly 
qualified teachers in the classroom, highly 
qualified school library media specialists in the 
library, and highly qualified principals and as-
sistant principals in schools; and’’. 
SEC. 203. STATE APPLICATIONS. 
Section 2112(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6612(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, school li-
brary media specialists,’’ before ‘‘and principals’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, school li-
brary media specialist,’’ before ‘‘and paraprofes-
sional’’. 
SEC. 204. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 2113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6613(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘highly qualified school library 
media specialists,’’ before ‘‘principals’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
highly qualified school library media special-
ists,’’ before ‘‘and principals’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘teachers and 
principals’’ each place the term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘teachers, school library media specialists, and 
principals’’. 
SEC. 205. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 
Section 2123(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6623(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: 
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‘‘(9)(A) Developing and implementing strategies 
to assist in recruiting and retaining highly qualified 
school library media specialists. 
‘‘(B) Providing appropriate professional devel-
opment for such specialists, particularly related to 
skills necessary to assist students to improve the 
students’ academic achievement, including skills re-
lated to information literacy.’’. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(23)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(VII), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) when used with respect to a school li-
brary media specialist employed in an elemen-
tary school or secondary school in a State, 
means that the school library media specialist— 
‘‘(i) holds at least a bachelor’s degree; 
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‘‘(ii) has obtained full State certifi-
cation as a school library media specialist 
or passed the State teacher licensing exam-
ination, with State certification in library 
media, in such State, except that when 
used with respect to any school library 
media specialist teaching in a public char-
ter school, the term means that the school 
library media specialist meets the require-
ments set forth in the State’s public char-
ter school law; and 
‘‘(iii) has not had certification or li-
censure requirements waived on an emer-
gency, temporary, or provisional basis.’’. 
SEC. 302. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 1119 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1119. Qualifications for teachers, paraprofessionals, and school library 
media specialists.’’; 
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