Sec. 3. Purpose
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The purpose of this Act is to increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies to— support all students who are at risk of negative educational outcomes; improve student achievement, which may be measured by growth in academic achievement on tests required by the applicable State educational agency, persistence rates, graduation rates, and other appropriate measures; increase and improve outreach and collaboration among school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other qualified psychologists, and parents and families served by low-income local educational agencies; increase and improve collaboration among teachers, principals, school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other qualified psychologists and improve professional development opportunities for teachers and principals in the area of strategies related to improving classroom climate and classroom management; and improve working conditions for all school personnel.