Sec. 6. Data collection and reporting on school libraries
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The Secretary of Education shall direct the National Center for Education Statistics to annually collect data on elementary school and secondary school libraries. The data collected annually under subsection
(a)shall include— the number and percentage of elementary schools and secondary schools in each State that have dedicated school library facilities located on the grounds of the school and the square footage of each such library facility; the number and percentage of schools counted under paragraph
(1)that employ at least one full-time State-certified school librarian; the number and types of physical collections or assets the school library has; the number and types of virtual collections or databases the school library has access to; the number and types of student use devices connected to high-speed internet; the amount of time certified school librarians spend planning with teachers and instructing students; the amount of time certified school librarians spend planning for and providing professional development for teachers; the number of additional library staff; and other pertinent information that the Secretary of Education determines is important in order to support effective school libraries. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress a report that includes the data collected under this section. In this section, the terms elementary school and secondary school have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.
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