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20 U.S.C. § 9123 — Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this part to develop a diverse workforce of librarians by—
(1) recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including by encouraging at the middle school, high school, and postsecondary levels students to pursue careers in library and information science;
(2) developing faculty and library leaders from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including by increasing the institutional capacity of graduate schools of library and information science; and
(3) enhancing the training and professional development of librarians and the library workforce to enable librarians and the library workforce to meet the needs of their communities, including those needs relating to education, lifelong learning, workforce development, economic and business development, health information, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, financial and other types of literacy skills, and new and emerging technology.
**(b) Activities** From the amounts provided under [section 9123(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director may enter into arrangements, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance, with libraries, library consortia and associations, institutions of higher education (as defined in [section 1001 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim)), and other entities that the Director determines appropriate, for projects that further the purpose of this part, such as projects that—
(1) increase the number of students enrolled in nationally accredited graduate library and info
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this part to develop a diverse workforce of librarians by—
(1) recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including by encouraging at the middle school, high school, and postsecondary levels students to pursue careers in library and information science;
(2) developing faculty and library leaders from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including by increasing the institutional capacity of graduate schools of library and information science; and
(3) enhancing the training and professional development of librarians and the library workforce to enable librarians and the library workforce to meet the needs of their communities, including those needs relating to education, lifelong learning, workforce development, economic and business development, health information, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, financial and other types of literacy skills, and new and emerging technology.
**(b) Activities** From the amounts provided under [section 9123(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director may enter into arrangements, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance, with libraries, library consortia and associations, institutions of higher education (as defined in [section 1001 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim)), and other entities that the Director determines appropriate, for projects that further the purpose of this part, such as projects that—
(1) increase the number of students enrolled in nationally accredited graduate library and information science programs and preparing for careers of service in libraries;
(2) recruit future professionals, including efforts to attract promising middle school, high school, or postsecondary students to consider careers in library and information science;
(3) develop or enhance professional development programs for librarians and the library workforce;
(4) enhance curricula within nationally accredited graduate library and information science programs;
(5) enhance doctoral education in order to develop faculty to educate the future generation of library professionals and develop the future generation of library leaders; and
(6) conduct research, including research to support the successful recruitment and education of the next generation of librarians.
**(c) Evaluation** The Director shall establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating projects supported under this part.
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**(a) Institution of higher education** For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV, the term “institution of higher education” means an educational institution in any State that—
(1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, or persons who meet the requirements of [section 1091(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1091/d&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
(3) provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or provides not less than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or awards a degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program, subject to review and approval by the Secretary;
(4) is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, or if not so accredited, is an institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
**(b) Additional institutions included** For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV, the term “institution of higher education” also includes—
(1) any school that provides not less than a 1-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a re
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**(a) Reservations**
(1) **In general** — From the amount appropriated under the authority of [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim) for any fiscal year, the Director—
(A) shall reserve 2.25 percent to award grants in accordance with [section 9161 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9161&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) shall reserve 3.75 percent to award national leadership grants or contracts in accordance with [section 9162 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9162&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Special rule** — If the funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year have not been obligated by the end of such fiscal year, then such funds shall be allotted in accordance with subsection (b) for the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which the funds were so reserved.
**(b) Allotments**
(1) **In general** — From the sums appropriated under the authority of [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim) and not reserved under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Director shall award grants from minimum allotments, as determined under paragraph (3), to each State. Any sums remaining after minimum allotments are made for such year shall be allotted in the manner set forth in paragraph (2).
(2) **Remainder** — From the remainder of any sums appropriated under the authority of [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim) that are not reserved under subsection (a) and not allotte
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**(a) Payments** Subject to appropriations provided pursuant to [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall pay to each State library administrative agency having a State plan approved under [section 9134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9134&num=0&edition=prelim) the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in the State plan.
**(b) Federal share**
(1) **In general** — The Federal share shall be 66 percent.
(2) **Non-Federal share** — The non-Federal share of payments shall be provided from non-Federal, State, or local sources.
**(c) Maintenance of effort**
(1) **State expenditures**
(A) *Requirement*
(i) *In general* — The amount otherwise payable to a State for a fiscal year pursuant to an allotment under this part shall be reduced if the level of State expenditures, as described in paragraph (2), for the previous fiscal year is less than the average of the total of such expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding that previous fiscal year. The amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a fraction—
(I) the numerator of which is the result obtained by subtracting the level of such State expenditures for the fiscal year for which the determination is made, from the average of the total level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and
(II) the denominator of which is the average of the total level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made.
(ii) *Calculation*
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**(a) In general** Of the funds provided to a State library administrative agency under [section 9123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9123&num=0&edition=prelim), such agency shall expend, either directly or through subgrants or cooperative agreements, at least 96 percent of such funds for—
(1) expanding services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats (including new and emerging technology), in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages in order to support such individuals’ needs for education, lifelong learning, workforce development, economic and business development, health information, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, and financial literacy and other types of literacy skills;
(2) establishing or enhancing electronic and other linkages and improved coordination among and between libraries and entities, as described in [section 9134(b)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9134/b/6&num=0&edition=prelim), for the purpose of improving the quality of and access to library and information services;
(3)
(A) providing training and professional development, including continuing education, to enhance the skills of the current library workforce and leadership, and advance the delivery of library and information services; and
(B) enhancing efforts to recruit future professionals, including those from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, to the field of library and information services;
(4) developing public and private partnerships with other agencies, tribes, and community-based organizations;
(5) targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, an
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 9122
2010, 124 Stat. 3599; Pub. L. 115–410, § 7, Dec. 31,
2018, 132 Stat. 5415.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Par.
(1).
Pub.
L.
115–410,
§ 7(1),
inserted
‘‘, education,’’ after ‘‘library’’.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(2), added par. (5) and
struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: ‘‘to
promote literacy, education, and lifelong learning and
to enhance and expand the services and resources pro-
vided by libraries, including those services and re-
sources relating to workforce development, 21st cen-
tury skills, and digital literacy skills;’’.
Pars. (6), (7). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(4), added pars. (6) and
(7). Former pars. (6) and (7) redesignated (8) and (9), re-
spectively.
Par. (8). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(3), (5), redesignated par. (6)
as (8) and inserted ‘‘, including those from diverse and
underrepresented backgrounds,’’ after ‘‘professionals’’.
Pars. (9) to (11). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(3), redesignated
pars. (7) to (9) as (9) to (11), respectively.
Par. (12). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(6)–(8), added par. (12).
2010—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–340, § 201(1), added par. (1)
and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows:
‘‘to consolidate Federal library service programs;’’.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 111–340, § 201(2), inserted ‘‘contin-
uous’’ after ‘‘promote’’.
Pars. (5) to (9). Pub. L. 111–340, § 201(3)–(5), added pars.
(5) to (9).
2003—Pars. (2) to (5). Pub. L. 108–81 added pars. (2) to
(4) and struck out former pars. (2) to (5) which read as
follows:
‘‘(2) to stimulate excellence and promote access to
learning and information resources in all types of li-
braries for individuals of all ages;
‘‘(3) to promote library services that provide all users
access to information through State, regional, national
a
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