crisis and ensure all students have access to qualified teachers and educational opportunity. Paying teachers as the professionals they are is critical in order to honor the work of educators, restore respect to the teaching profession, and create a high-quality public education system that serves the needs of students, families, and teachers. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Annual adjustment percentage The term annual adjustment percentage , with respect to appropriations made under this Act for a fiscal year, means a percentage equal to the estimated percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by the Secretary of Education, for the most recent calendar year ending prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. (2) Consumer price index The term Consumer Price Index has the meaning given the term in section 478(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087rr(f) ). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education. 5. Regulations