; and (2) that demonstrates in the application submitted under subsection (b) that, due to inflation, such State is unable to adjust such base salary or the annual salaries of such teachers for cost-of-living. 5. Enhanced awareness of the value of teaching profession The Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent of the funds appropriated under section 8 to carry out a national campaign— (1) to increase awareness about the importance of teachers and the value of the teaching profession; (2) to encourage secondary school and college students to consider teaching as a professional career; and (3) to diversify the pool of individuals who enter the teaching profession. 6. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded to school or local educational agency employees under Federal, State, or local laws (including applicable regulations, court orders, or requirements that local educational agencies negotiate or meet and confer in good faith) or under the terms of collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements between such employers and their employees. 7. Definitions In this Act: (1) ESEA definitions The terms elementary school , local educational agency , secondary school , Secretary , State , and State educational agency have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (2) Qualifying school The term qualifying school means, with respect to any school year, a public elementary school or a public secondary school. (3) Teacher The term teacher means an individual who— (A) is a teacher of record who provides direct classroom teaching (or classroom-type teaching in a nonclassroom setting) in a qualifying school for not less than the normal or statutory number of hours of work for a full-time or part-time teacher over a complete school year (as determined by the State in which the school is located)