; and (B) after submitting the notification under paragraph (1), requests such technical assistance. (g) Authorization for appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. (h) Definitions In this section: (1) High-need local educational agency The term high-need local educational agency has the meaning given the term in section 200 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1021 ). (2) School social worker The term school social worker means an individual who— (A) has a graduate degree in social work from a social work program that is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; and (B) meets all other State and local credentialing requirements for practicing as a social worker in an elementary school or secondary school. . (2) Table of contents The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4644 the following: Sec. 4645. Grants for school social workers. . 3. National technical assistance center for school social work (a) In general The Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall establish an evaluation, documentation, dissemination, and technical assistance resource center to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance to States, political subdivisions of States, federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and individual students and educators with respect to hiring and retaining school social workers at elementary schools and secondary schools served by local educational agencies. (b) Responsibilities of the Center The center established under subsection (a) shall conduct activities for the purpose of— (1) developing and continuing statewide or tribal strategies for improving the effectiveness of the school social work workforce