Liability protections related to the right to read

(a) Preemption and election of state nonapplicability Section 8555(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7945(b)) is amended by striking This subpart shall not apply and inserting Except with respect to section 8556(b), this subpart shall not apply. (b) In general Section 8556 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7946) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Liability protections related to the right To read No teacher, school librarian, school leader, paraprofessional, or other staff in a school shall be liable for harm caused by an act or omission of such individual if the actions of the individual were carried out in conformity with State or local policies regarding the right to read.; (3) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsection (b) and inserting subsection (c); (4) in subsection (c)(3), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking A State law that and inserting Except with respect to subsection (b), a State law that; and (5) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (1)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking Nothing in this section and inserting Except with respect to subsection (b), nothing in this section; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking Nothing in this subpart and inserting Except with respect to subsection (b), nothing in this subpart.