- adult
means an individual who—
- adult correctional institution
means a facility in which persons (including persons under 21 years of age) are confined as a result of a conviction for a criminal offense.
- affected local educational agency
means a local educational agency—
- Alaska Native
has the same meaning as the term “Native” has in section 1602(b) of title 43 and includes the descendants of individuals so defined.
- Alaska Native organization
means an organization that has or commits to acquire expertise in the education of Alaska Natives and is—
- applicable funding
means funds provided under any of the following provisions:
- appropriate officials
means—
- Armed Forces
means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
- authorized public chartering agency
means a State educational agency, local educational agency, or other public entity that has the authority pursuant to State law and approved by the Secretary to authorize or approve a charter school.
- average daily attendance
means—
- average per-pupil expenditure
means, in the case of a State or of the United States—
- base closure law
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10.
- base closure process
means any base closure and realignment process conducted after December 23, 2022, under section 2687 of title 10 or any other similar law enacted after that date.
- blended learning
means a formal education program that leverages both technology-based and face-to-face instructional approaches—
- charter management organization
means a nonprofit organization that operates or manages a network of charter schools linked by centralized support, operations, and oversight.
- charter school
means a public school that—
- charter school support organization
means a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity that is not an authorized public chartering agency and provides, on a statewide basis—
- child
means any person within the age limits for which the State provides free public education.
- child pornography
has the meaning given that term in section 2256 of title 18.
- child with a disability
has the same meaning given that term in section 1401 of this title.
- children
means individuals who have not attained the age of 18.
- classified school employee
means an employee of a State or of any political subdivision of a State, or an employee of a nonprofit entity, who works in any grade from prekindergarten through high school in any of the following occupational specialties:
- community consultation
means a public gathering—
- community day program
means a regular program of instruction provided by a State agency at a community day school operated specifically for neglected or delinquent children and youth.
- community learning center
means an entity that—
- community-based organization
means a public or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that—
- comprehensive literacy instruction
means instruction that—
- computer
includes any hardware, software, or other technology attached or connected to, installed in, or otherwise used in connection with a computer.
- consolidated local application
means an application submitted by a local educational agency pursuant to section 7845 of this title.
- consolidated local plan
means a plan submitted by a local educational agency pursuant to section 7845 of this title.
- consolidated State application
means an application submitted by a State educational agency pursuant to section 7842 of this title.
- consolidated State plan
means a plan submitted by a State educational agency pursuant to section 7842 of this title.
- construction
means—
- controlled substance
means a drug or other substance identified under Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V in section 812(c) of title 21.
- conversion of military housing units to private housing
means the conversion of military housing units to private housing units pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10 or pursuant to any other related provision of law.
- county
means one of the divisions of a State used by the Secretary of Commerce in compiling and reporting data regarding counties.
- covered program
means each of the programs authorized by—
- current expenditures
means expenditures for free public education—
- Department
means the Department of Education.
- developer
means an individual or group of individuals (including a public or private nonprofit organization), which may include teachers, administrators and other school staff, parents, or other members of the local community in which a charter school project will be carried out.
- digital learning
means any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience and encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practices, including—
- distance learning
means the transmission of educational or instructional programming to geographically dispersed individuals and groups via telecommunications.
- drug
includes—
- drug and violence prevention
means—
- dual or concurrent enrollment program
means a program offered by a partnership between at least one institution of higher education and at least one local educational agency through which a secondary school student who has not graduated from high school with a regular high school diploma is able to enroll in one or more postsecondary courses and earn postsecondary credit that—
- early childhood education program
has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
- early college high school
means a partnership between at least one local educational agency and at least one institution of higher education that allows participants to simultaneously complete requirements toward earning a regular high school diploma and earn not less than 12 credits that are transferable to the institutions of higher education in the partnership as part of an organized course of study toward a postsecondary degree or credential at no cost to the participant or participant’s family.
- economic loss
means any pecuniary loss resulting from harm (including the loss of earnings or other benefits related to employment, medical expense loss, replacement services loss, loss due to death, burial costs, and loss of business or employment opportunities) to the extent recovery for such loss is allowed under applicable State law.
- educational service agency
means a regional public multiservice agency authorized by State statute to develop, manage, and provide services or programs to local educational agencies.
- elementary school
means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public elementary charter school, that provides elementary education, as determined under State law.
- eligible applicant
means a developer that has—
- eligible children
means children eligible for services under a program described in paragraph (1).
- eligible entity
means—
- eligible Federal funds
means funds received by a local educational agency under—
- eligible local educational agency
means a local educational agency that is an eligible local educational agency under part B of subchapter V.
- eligible national nonprofit organization
means an organization of national scope that—
- eligible school attendance area
means a school attendance area in which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least as high as the percentage of children from low-income families served by the local educational agency as a whole.
- English learner with a disability
means an English learner who is also a child with a disability, as that term is defined in section 1401 of this title.
- evidence-based
means a State, local educational agency, or school activity, strategy, or intervention that meets the requirements of subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(i).
- expanded learning time
means using a longer school day, week, or year schedule to significantly increase the total number of school hours, in order to include additional time for—
- extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate
means the fraction—
- external organization
means—
- family literacy services
means services provided to participants on a voluntary basis that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient duration, to make sustainable changes in a family, and that integrate all of the following activities:
- Federal property
includes, whether or not subject to taxation by a State or a political subdivision of a State—
- firearm
has the same meaning given such term in section 921(a) of title 18.
- four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate
means the fraction—
- free public education
means education that is provided—
- full-service community school
means a public elementary school or secondary school that—
- harm
includes physical, nonphysical, economic, and noneconomic losses.
- harmful to minors
means any picture, image, graphic image file, or other visual depiction that—
- high school
means a secondary school that—
- high-need school
means—
- high-poverty school
means a school that is in the highest 2 quartiles of schools served by a local educational agency, based on the percentage of enrolled students from low-income families.
- high-quality charter school
means a charter school that—
- human capital management system
means a system—
- immigrant children and youth
means individuals who—
- Indian
means an individual who is—
- Indian community-based organization
means any organization that—
- Indian lands
means any Federal property described in paragraph (5)(A)(ii) or (5)(F).
- Indian tribe
means a federally recognized tribe or a State-recognized tribe.
- indoor facility
means a building that is enclosed.
- innovative assessment system
means a system of assessments that may include—
- institution for neglected or delinquent children and youth
means—
- institution of higher education
has the meaning given that term in section 1001(a) of this title.
- language instruction educational program
means an instruction course—
- large local educational agency
means a local educational agency serving an area with a total population of 20,000 or more;
- local assessment
means an academic assessment selected and carried out by a local educational agency that is separate from an assessment required under section 6311(b)(2) of this title.
- local contribution percentage
means the percentage of current expenditures in the State derived from local and intermediate sources, as reported to and verified by the National Center for Education Statistics.
- local educational agency
means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or of or for a combination of school districts or counties that is recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.
- local operating agency
means—
- low-income family
means a family—
- low-rent housing
means housing located on property that is described in paragraph (5)(A)(iii).
- magnet school
means a public elementary school, public secondary school, public elementary education center, or public secondary education center that offers a special curriculum capable of attracting substantial numbers of students of different racial backgrounds.
- migratory agricultural worker
means an individual who made a qualifying move in the preceding 36 months and, after doing so, engaged in new temporary or seasonal employment or personal subsistence in agriculture, which may be dairy work or the initial processing of raw agricultural products.
- migratory child
means a child or youth who made a qualifying move in the preceding 36 months—
- migratory fisher
means an individual who made a qualifying move in the preceding 36 months and, after doing so, engaged in new temporary or seasonal employment or personal subsistence in fishing.
- military dependent students
means—
- minor
means an individual who has not attained the age of 17.
- modernization
means repair, renovation, alteration, or construction, including—
- multi-tier system of supports
means a comprehensive continuum of evidence-based, systemic practices to support a rapid response to students’ needs, with regular observation to facilitate data-based instructional decisionmaking.
- Native Hawaiian
means any individual who is—
- Native Hawaiian community-based organization
means any organization that is composed primarily of Native Hawaiians from a specific community and that assists in the social, cultural, and educational development of Native Hawaiians in that community.
- Native Hawaiian educational organization
means a private nonprofit organization that—
- Native Hawaiian language
means the single Native American language indigenous to the original inhabitants of the State of Hawaii.
- Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander native language educational organization
means a nonprofit organization with—
- Native Hawaiian organization
means a private nonprofit organization that—
- noneconomic loss
means loss for physical or emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society or companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic service), hedonic damages, injury to reputation, or any other nonpecuniary loss of any kind or nature.
- obscene
has the meaning applicable to that term under section 1460 of title 18.
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs
means the Office of Hawaiian Affairs established by the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
- other staff
means specialized instructional support personnel, librarians, career guidance and counseling personnel, education aides, and other instructional and administrative personnel.
- outlying area
means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- paraprofessional
means an individual who is employed in a preschool, elementary school, or secondary school under the supervision of a certified or licensed teacher, including individuals employed in language instruction educational programs, special education, and migrant education.
- parent
includes a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis (such as a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the child’s welfare).
- parental involvement
means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring—
- pay for success initiative
means a performance-based grant, contract, or cooperative agreement awarded by a public entity in which a commitment is made to pay for improved outcomes that result in social benefit and direct cost savings or cost avoidance to the public sector.
- per-pupil facilities aid program
means a program in which a State makes payments, on a per-pupil basis, to charter schools to provide the schools with financing—
- performance-based compensation system
means a system of compensation for teachers, principals, or other school leaders—
- person
means any State or local subdivision of a State, agency of such State or subdivision, corporation, or partnership that owns or operates or otherwise controls and provides children’s services or any individual who owns or operates or otherwise controls and provides such services.
- pipeline services
means a continuum of coordinated supports, services, and opportunities for children from birth through entry into and success in postsecondary education, and career attainment.
- poverty line
means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with section 9902(2) of title 42) applicable to a family of the size involved.
- professional development
means activities that—
- qualifying move
means a move due to economic necessity—
- revenue derived from local sources
means—
- rigorous peer-review process
means a process by which—
- school
means any setting that is under the control and supervision of the local educational agency for the purpose of student activities approved and authorized by the local educational agency.
- school attendance area
means, in relation to a particular school, the geographical area in which the children who are normally served by that school reside;
- school facilities
includes—
- school leader
means a principal, assistant principal, or other individual who is—
- school leader residency program
means a school-based principal or other school leader preparation program in which a prospective principal or other school leader—
- school-based mental health services provider
includes a State-licensed or State-certified school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, or other State licensed or certified mental health professional qualified under State law to provide mental health services to children and adolescents.
- secondary school
means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public secondary charter school, that provides secondary education, as determined under State law, except that the term does not include any education beyond grade 12.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Education.
- small local educational agency
means a local educational agency serving an area with a total population of less than 20,000.
- specialized instructional support personnel
means—
- specialized instructional support services
means the services provided by specialized instructional support personnel.
- specially qualified agency
means an eligible entity in a State whose State educational agency—
- State
means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying areas.
- State authorizer
means an entity designated by the Governor of a State to recognize teacher, principal, or other school leader preparation academies within the State that—
- State educational agency
means the agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary schools and secondary schools.
- State entity
means—
- subgroup of students
means—
- teacher
means—
- teacher residency program
means a school-based teacher preparation program in which a prospective teacher—
- teacher, principal, or other school leader preparation academy
means a public or other nonprofit entity, which may be an institution of higher education or an organization affiliated with an institution of higher education, that establishes an academy that will prepare teachers, principals, or other school leaders to serve in high-needs schools, and that—
- technology
means modern information, computer and communication technology products, services, or tools, including, the Internet and other communications networks, computer devices and other computer and communications hardware, software applications, data systems, and other electronic content (including multimedia content) and data storage.
- traditional leaders
has the meaning given the term in section 2902 of title 25.
- transferred out
has the meaning given the term in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (25)(C).
- tribal educational agency
means the agency, department, or instrumentality of an Indian tribe that is primarily responsible for supporting tribal students’ elementary and secondary education.
- tribally sanctioned educational authority
means—
- universal design for learning
has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
- well-rounded education
means courses, activities, and programming in subjects such as English, reading or language arts, writing, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, geography, computer science, music, career and technical education, health, physical education, and any other subject, as determined by the State or local educational agency, with the purpose of providing all students access to an enriched curriculum and educational experience.
- youth group
means any group or organization intended to serve young people under the age of 21.