20 U.S.C. § 5802 : US Code - Section 5802: Definitions

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(a) Subchapters I, II, III, and X
As used in subchapters I, II, III, and X of this chapter -
(1) the terms "all students" and "all children" mean students
or children from a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances,
including disadvantaged students and children, students or
children with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds,
American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, students or
children with disabilities, students or children with limited-
English proficiency, school-aged students or children who have
dropped out of school, migratory students or children, and
academically talented students and children;
(2) the term "Bureau", unless otherwise provided, means the
Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(3) the terms "community", "public", and "advocacy group"
include representatives of organizations advocating for the
education of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian
children and Indian tribes;
(4) the term "content standards" means broad descriptions of
the knowledge and skills students should acquire in a particular
subject area;
(5) the term "Governor" means the chief executive of the State;
(6) the terms "local educational agency" and "State educational
agency" have the meaning given such terms in section 8801 of this
title; (!1)
(7) the term "outlying areas" means Guam, American Samoa, the
Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau (until the effective date of the Compact of Free
Association with the Government of Palau), the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia;
(8) the term "performance standards" means concrete examples
and explicit definitions of what students have to know and be
able to do to demonstrate that such students are proficient in
the skills and knowledge framed by content standards;
(9) the term "related services" has the same meaning given such
term under section 1401 of this title;
(10) the term "State assessment" means measures of student
performance which include at least 1 instrument of evaluation,
and may include other measures of student performance, for a
specific purpose and use which are intended to evaluate the
progress of all students in the State toward learning the
material in State content standards in 1 or more subject areas;
(11) the term "school" means a public school that is under the
authority of the State educational agency or a local educational
agency or, for the purpose of carrying out section 5895(b) (!1)
of this title, a school that is operated or funded by the Bureau;
(12) the term "Secretary", unless otherwise provided, means the
Secretary of Education; and
(13) the term "State", unless otherwise provided, means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying areas.
(b) Subchapters IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX
For the purpose of subchapters IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX of
this chapter -
(1) except as provided in paragraph (3) and unless otherwise
provided, the terms used in such subchapters have the same
meanings given such terms in section 8801 of this title; (!1)
(2) the term "Bureau", unless otherwise provided, means the
Bureau of Indian Affairs; and
(3) the term "Secretary", unless otherwise provided, means the
Secretary of Education.