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 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or ojffers a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in en^neering, scientific, or other technological fields which require the under-standing and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge; "(D) is a public or other nonprofit institution; and " (E) is accredited by a nationally recognized axx;rediting agency or association listed by the Assistant Secretary for the purpose of this paragraph. "(3) For the purpose of section 606(a)(2) and section 609(a)(1), the term 'integrated school' means a school with an enrollment in which a substantial proportion of the children is from educationally advantaged backgrounds, in which the proportion of minority group children is at least 50 per centum of the proportion of minority group children enrolled in all schools of the local educational agencies within the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, and which has a faculty and administrative staff with a substantial representation of minority group persons. "(4) The term 'local educational agency' means a public board of education or other public aiithority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or a federally recognized Indian reservation, or such combination of school districts, or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools, or a combination of local educational agencies; and includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary school and where responsibility for the control and direction of the activities in such schools which are to be assisted under this title is vested in an agency subordinate to such a board or other authority, the Assistant Secretary may consider such subordinate agency as a local educational agency for the purposes of this title. "(5) The term 'magnet school' means a school or education center that offers a special curriculum capable of attracting substantial numbers of students of different racial backgrounds. "(6) The term 'minority group' refers to (A) persons who are American Indians and Alaskan Natives; Asians and Pacific Islanders: blacks, not of Hispanic origin; Hispanics; Franco-Americans; and Portuguese; and (B) (except for purposes of section 605). as determined by the Assistant Secretary, persons who are from environments in which the dominant language is other than English and who, as a result of language barriers and cultural differences, do not have an equal educational opportunity. " (7) The terms 'minority group isolated school' and 'minority group isolation' in reference to a school mean a school and condition, respectively, in which minority group children constitute more than 50 percentum of the enrollment of a school. " (8) The term 'neutral site school' means a school that is located so as to be accessible to substantial numbers of students of different racial backgrounds. "(9) The term 'Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area' means the area in and around a city of fifty thousand inhabitants or more as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.

92 STAT. 2267

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