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 PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2485

The Secretary may not prescribe the manner in which the States will comply with the application of the definition contained in this paragraph. "(18) The term 'limited English proficiency' has the meaning given such term in section 703(a)(l) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. "(19) The term 'local educational agency' means a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or political subdivision in a State, or any other public educational institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a vocational education program. "(20) The term 'economically disadvantaged family or individual' means such families or individuals who are determined by the Secretary to be low-income according to the latest available data from the Department of Commerce. "(21) The term 'postsecondary educational institution' means an institution legally authorized to provide postsecondary education within a State, or any postsecondary educational institution operated by or on behalf of any Indian tribe which is eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for the administration of programs under the Indian Self-Determination Act or under the Act of April 16, 1934. "(22) The term 'private vocational training institution' means a business or trade school, or technical institution or other technical or vocational school, in any State, which (A) admits as regular students only persons who have completed or left elementary or secondary school and who have the ability to benefit from the training offered by such institution; (B) is legally authorized to provide, and provides within that State, a program of postsecondary vocational or technical education designed to fit individuals for useful employment in recognized occupations; (C) has been in existence for two years or has been specially accredited by the Secretary as an institution meeting the other requirements of this subsection; and (D) is accredited (i) by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the Secretary pursuant to this clause, or (ii) if the Secretary determines that there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or association qualified to accredit schools of a particular category, by a State ^ e n c y listed by the Secretary pursuant to this clause, or (iii) if the Secretary determines that there is no nationally recognized or State agency or association qualified to accredit schools of a particular category, by an advisory committee appointed by the Secretary and composed of persons specially qualified to evaluate training provided by schools of that category, which committee shall prescribe the standards of content, scope, and quality which must be met by those schools and shall also determine whether particular schools meet those standards. For the purpose of this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations and State agencies which the Secretary determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of education or training afforded. "(23) The term 'school facilities' means classrooms and related facilities (including initial equipment) and interests in lands on which such facilities are constructed. Such term shall not in-

20 USC 3223.

25 USC 450 note. 25 USC 452-457.

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