Local Educational Agency Law and Legal Definition
According to 20 USCS § 7801(26)(A), the term “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.”
According to 34 CFR 77.1 (c) [Title 34 – Education; Subtitle A -- Office of the Secretary, Department of Education; Part 77 -- Definitions that apply to Department Regulations], the term local educational agency means:
“(a) A public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control of or direction of, or to perform service functions for, public elementary or secondary schools in:
(1) A city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State; or
(2) Such combination of school districts or counties a State recognizes as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools; or
(b) Any other public institution or agency that has administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary school.
(c) As used in 34 CFR parts 400, 408, 525, 526 and 527 (vocational education programs), the term also includes any other public institution or agency that has administrative control and direction of a vocational education program.”
