### Question
What is the definition of local educational agency?


### Answer
The definition of **local educational agency** is as follows in *25 U.S.C. § 2026*:

> a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of free public education in a county, township, independent, or other school district located within a State, and includes any State agency which directly operates and maintains facilities for providing free public education

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 2026*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 22-BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS**

