### Question
How is the term low-income student defined?


### Answer
The term **low-income student** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 6561* as the following:

> a student who is determined by a local educational agency to be from a low-income family using the measures described in section 6313(c) of this title

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 6561*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER I-IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED > Part H-School Dropout Prevention > subpart 2-school dropout prevention initiative**

