### Question
Can you define what rural eligible local educational agency means?


### Answer
**Rural eligible local educational agency** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 8272*:

> a local educational agency—


(A)(i) in which at least 15 percent of the children enrolled in the schools served by such agency are eligible to be counted under part A of subchapter I of this chapter

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 8272*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER X-PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE > Part J-Urban and Rural Education Assistance**

