### Question
Can you define what outlying areas means?


### Answer
**Outlying areas** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 5802*:

> Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau (until the effective date of the Compact of Free Association with the Government of Palau), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 5802*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM**

