### Question
How does the law define local educational agency?


### Answer
Under *20 U.S.C. § 2471*, **local educational agency** is defined as:

> a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or political subdivision in a State, or any other public educational institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a vocational education program

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 2471*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION > SUBCHAPTER V-GENERAL PROVISIONS > Part C-Definitions**

