### Question
How does BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS define local educational agency?


### Answer
Under *25 U.S.C. § 2021*, **local educational agency** is defined as:

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

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 2021*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 22-BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS**

