### Question
How is the term local educational agency defined?


### Answer
The term **local educational agency** is defined in *25 U.S.C. § 2511* as the following:

> a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for the State's public elementary schools or secondary schools

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 2511*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 27-TRIBALLY CONTROLLED SCHOOL GRANTS**

