### Question
Can you define what high-need local educational agency means?


### Answer
**High-need local educational agency** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 6602*:

> a local educational agency—


(A)(i) that serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 6602*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER II-PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS > Part A-Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund**

