### Question
What does eligible community mean?


### Answer
**Eligible community** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 6041*:

> a unit of general purpose local government (such as a city, township, or village), a nonmetropolitan county, tribal village, or a geographically distinct area (such as a school district, school attendance area, ward, precinct or neighborhood), or any group of such entities that—


(i) has a population of not less than 200,000 and not more than 300,000

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 6041*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM > SUBCHAPTER IX-EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT > Part D-National Education Dissemination System**

