### Question
What is the definition of local educational agency?


### Answer
The definition of **local educational agency** is as follows in *20 U.S.C. § 8801*:

> 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 or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or for such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 8801*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 69-SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES > SUBCHAPTER XIV-GENERAL PROVISIONS > Part A-Definitions**

