### Question
Can you define what State means?


### Answer
**State** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 5602*:

> each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau (until the Compact of Free Association is ratified)

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 5602*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 66-MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION**

