### Question
How is the "high-need local educational agency" defined?


### Answer
The term **high-need local educational agency** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 16091* as follows -

> a local educational agency (as defined in section 7801 of title 20) that is among the local educational agencies in the applicable State with high percentages of children counted under section 6333(c) of title 20, on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available, as determined by the Secretary of Education (or, for a local educational agency for which no such data is available, such other data as the Secretary of Education determines to be satisfactory)

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 16091*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 149-NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER VII-VEHICLES AND FUELS > Part C-Clean School Buses**

