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


### Answer
The term **high-need local educational agency** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 1021* as follows -

> a local educational agency—


(A)(i) for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are children from low-income families

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1021*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER II-TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT**

