### Question
Can you define what poverty level means?


### Answer
**Poverty level** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 8272*:

> the criteria of poverty used by the Bureau of the Census in compiling the most recent decennial census

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 8272*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER X-PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE > Part J-Urban and Rural Education Assistance**

