### Question
Can you define what school dropout means?


### Answer
**School dropout** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 6103*:

> a youth who is no longer attending any school and who has not received a secondary school diploma or a certificate from a program of equivalency for such a diploma

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 6103*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 69-SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES**

