### Question
How is the "local educational agency" defined?


### Answer
The term **local educational agency** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 1201a* as follows -

> a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools, except that, if there is a separate board or other legally constituted local authority having administrative control and direction of adult education in public schools therein, such term means such other board or authority

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1201a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 30-BASIC EDUCATION FOR ADULTS > SUBCHAPTER I-BASIC PROGRAM PROVISIONS**

