Definitions

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. (2) Bureau-funded school The term Bureau-funded school has the meaning given that term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021). (3) Covered funds The term covered funds means funds received— (A) under title I of this Act; (B) from a school infrastructure bond; or (C) from a qualified zone academy bond (as such term is defined in section 54E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as restored by section 201)). (4) ESEA terms The terms elementary school, outlying area, and secondary school have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (5) Local educational agency The term local educational agency has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) except that such term does not include a Bureau-funded school. (6) Net zero energy school The term net zero energy school means a public elementary school or public secondary school that— (A) generates renewable energy on-site; and (B) produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements. (7) Public school facilities The term public school facilities means the facilities and grounds of a public elementary school or a public secondary school. (8) Qualified local educational agency The term qualified local educational agency means a local educational agency that receives funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). (9) School infrastructure bond The term school infrastructure bond has the meaning given such term in section 54BB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 202). (10) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education. (11) State The term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.