Definitions

In this Act: (1) ESEA terms The terms elementary school, local educational agency, secondary school, and State educational agency have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (2) Chronic absenteeism The term chronic absenteeism means students at a public elementary school or secondary school who are absent, for any excused or unexcused reason, for 10 percent or more of the days for which the student is enrolled in a public school during a school year. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education. (4) State The term State means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.