Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The terms elementary school , local educational agency , secondary school , Secretary , and State educational agency have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term aligned statewide education longitudinal data systems means one or more statewide data systems that house and link the longitudinal data of individual students, including such students' early childhood, elementary school, secondary school, postsecondary education, and workforce data.
The term eligible local entity means— a high-need local educational agency; a consortium of high-need local educational agencies; or a high-need local educational agency or a consortium of high-need local educational agencies and an external partner. The term eligible State entity means a State educational agency, which may partner with another public State agency, such as a State higher education agency, an early childhood agency, a State workforce agency, or a multi-agency State group (such as a preschool through grade 20 (P–20) council).
The term external partner means an entity, such as a nonprofit organization, community-based organization, local education fund, service organization, educational service agency, or institution of postsecondary education, that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in providing targeted support (such as data analysis, professional development, or the provision of non-academic support and integrated student services) to local educational agencies, schools, or students that leads to improved teaching, learning, and outcomes for students, including students who are failing to make sufficient progress to graduate in the standard number of years or students who have dropped out of secondary school.
The term high-need local educational agency means a local educational agency— that serves not less than 10,000 children who are from families with incomes below the poverty line; or for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by such agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line. The term poverty line means the poverty line (as defined and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act) applicable to a family of the size involved.
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