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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5157 (Introduced in House) — To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation,... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Bureau-funded school has the meaning given to such term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 ( 25 U.S.C. 2021 ). The term charter school has the meaning given such term in section 4310 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7221i ). The term CHPS Criteria means the green building rating program developed by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools. The term Energy Star means the Energy Star program of the United States Department of Energy and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The term Green Globes means the Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating system referred to as Green Globes. The term LEED Green Building Rating System means the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard referred to as LEED Green Building Rating System. The term local educational agency — has the meaning given to that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ), and shall also include the Recovery School District of Louisiana and the New Orleans Public Schools; and includes any public charter school that constitutes a local educational agency under State law.
The term outlying area — means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and includes the freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. The term public school facilities means an existing public school facility, including a public charter school facility, or another existing facility planned for adaptive reuse as such a school facility.
The term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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