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Code · U.S. Code · Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY · CHAPTER 5— ALIEN OWNERSHIP OF LAND · SUBCHAPTER IV— REFUGEE ASSISTANCE · § 101

§ 101.

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As used in this Act— The terms ‘elementary school’, ‘local educational agency’, ‘secondary school’, ‘State’, and ‘State educational agency’ have the meanings given such terms under section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [ 20 U.S.C. 7801 ]. The term ‘elementary or secondary nonpublic schools’ means schools which comply with the compulsory education laws of the State and which are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [ 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) ].
The term ‘eligible participant’ means any alien who— has been admitted into the United States as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act [ section 1157 of this title ]; has been paroled into the United States as a refugee by the Attorney General pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of such Act [ section 1182(d)(5) of this title ]; is an applicant for asylum, or has been granted asylum, in the United States; or has fled from the alien’s country of origin and has, pursuant to an Executive order of the President, been permitted to enter the United States and remain in the United States indefinitely for humanitarian reasons; but only during the 36-month [period] beginning with the first month in which the alien entered the United States (in the case of an alien described in (A), (B), or (D)) or the month in which the alien applied for asylum (in the case of an alien described in subparagraph (C)).
The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Education.
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