§ 1003. Additional definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
Authorizing committees
The term “authorizing committees” means the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives.
(2)
Combination of institutions of higher education
The term “combination of institutions of higher education” means a group of institutions of higher education that have entered into a cooperative arrangement for the purpose of carrying out a common objective, or a public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution designated or created by a group of institutions of higher education for the purpose of carrying out a common objective on the group’s behalf.
(3)
Critical foreign language
Except as otherwise provided, the term “critical foreign language” means each of the languages contained in the list of critical languages designated by the Secretary in the Federal Register on August 2, 1985 (50 Fed. Reg. 31412; promulgated under the authority of section 212(d) of the Education for Economic Security Act (repealed by section 2303 of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988)), as updated by the Secretary from time to time and published in the Federal Register, except that in the implementation of this definition with respect to a specific title, the Secretary may set priorities according to the purposes of such title and the national security, economic competitiveness, and educational needs of the United States.
(5)
Diploma mill
The term “diploma mill” means an entity that—
(A)
(B)
lacks accreditation by an accrediting agency or association that is recognized as an accrediting agency or association of institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section
1002 of this title) by—
(7)
Distance education
(A)
In general
Except as otherwise provided, the term “distance education” means education that uses one or more of the technologies described in subparagraph (B)—
(8)
Early childhood education program
The term “early childhood education program” means—
(A)
a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), including a migrant or seasonal Head Start program, an Indian Head Start program, or a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program that also receives State funding;
(9)
Elementary school
The term “elementary school” has the same meaning given that term under section
7801 of this title.
(10)
Gifted and talented
The term “gifted and talented” has the same meaning given that term under section
7801 of this title.
(11)
Local educational agency
The term “local educational agency” has the same meaning given that term under section
7801 of this title.
(13)
Nonprofit
The term “nonprofit” as applied to a school, agency, organization, or institution means a school, agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(15)
School or department of divinity
The term “school or department of divinity” means an institution, or a department or a branch of an institution, the program of instruction of which is designed for the education of students—
(16)
Secondary school
The term “secondary school” has the same meaning given that term under section
7801 of this title.
(19)
Special education teacher
The term “special education teacher” means teachers who teach children with disabilities as defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(20)
State educational agency
The term “State educational agency” has the same meaning given that term under section
7801 of this title.
(21)
State; Freely Associated States
(22)
State higher education agency
The term “State higher education agency” means the officer or agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of higher education.
(24)
Universal design for learning
The term “universal design for learning” means a scientifically valid framework for guiding educational practice that—
[1] See References in Text note below.