20 U.S.C. § 9832
Definitions
In this part:
(1) Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate course
The term “Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate course” means—
(A)
a course of college-level instruction provided to secondary school students, terminating in an examination administered by the College Board or the International Baccalaureate Organization, or another such examination approved by the Secretary; or
(B)
another highly rigorous, evidence-based, postsecondary preparatory program terminating in an examination administered by another nationally recognized educational organization that has a demonstrated record of effectiveness in assessing secondary school students, or another such examination approved by the Secretary.
(2) Eligible entity
The term “eligible entity” means—
(A)
a State educational agency;
(B)
a local educational agency; or
(C)
a partnership consisting of—
(i)
a national, regional, or statewide nonprofit organization, with expertise and experience in providing Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate services; and
(ii)
a State educational agency or local educational agency.
(3) Low-income student
The term “low-income student” means an individual who is determined by a State educational agency or local educational agency to be a child ages 5 through 19, from a low-income family, on the basis of data used by the Secretary to determine allocations under section 6333 of this title , data on children eligible for free or reduced-price lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act [ 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.], data on children in families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act [ 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], or data on children eligible to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act [ 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.], or through an alternate method that combines or extrapolates from those data.
(4) High concentration of low-income students
The term “high concentration of low-income students”, used with respect to a school, means a school that serves a student population 40 percent or more of who are low-income students.
(5) High-need local educational agency
The term “high-need local educational agency” means a local educational agency or educational service agency described in 9812(3)(A) of this title.
(6) High-need school
The term “high-need school” means a secondary school—
(A)
with a pervasive need for Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, or critical foreign languages, or for additional Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in such a subject; and
(B)
(i)
with a high concentration of low-income students; or
(ii)
designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary.
( Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, § 6122 , Aug. 9, 2007 , 121 Stat. 635 ; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(i)(2) , Dec. 10, 2015 , 129 Stat. 2167 .)