               CHAPTER 52--EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
 
Sec. 3902. Definitions

    For the purpose of this chapter--
        (1) The term ``area vocational education school'' has the same 
    meaning given that term under section 2471(3) \1\ of this title..\2\
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        (2) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the National 
    Science Foundation.
        (3) The term ``elementary school'' has the same meaning given 
    that term under section 198(a)(7) \1\ of the Elementary and 
    Secondary Education Act of 1965.
        (4) The term ``Governor'' means the chief executive of a State.
        (5) The term ``Foundation'' means the National Science 
    Foundation.
        (6) The term ``institution of higher education'' has the same 
    meaning given that term by section 1001 of this title.
        (7) The term ``local educational agency'' has the same meaning 
    given that term under section 198(a)(10) \1\ of the Elementary and 
    Secondary Education Act of 1965.
        (8) The term ``secondary school'' has the same meaning given 
    that term under section 198(a)(7) \1\ of the Elementary and 
    Secondary Education Act of 1965.
        (9) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Education.
        (10) The term ``State'' means each of the several States, the 
    District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
    American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the 
    Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
        (11) The term ``State agency for higher education'' means the 
    State board of higher education or other agency or officer primarily 
    responsible for the State supervision of higher education, or, if 
    there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated 
    for the purpose of this chapter \1\ by the Governor or by State law.
        (12) The term ``State educational agency'' has the meaning given 
    that term under section 198(a)(17) \1\ of the Elementary and 
    Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(Pub. L. 98-377, Sec. 3, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1267; Pub. L. 99-159, 
title II, Sec. 221, Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 897; Pub. L. 105-244, title 
I, Sec. 102(a)(6)(F), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1618.)

                       References in Text

    Section 2471 of this title, referred to in par. (1), was omitted in 
the general amendment of chapter 44 (Sec. 2301 et seq.) of this title by 
Pub. L. 105-332, Sec. 1(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076.
    Section 198 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
referred to in pars. (3), (7), (8), and (12), is section 198 of Pub. L. 
89-10, title I, as added by Pub. L. 95-561, title I, Sec. 101(a), Nov. 
1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2198, which was classified to section 2854 of this 
title prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89-10 by Pub. L. 100-
297, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 140. For definitions, see section 8801 of 
this title.
    This chapter, referred to in par. (11), was in the original ``this 
title'' and has been translated as if the reference was to ``this Act'' 
to reflect the probable intent of Congress inasmuch as this section is 
not part of a title of Pub. L. 98-377.


                               Amendments

    1998--Par. (6). Pub. L. 105-244 substituted ``section 1001'' for 
``section 1141(a)''.
    1985--Par. (1). Pub. L. 99-159 substituted reference to section 
2471(3) of this title for reference to section 195(2) of the Vocational 
Education Act of 1965.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as 
otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244, 
set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.
