 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
Part D--Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who 
          Are Neglected, Delinquent, or at Risk of Dropping Out
 
                      subpart 3--general provisions
 
Sec. 6472. Definitions

    For the purpose of this part:
        (1) The term ``adult correctional institution'' means a facility 
    in which persons are confined as a result of a conviction for a 
    criminal offense, including persons under 21 years of age.
        (2) The term ``at-risk youth'' means school aged youth who are 
    at risk of academic failure, have drug or alcohol problems, are 
    pregnant or are parents, have come into contact with the juvenile 
    justice system in the past, are at least one year behind the 
    expected grade level for the age of the youth, have limited-English 
    proficiency, are gang members, have dropped out of school in the 
    past, or have high absenteeism rates at school.
        (3) The term ``community day program'' means a regular program 
    of instruction provided by a State agency at a community day school 
    operated specifically for neglected or delinquent children.
        (4) The term ``institution for delinquent children and youth'' 
    means a public or private residential facility for the care of 
    children who have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of 
    supervision.
        (5) The term ``institution for neglected children'' means a 
    public or private residential facility, other than a foster home, 
    that is operated for the care of children who have been committed to 
    the institution or voluntarily placed in the institution under 
    applicable State law, due to abandonment, neglect, or death of their 
    parents or guardians.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1432, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3601.)
