 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
      SUBCHAPTER XII--SCHOOL FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT
 
Sec. 8512. Definitions

    For the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``construction'' means the alteration or renovation 
    of a building, structure, or facility, including--
            (A) the concurrent installation of equipment; and
            (B) the complete or partial replacement of an existing 
        facility, but only if such replacement is less expensive and 
        more cost-effective than alteration, renovation, or repair of 
        the facility;

        (2) the term ``school'' means a public structure suitable for 
    use as a classroom, laboratory, library, media center, or related 
    facility, the primary purpose of which is the instruction of public 
    elementary and secondary school students; and
        (3) the term ``eligible local educational agency'' means a local 
    educational agency in which--
            (A) not less than 15 percent of the children that reside in 
        the geographic area served by such agency are eligible to be 
        counted under subpart 2 of part A of subchapter I of this 
        chapter; or
            (B) the United States owns Federal property described in 
        section 7713(5) \1\ of this title, that has an assessed value 
        (determined as of the time or times when acquired) aggregating 
        90 percent or more of the assessed value of all real property in 
        such agency (determined as of the time or times when so 
        acquired); and
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            (C) demonstrates in the application submitted under section 
        8506 of this title that such agency has urgent repair, 
        renovation, alteration and construction needs for its public 
        elementary or secondary schools used for academic or vocational 
        instruction.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title XII, Sec. 12012, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title 
I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3875.)

                       References in Text

    Section 7713(5) of this title, referred to in par. (3)(B), was in 
the original ``section 8015(5)'', meaning section 8015(5) of Pub. L. 89-
10, which was translated as reading section 8013(5) of that Act to 
reflect the probable intent of Congress, because Pub. L. 89-10 does not 
contain a section 8015, and section 8013(5) describes Federal property 
owned by the United States.
