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20 U.S.C. § 5502 — Definitions

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20 U.S.C. § 5502 — Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter, the term— (1) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (2) “Agency” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency; (3) “Federal agency” or “agency of the United States” means any department, agency or other instrumentality of the Federal Government, any independent agency or establishment of the Federal Government including any Government corporation; (4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Education; (5) “local educational agency” means any education agency as defined in [section 7801 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7801&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall include any tribal education agency; (6) “not-for-profit” organization 11 So in original. Probably should be “ ‘not-for-profit organization’ ”. means an organization, association, or institution described in [section 501(c)(3) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim), which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of [section 501(a) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/a&num=0&edition=prelim); (7) “noncommercial education broadcasting entities” means any noncommercial educational broadcasting station (and/or its legal nonprofit affiliates) as defined and licensed by the Federal Communications Commission; (8) “tribal education agency” means a school or community college which is controlled by an Indian tribe, band, or nation, including any Alaska Native village, which is recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and which is not administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (9) “Federal natural resource management agencies” means the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service; (10) “environmental engineering” means the discipline within engineering and science concerned with the development and application of scientific and technical solutions to protecting the aquatic and atmospheric environment, including, but not limited to, all phases of water resources planning, water supply, water treatment, air pollution characterization and control, remediation of hazardous substances, environmental transport of contaminants in surface and ground water and atmosphere, and methods for assessment and control of pollution; (11) “environmental education” and “environmental education and training” mean educational activities and training activities involving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students, as such terms are defined in the State in which they reside, and environmental education personnel, but does not include technical training activities directed toward environmental management professionals or activities primarily directed toward the support of noneducational research and development; (12) “Foundation” means the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation established pursuant to [section 5509 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section5509&num=0&edition=prelim); and (13) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation.

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20 U.S.C. § 6301 — Agreements and records

**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process. **(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.

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20 U.S.C. § 7801 — Definitions

Except as otherwise provided, in this chapter: (1) **Average daily attendance** (A) *In general* — Except as provided otherwise by State law or this paragraph, the term “average daily attendance” means— (i) the aggregate number of days of attendance of all students during a school year; divided by (ii) the number of days school is in session during that year. (B) *Conversion* — The Secretary shall permit the conversion of average daily membership (or other similar data) to average daily attendance for local educational agencies in States that provide State aid to local educational agencies on the basis of average daily membership (or other similar data). (C) *Special rule* — If the local educational agency in which a child resides makes a tuition or other payment for the free public education of the child in a school located in another school district, the Secretary shall, for the purpose of this chapter— (i) consider the child to be in attendance at a school of the agency making the payment; and (ii) not consider the child to be in attendance at a school of the agency receiving the payment. (D) *Children with disabilities* — If a local educational agency makes a tuition payment to a private school or to a public school of another local educational agency for a child with a disability, as defined in [section 1401 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1401&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall, for the purpose of this chapter, consider the child to be in attendance at a school of the agency making the payment. (2) **Average per-pupil expenditure** — The term “average per-pupil expenditure” means, in the case of a State or of the United States— (A) without regard to the source o

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20 U.S.C. § 5509 — National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

**(a) Establishment and purposes** (1) **Establishment** (A) There is hereby established the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation. The Foundation is established in order to extend the contribution of environmental education and training to meeting critical environmental protection needs, both in this country and internationally; to facilitate the cooperation, coordination, and contribution of public and private resources to create an environmentally advanced educational system; and to foster an open and effective partnership among Federal, State, and local government, business, industry, academic institutions, community based environmental groups, and international organizations. (B) The Foundation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation whose income is exempt from tax, and donations to which are tax deductible to the same extent as those organizations listed pursuant to [section 501(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c&num=0&edition=prelim). The Foundation is not an agency or establishment of the United States. (2) **Purposes** — The purposes of the Foundation are— (A) subject to the limitation contained in the final sentence of subsection (d) herein, to encourage, accept, leverage, and administer private gifts for the benefit of, or in connection with, the environmental education and training activities and services of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; (B) to conduct such other environmental education activities as will further the development of an environmentally conscious and responsible public, a well-trained and environmentally literate workforce, and an environmentally advanced educational system; (C) to participate with foreign entities and indiv

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42 U.S.C. § 300j–24 — Lead contamination in school drinking water

**(a) Distribution of drinking water cooler list** Within 100 days after October 31, 1988, the Administrator shall distribute to the States a list of each brand and model of drinking water cooler identified and listed by the Administrator under [section 300j–23(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300j–23/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Guidance document and testing protocol** The Administrator shall publish a guidance document and a testing protocol to assist public water systems and schools in determining the source and degree of lead contamination in school drinking water supplies and in remedying such contamination. The guidance document shall include guidelines for sample preservation. The guidance document shall also include guidance to assist States, schools, public water systems, and the general public in ascertaining the levels of lead contamination in drinking water coolers and in taking appropriate action to reduce or eliminate such contamination. The guidance document shall contain a testing protocol for the identification of drinking water coolers which contribute to lead contamination in drinking water. Such document and protocol may be revised, republished and redistributed as the Administrator deems necessary. The Administrator shall distribute the guidance document and testing protocol to the States within 100 days after October 31, 1988. **(c) Dissemination to schools, etc.** Each State shall provide for the dissemination to local educational agencies, private nonprofit elementary or secondary schools and to day care centers of the guidance document and testing protocol published under subsection (b), together with the list of drinking water coolers published under [section 300j–23(a) of this ti

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20 U.S.C. § 5502 — Definitions

Page 1271 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 5503 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘ ‘not-for-profit organiza- tion’ ’’. (b) Policy It is the policy of the United States to estab- lish and support a program of education on the environment, for students and personnel work- ing with students, through activities in schools, institutions of higher education, and related educational activities, and to encourage postsec- ondary students to pursue careers related to the environment. (Pub. L. 101–619, § 2, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3325.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 101–619, § 1(a), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3325, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National Environmental Education Act’.’’ § 5502. Definitions For the purposes of this chapter, the term— (1) ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Adminis- trator of the Environmental Protection Agen- cy; (2) ‘‘Agency’’ means the United States Envi- ronmental Protection Agency; (3) ‘‘Federal agency’’ or ‘‘agency of the United States’’ means any department, agency or other instrumentality of the Federal Gov- ernment, any independent agency or establish- ment of the Federal Government including any Government corporation; (4) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Department of Education; (5) ‘‘local educational agency’’ means any education agency as defined in section 7801 of this title and shall include any tribal edu- cation agency; (6) ‘‘not-for-profit’’ organization 1 means an organization, association, or institution de- scribed in section 501(c)(3) of title 26, which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provi- sions of section 501(a) of title 26; (7) ‘‘noncommercial education broadcasting entities’’ means any noncommercial edu- cational broadcasting

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