{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s3404","title":20,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3404.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3404.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cDepartment\u201d means the Department of Education or any component thereof;\n(2) the term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Education;\n(3) the term \u201cDeputy Secretary\u201d means the Deputy Secretary of Education;\n(4) the term \u201cfunction\u201d includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program;\n(5) the term \u201cState\u201d includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;\n(6) the terms \u201cprivate\u201d and \u201cprivate educational\u201d refer to independent, nonpublic, and private institutions of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; and\n(7) the term \u201coffice\u201d includes any office, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t20/s3404.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3404."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cDepartment\u201d means the Department of Education or any component thereof;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Education;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cDeputy Secretary\u201d means the Deputy Secretary of Education;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cfunction\u201d includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cState\u201d includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the terms \u201cprivate\u201d and \u201cprivate educational\u201d refer to independent, nonpublic, and private institutions of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3404/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201coffice\u201d includes any office, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}