The Secretary shall designate an office of the Department to coordinate the activities of the Department as they relate to the outlying areas.
Not later than 90 days after January 8, 2002, the head of the office designated under subsection (a) shall appoint a coordinator for the outlying areas, who shall be a person with substantial experience in the operation of Federal programs in the outlying areas.
The coordinator for the outlying areas shall-
As used in this section, the term "outlying areas" includes Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, but does not include the freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
20 U.S.C. § 3427
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107-110, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.
- Department
- the term "Department" means the Department of Education or any component thereof;
- Secretary
- the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education;
- office
- the term "office" includes any office, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.