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Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60

§3427 Coordinator for the Outlying Areas

Title 20 › Chapter 48— DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subchapter II— ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT › § 3427

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must name a Department office to coordinate work affecting the outlying areas. Within 90 days after January 8, 2002, the office head must appoint a coordinator who has substantial experience running Federal programs there. The coordinator must be the Department’s main advisor on Federal matters for those areas, regularly check education needs, help coordinate programs that serve them, and give guidance to Department programs. "Outlying areas" means Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It does not include the freely associated states: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §3427

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(a)The Secretary shall designate an office of the Department to coordinate the activities of the Department as they relate to the outlying areas.
(b)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.
(c)The coordinator for the outlying areas shall—
(1)serve as the principal advisor to the Department on Federal matters affecting the outlying areas;
(2)evaluate, on a periodic basis, the needs of education programs in the outlying areas;
(3)assist with the coordination of programs that serve the outlying areas; and
(4)provide guidance to programs within the Department that serve the outlying areas.
(d)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.

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Effective Date

Section 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.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 3427

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60