20 U.S.C. § 6451: Purpose

§6451 Purpose

Title 20 › CHAPTER 70 — STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › SUBCHAPTER I — IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED › Part D — Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk › subpart 2 — local agency programs › § 6451

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Supports local school districts working with correctional facilities to run education that gets youth ready to finish high school, get job training, find work, or continue schooling, and to give transition help and run programs in local and Bureau of Indian Education schools for youth returning from correctional facilities or who are at risk.

Title 20, §6451

Education, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purpose of this subpart is to support the operation of local educational agency programs that involve collaboration with locally operated correctional facilities—

(1)to carry out high quality education programs to prepare children and youth for secondary school completion, training, employment, or further education;

(2)to provide activities to facilitate the transition of such children and youth from the correctional program to further education or employment; and

(3)to operate programs in local schools, including schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, for children and youth returning from correctional facilities, and programs which may serve at-risk children and youth.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6451, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1421, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3597, related to purpose of subpart, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

Amendments

2015—Par. (3). Pub. L. 114–95 inserted “, including schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education,” after “local schools”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.