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20 USC § 6451 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s6451"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 6451 - Purpose"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "6451"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1421, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1587; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(8), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1903.)"
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# § 6451. Purpose

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1421, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1587; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(8), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1903.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6451, , as added , , , related to purpose of subpart, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .

### Amendments

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under .