---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10554"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10554"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10554"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter XXVI — Matching Grant Program for School Security"
---

# §10554. Definitions


For purposes of this subchapter—

- (1) the term “school” means an elementary or secondary school, including a Bureau-funded school (as defined in [section 2021 of title 25](/usc/25/2021.md));
- (2) the term “unit of local government” means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the [State](/usc/34/10105.md) level;
- (3) the term “Indian tribe” has the same meaning as in [section 5304(e) of title 25](/usc/25/5304.md?p=e);
- (4) the term “evidence-based” means a [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2), practice, technology, or equipment that—
  - (A) demonstrates a statistically significant effect on relevant outcomes based on—
    - (i) strong evidence from not less than 1 well-designed and well-implemented experimental study;
    - (ii) moderate evidence from not less than 1 well-designed and well-implemented quasi-experimental study; or
    - (iii) promising evidence from not less than 1 well-designed and well-implemented correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias;
  - (B) demonstrates a rationale based on high-quality research findings or positive [evaluation](/usc/34/10251.md?p=a-10) that such [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2), practice, technology, or equipment is likely to improve relevant outcomes, and includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of the [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2), practice, technology, or equipment; or
  - (C) in the case of technology or equipment, demonstrates that use of the technology or equipment is—
    - (i) consistent with best practices for [school](#1) security, including—
      - (I) applicable standards for [school](#1) security established by a Federal or [State](/usc/34/10105.md) government agency; and
      - (II) findings and recommendations of public commissions and task forces established to make recommendations or set standards for [school](#1) security; and
    - (ii) compliant with all applicable codes, including building and life safety codes; and
- (5) the term “tribal organization” has the same meaning given the term in [section 5304(l)](/usc/25/5304.md?p=l) of title 25.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2704, as added Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title I, § 1108(b), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1502; amended Pub. L. 115–141, div. S, title V, § 502(4), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1131.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3797d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2018—Par. (1). Pub. L. 115–141, § 502(4)(A), substituted “an” for “a public” and inserted “, including a Bureau-funded school (as defined in section 2021 of title 25)” after “secondary school”.

Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 115–141, § 502(4)(B)–(D), added pars. (4) and (5).