---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
key: "ch47"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 47"
heading: "Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/ch47"
sections_count: 64
---

# Chapter 47 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools

Title 20 — Education

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Basic Programs](/usc/20/ch47-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Critical Skills Improvement](/usc/20/ch47-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Magnet Schools Assistance](/usc/20/ch47-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Special Programs](/usc/20/ch47-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Drug Education](/usc/20/ch47-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Projects and Programs Designed to Address School Dropout Problems and to Strengthen Basic Skills Instruction](/usc/20/ch47-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Bilingual Education Programs](/usc/20/ch47-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Gun-Free Schools](/usc/20/ch47-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — General Provisions](/usc/20/ch47-schIX.md)