; (III) a State or a political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (IV) an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )) or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or (V) a public or private nonprofit organization; and (B) subject to approval by the Secretary, may— (i) serve a region that is— (I) a single jurisdiction; or (II) if the region is a rural area, multijurisdictional; and (ii) define the region that the partnership represents, if the region— (I) is large enough to contain critical elements of the industry cluster prioritized by the partnership; (II) is small enough to enable close collaboration among members of the partnership; (III) includes a majority of communities that are located in— (aa) a nonmetropolitan area that qualifies as a low-income community (as defined in section 45D(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); and (bb) an area that has access to or has a plan to achieve broadband service (within the meaning of title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.)); and (IV) (aa) has a population of 50,000 or fewer inhabitants