New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 17 - EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS AND STUDENTS IN STATE FACILITIES AND EDUCATIONAL STABILITY FOR CHILDREN IN RESOURCE FAMILY CARE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 6A:17-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Best interest determination" means the school placement
				  decision made by DCP&P based on the factors considered, as set forth at
				  N.J.S.A.
				  30:4C-26b.
"Career and technical education" or "CTE" means as defined in
				  N.J.A.C.
				  6A:19-1.2.
"DCP&P" means the Division of Child Protection and
				  Permanency, which is a division in the New Jersey Department of Children and
				  Families (DCF) that is responsible for the placement of children in resource
				  family care, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  30:4C-26b.
"Educational Stability School District Notification" means
				  the notification provided by DCP&P to the school district, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  30:4C-26b.h.
"Enroll" or "enrollment" means attending classes and
				  participating fully in school activities.
"Homeless child" means a child or youth who lacks a fixed,
				  regular, and adequate residence, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:7B-12 and
				  N.J.A.C.
				  6A:17-2.2.
"Immediate" or "immediately" means at the instant the need
				  for placement is made known.
"Parent" means the natural or adoptive parent, legal
				  guardian, resource family care parent, surrogate parent, or person acting in
				  the place of a parent, such as the person with whom the child legally resides
				  or a person legally responsible for the child's welfare.
"Point of contact" means the employee identified in each
				  school district who facilitates all activities needed to ensure enrollment and
				  attendance of children in resource family care.
"Resource family care" means 24-hour substitute care for
				  children placed away from their parent(s) and for whom DCP&P has placement
				  and care responsibility. The term is synonymous with "foster care" as defined
				  in the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as reauthorized
				  by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and includes "resource family home"
				  found elsewhere in the New Jersey Administrative Code and in the New Jersey
				  Statutes Annotated.
"School district liaison for the education of homeless
				  children and youths" means the person identified in each school district who
				  facilitates all activities needed to ensure the enrollment and attendance of
				  homeless children and youths.
"School district of residence" for a homeless child or youth
				  means the school district in which the parent of a homeless child or youth
				  resided prior to becoming homeless. It may not be the school district in which
				  the student currently resides. This term is synonymous with "school district of
				  origin" referenced in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act.
				  "School district of residence" for a student in a State facility means the
				  school district in which the parent with whom the student lived prior to
				  placement in a State facility currently resides, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:7B-12.b. In the case of a child placed in
				  resource family care prior to September 9, 2010, in accordance with
				  P.L.
				  2010, c. 69, the
				  "school district of residence" means the school district in which the resource
				  family care parent(s) resides. In the case of a child placed in resource family
				  care on or after September 9, 2010, in accordance with
				  P.L.
				  2010, c. 69, the
				  "school district of residence" means the present school district of residence
				  of the parent(s) with whom the child lived prior to the most recent placement
				  in resource family care.
"School of origin" for a child in resource family care means
				  the school district in which a child was enrolled prior to a change in the
				  child's care, custody, or guardianship. If a child's resource family care
				  placement changes, the school of origin would then be considered the school
				  district in which the child is enrolled at the time of the placement
				  change.
"State agency" means the New Jersey Department of Human
				  Services, the New Jersey Department of Corrections, the New Jersey Department
				  of Children and Families, or the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.
"State facility" means residential and day programs operated
				  by, contracted with, or specified by the New Jersey Department of Human
				  Services, the New Jersey Department of Corrections, the New Jersey Department
				  of Children and Families, or the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.
"Transitional living facility" means a temporary facility
				  that provides housing to a child due to domestic violence, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:7B-12.1.
"Unaccompanied youth" means a youth not in the physical
				  custody of a parent at the time of enrollment.