N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:17-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 6A:17-2.2 - Determination of homeless status

(a) The district board of education for the school district of residence shall determine that a child or youth is homeless for purposes of this subchapter when the child or youth resides in any of the following:

1.A publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including:

i. Hotels or motels;

ii. Congregate shelters, including domestic violence and runaway shelters;

iii. Transitional housing; and

iv. Homes for adolescent mothers;

2. A public or private place not designated for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation, including:

i. Cars or other vehicles, including mobile homes;

ii. Tents or other temporary shelters;

iii. Parks;

iv. Abandoned buildings;

v. Bus or train stations; or

vi. (No change in text.)

3. The residence of relatives or friends where the homeless child or youth resides out of necessity because the child's or youth's family lacks a regular or permanent residence of its own; or

4. Substandard housing.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:17-2.2

Amended by 46 N.J.R. 2033(b), effective 10/6/2014.

Amended by 54 N.J.R. 553(a), effective 4/4/2022