N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:17-1.2
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.
N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:17-1.2