New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 23A - FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES
Subchapter 19 - EMERGENCY STATE AID AND RESIDENCY DETERMINATION
Section 6A:23A-19.3 - Address submission for determining the district of residence

1. If the State has custody of the child or if a court or the State has appointed a third party as the custodian of the child, the present address of the parent(s) or guardian(s) with whom the child resided immediately prior to his or her most recent admission to a State facility or placement by a State agency shall be submitted. If the child resides in a resource family home, the present address of the resource family parent(s) shall be submitted pursuant to 18A:7B-12.

2. If the child's parents are divorced with joint guardianship, the present address of the individual parent with whom the child resided as of the date required by 6A:23A-19.2(a)1 or 2 shall be submitted.

3. If the child's parents are divorced with joint guardianship and the child resides with each parent equally, the present address of both the child's father and mother as of the date required by 6A:23A-19.2(a)1 or 2 shall be submitted.

4. If the child's sole parent or legal guardian resides in a State facility, the State will assume financial responsibility for the child's educational costs until such time as the parent or guardian no longer resides in the State facility.

5. If the child resides in a non-resource family home with a relative for less than one year immediately prior to the child's most recent admission to a State facility or most recent placement by a State agency, the present address of the child's parent(s) or guardian(s) at the time this placement is submitted.

6. If the child resides in a non-resource family home with a relative pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-1.d for one or more years immediately prior to the child's most recent admission to a State facility or most recent placement by a State agency, the present address of the child's relative(s) at the time of this placement is submitted.

7. If the child is age 18 or older or has been legally emancipated; and has lived on his or her own before the initial placement, the present address of the child as of the date required by N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-19.2(a)1 or 2 is submitted.