Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 200 - Board of Education
Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education
Subchapter 30 - Student Supports
Part 5 - State Regulations Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Section 200-RICR-20-30-5.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 200 RI Code of Rules 20 30 5.2

Current through September 18, 2024

A. "Homeless children and youths" means children and youths "who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence," as per the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, as amended (the "McKinney-Vento Act") at 42 U.S.C. §§ 11434a(2)(A) and (B), including:

1. Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to a lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals;

2. Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

3. Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings;

4. Unaccompanied youth (youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian); and

5. Migratory children (as such term is defined at 30 U.S.C. § 6399) who qualify as homeless for the purposes of the McKinney-Vento Act because they are living in circumstances described in §§ 5.2(A)(1) through (4) of this Part above.

B. "School of origin" means the school that the child or youth attended when permanently housed or the school in which the child or youth was last enrolled.

C. "Enroll" and "Enrollment" means attending classes and participating fully in school activities.

D. "Comparable services" means services offered to other students in the school selected including transportation services, educational services, and meals through school nutrition programs.

E. "Homeless student" means the same as Homeless Children and Youths.

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