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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Education Code - EDC |
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Title 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION |
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Division 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION |
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Part 24. SCHOOL FINANCE |
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Chapter 7. Local Taxation by School Districts |
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ARTICLE 2. Apportionments and Revenue Control |
Section 42238.01.
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For purposes of Section 42238.02, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Eligible for free or reduced-price meals" means determined to meet federal income eligibility criteria or deemed to be categorically eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program, as described in Part 245 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) "Foster youth" means a foster child, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 48853.5, or a nonminor under the transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court, as described in Section 450 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, who satisfies all of the following criteria:
(1) He or she has attained 18 years of age while under an order of foster care placement by the juvenile court, and is not more than 19 years of age on or after January 1, 2012, not more than 20 years of age on or after January 1, 2013, and not more than 21 years of age, on or after January 1, 2014, and as described in Section 10103.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) He or she is in foster care under the placement and care responsibility of the county welfare department, county probation department, Indian tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization that entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(3) He or she is participating in a transitional independent living case plan pursuant to Section 475(8) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 675(8)), as contained in the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351), as described in Section 11403 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) "Pupils of limited English proficiency" means pupils who do not have the clearly developed English language skills of comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing necessary to receive instruction only in English at a level substantially equivalent to pupils of the same age or grade whose primary language is English. "English learner" shall have the same meaning as is provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 306 and as "pupils of limited English proficiency."