Ind. Code § 20-50-1-1
"Homeless children and youths"
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "homeless child" means a minor who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "homeless children and youths" has the meaning set forth in 42 U.S.C. 11434a.
(b) The term includes:
(1) a child who:
(A) shares the housing of other persons due to the child's loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
(B) lives in a motel, hotel, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
(C) lives in an emergency or transitional shelter;
(D) is abandoned in a hospital or other place not intended for general habitation; or
(E) is awaiting foster care placement;
(2) a child who has 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) a child who lives in a car, a park, a public space, an abandoned building, a bus station, a train station, substandard housing, or a similar setting; and
(4) a child of a migratory worker who lives in circumstances described in subdivisions (1) through (3).
(b) As used in this chapter, "McKinney-Vento Act" refers to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.).
(c) As used in this chapter, "school corporation" has the same meaning as set forth in IC 20-18-2-16(c).
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.