6A:22-1.2 Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the content clearly indicates otherwise.
"Affidavit student" means a student attending, or seeking to attend, school in a district pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-1(b) and N.J.A.C. 6A:22-3.1(a)2.
"Appeal to the Commissioner" or "appeal" means contested case proceedings before the Commissioner of Education pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:3.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education or his or her designee.
"Guardian" means a person to whom a court of competent jurisdiction has awarded guardianship or custody of a child, provided that a residential custody order shall entitle a child to attend school in the residential custodian's school district subject to a rebuttable presumption that the child is actually living with such custodian. It also means the Department of Children and Families for purposes of N.J.S.A. 18A:38-1(e).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 6A:28-2.2 and amended by R. 2004 d. 377, effective October 4, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 2279(a), 36 N.J.R. 4448(a). Rewrote the introductory paragraph and added a N.J.A.C. reference in "Affidavit student". Amended by R. 2010 d. 025, effective January 19, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 3484(a), 42 N.J.R. 179(b). Added definitions "Appeal to the Commissioner" and "Guardian".