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1999 SESSION

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HB 1778 Persons to whom public schools shall be free.

Introduced by: Richard H. Black | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Persons to whom public schools shall be free. Revises the statute controlling who is entitled to free public education in the school divisions of the Commonwealth by adding those persons of school age whose parents are unable to care for them who are living within the school division, not solely for school purposes, with another person who resides in the school division and is acting in loco parentis pursuant to placement of the school-age person for adoption by an authorized person or entity. Current law addresses the situation in which a person is living with a natural parent or a parent by legal adoption; however, when the parents are unable to care for a child, the child will only be entitled to free public education while living, not solely for school purposes, with another person who resides in the school division who is the court-appointed guardian or has legal custody of the child.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Persons to whom public schools shall be free. Adds to the list of persons deemed to reside in a school division, and therefore entitled to a free public education in the public schools of that division, those individuals whose parents are unable to care for them and who are living, not solely for school purposes, with another person who resides in the school division and is acting in loco parentis pursuant to placement of the person for foster care or adoption by an authorized person or entity.

Current law contemplates residency for a variety of cases and addresses children living with a parent by legal adoption as well as for those who are living with a person in loco parentis; however, in the latter case, the child’s parents must be dead.

This bill was initially identical to HB 2011.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Persons to whom public schools shall be free. Adds to the list of persons deemed to reside in a school division, and therefore entitled to a free public education in the public schools of that division, those individuals whose parents are unable to care for them and who are living, not solely for school purposes, with another person who resides in the school division and is acting in loco parentis pursuant to a legal adoption procedure.

Current law contemplates residency for a variety of cases and addresses children living with a parent by legal adoption as well as for those who are living with a person in loco parentis; however, in the latter case, the child’s parents must be dead.