NJ S4215

Shifts financial responsibility for educating homeless students from the original district of residence to the district where the student attends school, starting in the second school year after becoming homeless

Maintains the original district of residence's responsibility for determining school placement and paying tuition/transportation costs only through the remainder of the first school year when a family becomes homeless

Requires the district where the parent or guardian last resided before becoming homeless to consult with families about placement options: continuing in the school of last attendance, enrolling in the former district of residence, or enrolling where the family is temporarily living

Preserves State responsibility for tuition costs when a homeless child has resided in a domestic violence shelter, homeless shelter, or transitional living facility outside the district of residence for more than one year

Amends P.L.1979, c.207 and P.L.1989, c.290 to redefine "district of residence" for funding purposes in subsequent school years as the school district where homeless children actually attend school