Any homeless child shall be immediately admitted, even if the child or child's parents/guardian is unable to produce records normally required for enrollment.
The term "homeless children and youth"
A. Means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes
B. 1. Children and youth who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (commonly referred to as "doubled up"); are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; those awaiting foster care placement or children displaced by a natural disaster (case-by-case basis)
2. Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for ordinary use as regular sleeping accommodation for human beings...
3. Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings, and;
4. Migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses 1 through 3.