Section 281.33.2. Definitions.

“District of origin” is defined as the public school district in Iowa in which the child was last enrolled or which the child last attended when permanently housed.

“Guardian” is defined as a person of majority age with whom a homeless child or youth of school age is living or a person of majority age who has accepted responsibility for the homeless child or youth, whether or not the person has legal guardianship over the child or youth.

“Homeless child or youth” is defined as a child or youth from the age of 3 years through 21 years who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes the following:

        1.            A child or youth who is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; is living in an emergency or transitional shelter; is abandoned in a hospital; or is awaiting foster care placement;

        2.            A child or youth 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 or youth who is living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or similar setting; or

        4.            A migratory child or youth who qualifies as homeless because the child or youth is living in circumstances described in paragraphs “1” through “3” above.

“Preschool child” is defined as a child who is three, four, or five years of age before September 15.

“Unaccompanied youth” is defined as a youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.