Section 8802 Of Article 1. General Provisions And Definitions From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Consortium" means two or more local educational agencies.
(b) "Cooperating agency" means any federal, state, or local public
or private nonprofit agency that agrees to offer support services at
a schoolsite through a program implemented under this chapter.
(c) "Council" means the Healthy Start Support Services for
Children Program Council.
(d) "Lead agency" means the department.
(e) "Local educational agency" means a school district or county
office of education.
(f) "Private partner" means a private business or foundation that
provides financial assistance or otherwise assists a support services
program operated under this chapter.
(g) "Qualifying school" means a school that is any of the
following:
(1) A school that maintains kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6,
inclusive, in which 50 percent or more of the enrolled pupils either
(A) are from families that receive benefits from the Aid to Families
with Dependent Children program or any successor program, have
limited English proficiency, as identified pursuant to Section 52163,
or both, or (B) are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals
under Section 49552.
(2) A school that maintains any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, in
which 35 percent or more of the enrolled pupils either (A) are from
families that receive benefits from the Aid to Families with
Dependent Children program or any successor program, have limited
English proficiency, as identified pursuant to Section 52163, or
both, or (B) are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals
under Section 49552.
(3) A school that does not satisfy the criteria in paragraph (1)
or (2) but that demonstrates other factors that warrant its
consideration, including, for example, exceptional need, potential to
serve as a model program, or service to a particular target
population. No more than 10 percent of the schools that participate
in the program established by this chapter may be schools that
qualify under this paragraph. A school that receives a grant under
this paragraph shall ensure that the following pupils in that school
are given priority to receive services provided with the grant money:
(A) are from families that receive benefits from the Aid to Families
with Dependent Children program or any successor program, have
limited English proficiency, as identified pursuant to Section 52163,
or both, or (B) are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals
under Section 49552.
(h) "Agency secretary" means the Secretary of the Health and
Welfare Agency.
(i) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
(j) "Support services" means services that will enhance the
physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of children
and their families.