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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="8-501" title_number="8" title_name="Special Programs for Exceptional Children" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Children in State-Supervised Care">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Child in State–supervised care” means a child who is in the custody of, committed to, or otherwise placed by a placement agency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Noncollegiate educational institution” has the meaning stated in § 2–206 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Notice” means that written, verbal, or other communication regarding the identification of a child in State–supervised care has been effectuated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Placement agency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A local department of social services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Maryland Department of Health;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department of Juvenile Services; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A private agency that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Engages in the placement of children in homes or with individuals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is licensed by the Social Services Administration under § 5–507 of the Family Law Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Receiving school” means a public school or a noncollegiate educational institution affiliated with a residential child care program or treatment facility that has an educational program approved by the Department in which a child in State–supervised care is newly enrolled or seeks to enroll.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Sending school” means a public school or a noncollegiate educational institution affiliated with a residential child care program or treatment facility that has an educational program approved by the Department in which a child in State–supervised care was enrolled prior to enrolling, or seeking to enroll, in a receiving school.</text>
  </level>
</section>
