EDUC-HOMELESS-CAREGIVERS DIST

Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Changes the definition of "parent". Provides that if a child is under the care or custody of a caregiver, then the caregiver may enroll the child in the school district where the caregiver resides if the child resides with the caregiver as a result of certain circumstances. Provides that before the child may be enrolled in the district, the caregiver must submit a Caregiver School Authorization form. Provides that a caregiver who completes and submits a Caregiver School Authorization form is authorized and agrees to (i) act in the place of the child's parents with respect to the child's education decisions and (ii) be the person that the district contacts with regard to truancy, discipline, and school-based medical care. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective January 1, 2005.