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.1 Good Cause Request
Teen parents may make a request to the case manager for a good cause determination regarding failure to demonstrate adequate progress.
.11 A teen parent may request this determination prior to the turning in of a report card or during the 10-day reasonable effort period under Section 42-766.7.
.2 Good Cause Review
The case manager shall make a good cause determination when a teen parent requests such a review under Section 42-768.1.
.21 When a teen parent had a break in participation under Section 42-766.334(d)(1) during the report card period, the good cause review shall include the impact the break had on the teen parent's ability to make adequate progress.
.22 The case manager shall issue a notice containing the good cause determination to the teen parent and the head of the AU no later than 15 working days after a good cause determination was requested.
.23 When the case manager is not a CWD employee, the case manager shall review the events on which the teen parent based the request and provide a recommendation with substantiating documentation to the CWD.
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.231 The CWD shall review the case manager's documentation and recommendation to determine if the teen parent does or does not have good cause.
.232 The case manager shall issue a notice to the teen parent and the head of the AU containing the good cause determination after the CWD has made a determination.
.3 Good Cause Criteria
The following shall be reasons for good cause only when the event is beyond the teen parent's control and substantially deprived the teen parent of the ability to make adequate progress in school and no home study or other special arrangements could be made with the school.
(a) The teen parent is temporarily ill or incapacitated.
(b) The teen parent is required to appear in a court proceeding or is incarcerated.
(c) Inclement weather or other act of nature precludes the teen parent and other persons similarly situated from traveling to an activity.
(d) There is a breakdown in transportation arrangements with no ready access to alternate transportation.
(e) The teen parent refuses to accept major medical services even if the refusal precludes participation in the program.
(f) Licensed or exempt child care is not reasonably available during the teen parent's hours of school, including commuting time; or child care is needed for a child who is not eligible for Cal-Learn paid child care as specified under Section 47-201.
(1) "Reasonably available" child care includes having at least two choices of child care arrangements which do not require either of the following:
(A) Adding more than one-half hour one-way to the participant's commuting time; or
(B) The child to transfer to a different school.
(2) The choices of child care shall meet the requirements specified in Section 47-101.
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(g) A breakdown or interruption of child care arrangements occurs.
(h) Suitable special needs child care is not reasonably available for children with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or other special needs.
(i) The teen parent meets any of the exemption criteria as specified in Section 42-763.2 or deferral criteria as specified in Section 42-763.3.
(j) The teen parent is experiencing a family crisis or change of individual or family circumstances, such as any of the following:
(1) Death of a spouse, parent, or child.
(2) Illness of a spouse or child which requires the teen parent's immediate attention.
(k) At the discretion of the CWD, any substantial and compelling reasons other than those specified in this section.
NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 11320 and 11333.7(b)(2), Welfare and Institutions Code and 45 CFR 250.40(a).