Sec. 1016. Report on educational stability of children in foster care
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Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that— describes any barriers to coordination between local educational agencies and child welfare agencies, including in Federal law or regulation, such as the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–351 ; 122 Stat. 3949); describes the benefits and challenges of keeping a foster care child in the school of origin when such child moves to a new school attendance area as a result of being placed in foster care, changing foster care placements, or leaving foster care, including— the academic impact of increased stability as a result of such child remaining in the school of origin; challenges for local educational agencies and child welfare agencies as a result of such child remaining in the school of origin, including challenges associated with transportation; estimates of transportation costs if such child stays in the school of origin; and an analysis of the most appropriate entity to pay transportation costs for a foster care child who is changing or leaving placements and remaining in the school of origin; examines barriers to credit transfer, including awarding partial credit for coursework, for a child in foster care who is changing schools; examines the impact on local educational agencies of a local educational agency designating an individual as a point of contact for a child welfare agency, including— the entity most suited to having the responsibility for outreach on behalf of the education of a child in foster care enrolled in a school; and the benefits and limitations of designating the local educational agency liaison under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) ) as the same point of contact at the local educational agency for children in foster care; describes the impact of removing children who are awaiting foster care placement from coverage under subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq. ); and examines the extent to which the child welfare system takes into account a child’s educational stability when determining such child’s foster care placement.
For the purposes of this section: The term child in foster care means a child whose care and placement is the responsibility of the agency that administers a State plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 621 et seq. , 670 et seq.), without regard to whether foster care maintenance payments are made under section 472 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 672 ) on behalf of the child. The term school of origin means, with respect to a child in foster care, any of the following:
The public school in which the child was enrolled prior to entry into foster care. The public school in which the child is enrolled when a change in foster care placement occurs. The public school the child attended when last permanently housed, as such term is used in section 722(g)(3)(G) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(3)(G) ), if such child was eligible for assistance under such Act before the child became a child in foster care.
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- Pub. L. 110-351
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Sec. 1016
Report on educational stability of children in foster care
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-351
Stat.122 Stat. 3949
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