Section 167.018

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Chapter 167

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   

  167.018.  Foster care education bill of rights — school district liaisons to be designated, duties. — 1.  Sections 167.018 and 167.019 shall be known and may be cited as the "Foster Care Education Bill of Rights".

  2.  Each school district shall designate a staff person as the educational liaison for foster care children.  The liaison shall do all of the following in an advisory capacity:

  (1)  Ensure and facilitate the proper educational placement, enrollment in school, and checkout from school of foster children;

  (2)  Assist foster care pupils when transferring from one school to another or from one school district to another, by ensuring proper transfer of credits, records, and grades;

  (3)  Request school records, as provided in section 167.022, within two business days of placement of a foster care pupil in a school; and

  (4)  Submit school records of foster care pupils within three business days of receiving a request for school records, under subdivision (3) of this subsection.

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(L. 2009 H.B. 154 merged with S.B. 291)