SB 1059 Summary

• Designates the school district where a pupil is placed in a licensed children's institution, foster home, or family home as the district of residence responsible for providing free appropriate public education.

• Requires county boards of education to provide free appropriate public education to pupils with exceptional needs detained in juvenile halls, with placement responsibility determined by the expanded individualized education program team based on pupil's parental residence or future residential placement location.

• Establishes procedures for determining responsible school districts in juvenile hall cases, including county office notification, dispute resolution appeals to county board of education with 60-day decision deadline, and authorization for county superintendents to draw requisitions against non-compliant districts.

• Clarifies that foster parents can be considered "parents" for educational decision-making purposes only if a court order has specifically limited biological or adoptive parents' authority.

• Specifies that state mandated costs under this bill shall be reimbursed pursuant to existing statutory procedures for state mandates.