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IN SB0428
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends child case plan requirements to include documentation of efforts made by the department to coordinate with school officials to provide appropriate support and protect child safety, effective July 1, 2018.
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Requires case plans for children in foster care to include a plan ensuring educational stability that considers the appropriateness of current educational settings and proximity to the child's current school.
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Mandates the department coordinate with local educational agencies to either keep the child in their current school or arrange immediate, appropriate enrollment in a different school with transfer of records if necessary.
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Requires the department to provide information to the court indicating potential violations of dispositional orders by parents, guardians, or custodians, including positive drug or alcohol screen results, to be made part of the child in need of services court record.
Legislative Description
Department of child services. Requires the department of child services (department) to describe in a child's case plan any efforts made by the department to coordinate with school officials in developing the case plan, if efforts to coordinate with school officials are made. Requires the department to provide information to the court to be made part of the court record if the department receives information that indicates that a parent, guardian, or custodian may have violated a dispositional order.
Last Action
Public Law 105
3/15/2018