Education in Care and Treatment Settings Act Summary

• Establishes "Education in Care and Treatment Settings Act" creating new statutory chapter 125E to govern education services for children placed in mental health day treatment programs and residential care facilities.

• Requires providing districts to offer education services within three days of a child's placement in a care and treatment program, with at least half the instructional time of a regular school day, and allows flexible school calendars aligned with treatment schedules.

• Creates a care and treatment education fund to reimburse providing districts for actual education costs for children in care and treatment for 31+ school days; resident districts remain responsible for placements up to 30 days.

• Establishes special transportation state aid for districts providing transportation to children in care and treatment programs, including contract services, parental reimbursement, and transition services.

• Appropriates unspecified amounts from general fund for fiscal years 2014-2015 to support the education fund and special transportation aid; repeals outdated statutes governing care and treatment placements.