H.F. No. 4396 Summary

• County boards must immediately notify a child's resident district and serving district of any change in placement for care and treatment.

• Legal residence for children with disabilities placed in foster facilities is defined as the district where the child was a resident when specific conditions are met (parental rights terminated, parent/guardian out of state, no other district residence established, or parent/guardian incarcerated/in halfway house).

• Once a child with a disability is placed in foster care (excluding foster care facilities for care and treatment), legal residence changes to the district where the child currently resides during the foster care placement.

• Legal residence for children without disabilities placed in residential or foster facilities for care and treatment is the district where the child was a resident at the time of parental rights termination, with the same subsequent foster care placement rule applying.

• All provisions are effective July 1, 2020.