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Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 Oregon Legislation- SB 395 (2017) Requires the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Department of Human Services to work together with public universities and community colleges to annually determine and report the number of and graduation rates for current and former foster children enrolled in each institution. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 New Mexico Legislation- SB 130 (2020) Among other provisions, requires that, when a student in foster care experiences transfers to a new public school or district, the new school must contact the previous school within two days of the student's enrollment. The previous school must then send any requested records to the new school within two days of receiving the request. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 Nevada Legislation- NRS 388E.145 Requires the school board to prepare an annual report about the academic progress of children in foster care in the state that must include federally required data. Also requires agencies that provide child welfare services to a child in public school to provide any information requested by the local education agency as soon as practicable. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 Kansas Legislation- K.S.A § 38-2212 Outlines who can access the information of child in foster care, including educational records and history. Those entitled include "any educational institution to the extent necessary to enable the educational institution to provide the safest possible environment for its pupils and employees, and any educator to the extent necessary to enable the educator to protect the personal safety of the educator and the educator's pupils." Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 California Legislation- WIC § 16010 California statute that requires certain education information to be included in a child’s case plan through a "health and education passport.” Includes measures such as the child’s grade level performance, school transfer history, credits earned, and contact information for their educational decisionmaker. Also clarifies when this information may be shared with potential caregivers. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 Arkansas Legislation- HB 1400 (2019) Law requiring the Arkansas House and Senate Committees on Education to conduct a biennial study of the state’s Succeed Scholarship Program, which is available to students in foster care. The study must include data related to the number of students in foster care in the program, as well as educational achievement data for students in the program. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 Colorado Legislation- HB 1348 (2018) Among other provisions, this bill allows foster parents and prospective foster parents access to the education records of a foster child in their care, and requires school districts to provide foster parents access to the education records and reports of students in their care. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 Utah Legislation- HB 538 (2016) Utah’s “Student Data Protection Act.” Clarifies that a student data manager may share a student in foster care’s personally identifiable student data from a cumulative record with a caseworker or representative of the Department of Human Services. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 Missouri Legislation- HB 1577 (2012) Missouri law that requires, among other provisions, the state dept. of education to “provide for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among schools, foster care children, and their families.” Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 Iowa Legislation § 280.29 Requires a school district to provide all educational records of the child within five school days after receiving notice that they are transferring schools, and requires districts to enter into a MOU with the state Dept. of Human Services regarding the exchange of information as appropriate to facilitate the enrollment transition of children in foster care. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 Florida Legislation- § 39.0016 Florida law requiring the state Dept. of Children and Families to enter into an agreement with the state Dept. of Education to, among other things, establish a protocol to share information about students in foster care, consistent with FERPA. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 1/29/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 1/29/25 Washington Legislation- RCW 28A.150.510 Washington law that requires education records for students who are the subject of a dependency proceeding to be shared with the child welfare agency within 2 school days of when they make a request. Outlines when these records can be shared with other parties. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 1/2/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 1/2/25 Connecticut Legislation- SB 45 (2014) Outlines data sharing requirements for school districts providing education to foster youth and requires a review of their educational files to determine if the child is eligible for special education services. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 California Legislation- Education Code §49069.3-5 Requires a sending school to transfer both the student and their records within two business days of notification that the student will be transferring. Each school must have a point of contact to promptly handle these transfers, and the county education agency must coordinate information about student transfers in foster care between these points of contact to ensure transfers occur quickly and smoothly. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Kentucky Legislation- HB 33 (2017) Mandates data sharing between child welfare agencies and schools when students enter the state’s foster care system. Schools must be notified of the child’s status as a student in foster care, who is caring for the child, and who is authorized to visit and pick up the child. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Maryland Legislation- SB 592 (2021) Requires the State Dept. of Ed. to report educational statistics for students in foster care, including those related to school stability, special education, attendance, and discipline. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Connecticut Legislation- HB 6705 (2013) Requires the Departments of Education and Children and Families to annually track the academic progress of each child in state custody, from prek-12, and submit a report to the achievement gap task force. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Colorado Legislation- HB 1374 (2022) Lists requirements for what must be included in data-sharing requirement between the state Depts. of Ed & Human Services, including specific, measurable goals, and requires a report with the data to be published. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 California Legislation- Education Code §49085 Requires the collection and sharing of data related to the educational outcomes and experiences of students in foster care. Read More Older Posts
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 Oregon Legislation- ORS 326.575 For students in substitute care programs, their new school/facility must request educational records from their previous school/facility within 5 days of them seeking enrollment, and the previous school/facility must send those records within 5 days. Additionally, each educational institution that has custody of the student’s education records shall annually notify parents and eligible students of their right to review and propose amendments to the records. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 Oregon Legislation- SB 395 (2017) Requires the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Department of Human Services to work together with public universities and community colleges to annually determine and report the number of and graduation rates for current and former foster children enrolled in each institution. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/10/25 New Mexico Legislation- SB 130 (2020) Among other provisions, requires that, when a student in foster care experiences transfers to a new public school or district, the new school must contact the previous school within two days of the student's enrollment. The previous school must then send any requested records to the new school within two days of receiving the request. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 Nevada Legislation- NRS 388E.145 Requires the school board to prepare an annual report about the academic progress of children in foster care in the state that must include federally required data. Also requires agencies that provide child welfare services to a child in public school to provide any information requested by the local education agency as soon as practicable. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 Kansas Legislation- K.S.A § 38-2212 Outlines who can access the information of child in foster care, including educational records and history. Those entitled include "any educational institution to the extent necessary to enable the educational institution to provide the safest possible environment for its pupils and employees, and any educator to the extent necessary to enable the educator to protect the personal safety of the educator and the educator's pupils." Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/6/25 California Legislation- WIC § 16010 California statute that requires certain education information to be included in a child’s case plan through a "health and education passport.” Includes measures such as the child’s grade level performance, school transfer history, credits earned, and contact information for their educational decisionmaker. Also clarifies when this information may be shared with potential caregivers. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 Arkansas Legislation- HB 1400 (2019) Law requiring the Arkansas House and Senate Committees on Education to conduct a biennial study of the state’s Succeed Scholarship Program, which is available to students in foster care. The study must include data related to the number of students in foster care in the program, as well as educational achievement data for students in the program. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 Colorado Legislation- HB 1348 (2018) Among other provisions, this bill allows foster parents and prospective foster parents access to the education records of a foster child in their care, and requires school districts to provide foster parents access to the education records and reports of students in their care. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/4/25 Utah Legislation- HB 538 (2016) Utah’s “Student Data Protection Act.” Clarifies that a student data manager may share a student in foster care’s personally identifiable student data from a cumulative record with a caseworker or representative of the Department of Human Services. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 Missouri Legislation- HB 1577 (2012) Missouri law that requires, among other provisions, the state dept. of education to “provide for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among schools, foster care children, and their families.” Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 Iowa Legislation § 280.29 Requires a school district to provide all educational records of the child within five school days after receiving notice that they are transferring schools, and requires districts to enter into a MOU with the state Dept. of Human Services regarding the exchange of information as appropriate to facilitate the enrollment transition of children in foster care. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 2/3/25 Florida Legislation- § 39.0016 Florida law requiring the state Dept. of Children and Families to enter into an agreement with the state Dept. of Education to, among other things, establish a protocol to share information about students in foster care, consistent with FERPA. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 1/29/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 1/29/25 Washington Legislation- RCW 28A.150.510 Washington law that requires education records for students who are the subject of a dependency proceeding to be shared with the child welfare agency within 2 school days of when they make a request. Outlines when these records can be shared with other parties. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 1/2/25 State legislation Sneha Barve 1/2/25 Connecticut Legislation- SB 45 (2014) Outlines data sharing requirements for school districts providing education to foster youth and requires a review of their educational files to determine if the child is eligible for special education services. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 California Legislation- Education Code §49069.3-5 Requires a sending school to transfer both the student and their records within two business days of notification that the student will be transferring. Each school must have a point of contact to promptly handle these transfers, and the county education agency must coordinate information about student transfers in foster care between these points of contact to ensure transfers occur quickly and smoothly. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Kentucky Legislation- HB 33 (2017) Mandates data sharing between child welfare agencies and schools when students enter the state’s foster care system. Schools must be notified of the child’s status as a student in foster care, who is caring for the child, and who is authorized to visit and pick up the child. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Maryland Legislation- SB 592 (2021) Requires the State Dept. of Ed. to report educational statistics for students in foster care, including those related to school stability, special education, attendance, and discipline. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Connecticut Legislation- HB 6705 (2013) Requires the Departments of Education and Children and Families to annually track the academic progress of each child in state custody, from prek-12, and submit a report to the achievement gap task force. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Colorado Legislation- HB 1374 (2022) Lists requirements for what must be included in data-sharing requirement between the state Depts. of Ed & Human Services, including specific, measurable goals, and requires a report with the data to be published. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 California Legislation- Education Code §49085 Requires the collection and sharing of data related to the educational outcomes and experiences of students in foster care. Read More
