Point of Contact for the Educational Stability for Children in Foster Care 662.449.7128
LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law on December 10, 2015, amending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. For the first time, the Every Student Succeeds Act embeds federal education law requirements that emphasize school stability and success for youth in foster care.
The Every Student Succeeds Act emphasizes the importance of limiting educational disruption of children placed in foster care who move due to entering care or changing placements by mandating the child remain in their schools or origin unless it is determined by the LEA and state child welfare agency that changing schools is in the child's best interest.
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