HB 2413 -- Students in Foster Care

Sponsor:  Stream

This bill requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education to ensure that specified criteria is implemented in
every school district regarding the enrollment and educational
success of foster care children due to frequent moves.

If a foster care student transfers before or during the school
year, the receiving school must initially honor placement of the
student in educational courses and programs based on the
student's enrollment or educational assessments from the sending
school and provide comparable services to a foster care student
with disabilities based on his or her current Individualized
Education Program.

Schools may waive specific course or program prerequisites and
must waive specific courses required for graduation if similar
course work has been satisfactorily completed at another school
or provide reasonable justification for the denial.  If a waiver
is not granted, the receiving school must provide an alternative
means of acquiring the required course work so that graduation
may occur on time.  If a foster care student who transfers at the
beginning or during his or her senior year is ineligible to
graduate from the receiving school after all alternatives
specified in the bill have been considered, the sending and
receiving schools must ensure the student receives a diploma from
the sending school if the student meets the graduation
requirements of the sending school.

The bill also specifies that a foster care adult who is younger
than 23 years of age and enrolled full-time in a postsecondary
educational institution will be eligible to receive MO HealthNet
Program benefits.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm