HCS HB 827 -- CHILDREN IN LICENSED RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
(Muschany)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Special Committee on Student Achievement

This substitute requires that the educational needs of certain
children committed to the guardianship of the Department of
Social Services are to be considered by the child's family
support team and invites the local school district to be
represented on the team.  When a child who is not receiving
special education services is placed in a licensed residential
care facility by the department, the facility is responsible for
the child's educational services, unless the child's plan of
treatment indicates that the child is able to attend public
school.  The substitute addresses the use of homebound
instruction; alternative settings; and reimbursement for
educational services for facilities with their own school and
staff, facilities with their own school room using school
district staff, and facilities with neither school facilities nor
teachers of their own.

Any child under the care of a facility whose plan of treatment
supports attendance at a public school but who subsequently is
suspended or otherwise demonstrates school failure will receive
educational services as specified in the substitute.

Facilities with schools on site may contract with the local
school district to provide educational services at the facility,
and districts may contract with facilities to provide services.
Residential care facilities are not obligated to create an
on-site school.  The school district and facility must file a
plan annually, describing the general methods by which
educational services will be supplied to children in a variety of
circumstances.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2008,
FY 2009, and FY 2010.  Estimated Cost on Other State Funds of
Unknown but Greater than $100,000 in FY 2008, FY 2009, and
FY 2010.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:20 am