Foster Care Rights and Services

Students experiencing Foster Care have rights and services listed below through collaboration between the LEA and child welfare system:

• Right to remain in the same school when feasible
• Experience seamless transitions between schools
• Right to receive services and interventions to be ready to learn
• Right to participate in all developmentally appropriate activities
• Have supports to prevent dropout, truancy, and disciplinary actions, and reengage in the education experience
• Right to be involved and to advocate for his/her education
• Right to have consistent support to advocate and make educational decisions
• Right to have support to complete post-secondary education