State & Local
Contacts & Resources

Training

• MDE and Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) Local Educational Agency (LEA) Point-of-Contact Training

• A Walk-Through of the Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance

• Foster Care Provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA)

Transportation

• Sample LEA Foster Care Transportation Plan/Procedure Updated 6/8/18

• MDE Foster Care Transportation Dispute Resolution

Resources

• MDE Memo - ESSA Foster Care Provisions

• Educational Entity Master Instructions for Adding a Foster Care Liaison

• MDHHS Education State Point-of-Contact by County Updated 8/25/16

From the United States Department of Education (USED)

• ESSA Joint Guidance on Foster Care