Kentucky HB 527: AN ACT relating to the educational stability of children in out-of-home placements. Create a new section of KRS 199.800 to 199.805 to provide that the Department for Community Based Services shall place a foster child within the school district where the child was enrolled immediately prior to placement if practicable; require the department to make the determination on whether a foster child shall remain enrolled in the school of origin based upon a determination of the best interest of the child; provide that the cost of transportation shall not be a factor in the determination of the best interest of the child; require reasonable transportation to be offered if the department determines it is in the best interest of the child to remain enrolled in the school of origin after placement in a new school district; establish procedures for enrolling a foster child if changing the child's school of enrollment is in the best interest of the child; require the district in which the foster child is enrolled upon successful completion of high school graduation requirements to issue a diploma to the child.

Status: Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 147) (as of 2018-04-10)

State: Kentucky · Session: 2018RS · Bill: HB 527

Sponsors: B. Reed, J. Carney, M. Prunty, S. Riley

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