84R28729 YDB-D
By: Stickland, Keough, Raymond, H.B. No. 2799
King of Taylor
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2799:
By: Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 2799
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to home-school education for foster children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 263, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 263.0045 to read as follows:
Sec. 263.0045. EDUCATION IN HOME SETTING FOR FOSTER
CHILDREN. On request of a person providing substitute care for a
child who is in the managing conservatorship of the department, the
department shall allow the person to provide the child with an
education in a home setting unless:
(1) the right of the department to allow the education
of the child in a home setting has been specifically limited by
court order;
(2) a court at a hearing conducted under this chapter
finds, on good cause shown through evidence presented by the
department in accordance with the applicable provisions in the
department's child protective services handbook (CPS August 2013),
that education in the home setting is not in the best interest of
the child; or
(3) the department determines that federal law
requires another school setting.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.