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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to home-school education for foster children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 263, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 263.0045 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 263.0045. EDUCATION IN HOME SETTING FOR FOSTER |
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CHILDREN. On request of a person providing substitute care for a |
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child who is in the managing conservatorship of the department, the |
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department shall allow the person to provide the child with an |
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education in a home setting unless: |
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(1) the right of the department to allow the education |
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of the child in a home setting has been specifically limited by |
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court order; |
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(2) a court at a hearing conducted under this chapter |
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finds, on good cause shown through evidence presented by the |
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department in accordance with the applicable provisions in the |
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department's child protective services handbook (CPS August 2013), |
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that education in the home setting is not in the best interest of |
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the child; or |
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(3) the department determines that federal law |
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requires another school setting. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |