California Education Code CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless

• Section 48850.
  (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that all pupils in foster care and those who are homeless, as defined by the federal...
• Section 48852.
  Every agency that places a child in a licensed children’s institution shall notify the local educational agency at the time a pupil is placed in...
• Section 48852.5.
  (a) Pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths designated...
• Section 48852.7.
  (a) At the point of any change or any subsequent change in residence once a child becomes a homeless child, the local educational agency serving the...
• Section 48853.
  (a) A pupil described in subdivision (a) of Section 48853.5 who is placed in a licensed children’s institution or foster family home as defined in Section...
• Section 48853.5.
  (a) This section applies to a foster child. “Foster child” means a child who has been removed from his or her home pursuant to Section 309...
• Section 48854.
  A licensed children’s institution or nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or agency may not require as a condition of placement that educational authority for a child, as...
• Section 48856.
  A local educational agency shall invite at least one noneducational agency representative that has placement responsibility for a pupil residing in a licensed children’s institution...
• Section 48859.
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “County placing agency” means the county social services department or county probation department.(b) “Educational authority”...

Last modified: October 22, 2018