SECTION 749.1007. What are a child’s rights regarding education?

(a) A child must have an appropriate education through participation in an educational/vocational program in the most appropriate and least restrictive educational settings, for example: attending regular classes conducted in an accredited elementary, middle, or secondary school within the community or home schooling.

(b) Foster parents and caregivers must, as applicable:

(1) Attend and participate in school staffings, conferences, and education planning meetings;

(2) Make reasonable efforts to allow the child to participate in extracurricular activities; and

(3) Make reasonable efforts to allow the child to participate in school extracurricular activities to the extent of his interests and abilities and in accordance with his service plan.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1007 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909