SECTION 749.1891. What responsibilities do I have for the education of a child in care?

(a) You must arrange an appropriate education for each child, including:

(1) Ensuring the child in care attends an educational facility or program that is approved or accredited by the Texas Education Agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission, unless the child's service planning team approves the child attending another educational facility or program with documented justification. You must keep documentation of the planning team's justification and approval in the child's record;

(2) Ensuring a school-age child receives education and training in the least restrictive setting necessary to meet the child's needs and abilities;

(3) For a child attending an accredited educational facility or program, ensuring the facility or program implements a special education student's individual education plan (IEP); and

(4) Advocating that a school-age child receives the educational and related services to which he is entitled under provisions of federal and state law and regulations.

(b) For children receiving treatment services you must designate a liaison between the agency and the child's school.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1891 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; 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