Promoting educational stability and academic success for children and youth in out of home placement and foster care.

• Assist in keeping students in their same school when their out-of-home placement changes
• Help students immediately enroll in school and transfer their school records
• Ensure students receive free school meals
• Coordinate student transportation to his or her school of origin whenever possible
• Make referrals for medical, legal, food and county benefits, and mental health services
• Advocate for special education services
• Educate students and families about credit recovery options
• Assist with the application process for college or other post-secondary education
• Refer students to independent living resources in the community
• Assist students in accessing educational training vouchers

Student Rights

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is a federal law that plans for the educational stability of school-age children and youth placed in out-of- home care. Students in out-of-home placement and foster care environments have the right to:
Continue in the schools they were enrolled in at the time of placement

• Receive transportation to the school they were enrolled in at the time of placement
• Participate in the same programs and services that are provided to all other SPPS students including extracurricular activities
• Immediately enroll in any school without immunization records or other school records

CONTACT CHRISTINE SOLUM FOR MORE INFORMATION AT Christine.Solum@SPPS.ORG OR 651-334-1818.