Title I, Part A Foster Care Provisions

In coordination with state and local child welfare agencies, Fayette County Public Schools maintains the identification and implementation requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provisions for students living in foster care..

What are foster care students’ rights?

Fayette County Public Schools, child welfare agencies, DFCS, foster parents, and others will collaborate to provide adequate needs and services.

• Remain in their school of origin (the last school they attended) unless it is not in the child's best interest to stay. Best interest discussions usually focus on the student's age, the time in the former school, or the distance from the new foster home.
• Reasonable and appropriate transportation to a child’s school will be provided.
• If remaining in the same school is not in the child’s best interest, immediate and appropriate enrollment in a new school is required.
• If remaining in the same school is not in the child’s best interest, all records must be transferred immediately upon request.