"Foster Youth Education Success Toolkit p.6: School district and county office of education personnel will learn the difference between the definition of “foster youth” under LCFF and various other education laws such as AB 490 and AB 167/216.
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The importance of having an Education Rights Holder (“ERH”) for each foster youth will also be explored, including a description of an ERH’s legal responsibilities, who can and cannot legally hold education rights, and how to work with ERHs who are unresponsive to district needs. A tool to notify child welfare or probation personnel when ERHs are unreachable will be reviewed.
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