Foster Youth Support

With the passing of numerous bills related to education, foster children and youth have many rights, including: 

• Support of an identified Educational Liaison within each school district
• The right to immediate enrollment in school
• Ability to remain in the school of origin despite moving out of the attendance area
• Credit for full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by the student
• A waiver of district graduation requirements if the youth transferred schools after the second year of high school and is unable to graduate with his/her class due to credit deficiency
• Transportation to the school of origin when determined by the educational rights holder to be in the best interest of the youth, and no other transportation options are available

Access to the Foster Youth Education Rights webpage at the California Department of Education