Education Law Center-PA
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Since 1975, Education Law Center-PA has worked to ensure that all Pennsylvania schoolchildren have access to a quality public education.
After all, education is a fundamental right.
After all, education is a fundamental right.
🔗 Learn more about the rights of students in foster care: www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/u...
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🔗 Learn more about the rights of students in foster care: www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/u...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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For 10 years, ESSA has provided powerful tools to support students in foster care — and ELC-PA will continue fighting to make sure these protections are fully implemented.
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For 10 years, ESSA has provided powerful tools to support students in foster care — and ELC-PA will continue fighting to make sure these protections are fully implemented.
📊 Better data = better supports: ESSA requires states to track achievement and graduation outcomes for students in foster care, shining a light on gaps and needs.
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📊 Better data = better supports: ESSA requires states to track achievement and graduation outcomes for students in foster care, shining a light on gaps and needs.
🤝 Points of Contact in PA: Every PA district must have a Foster Care Point of Contact to partner with County Child Welfare Education Points of Contact, strengthening coordination and support
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🤝 Points of Contact in PA: Every PA district must have a Foster Care Point of Contact to partner with County Child Welfare Education Points of Contact, strengthening coordination and support
🔄 Seamless records transfer: Schools must contact the child’s last school immediately to obtain records, ensuring no instructional time is lost.
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🔄 Seamless records transfer: Schools must contact the child’s last school immediately to obtain records, ensuring no instructional time is lost.
📚 Immediate enrollment: ESSA requires schools to enroll students in foster care right away — even without documents normally required for enrollment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📚 Immediate enrollment: ESSA requires schools to enroll students in foster care right away — even without documents normally required for enrollment.
🚌 Transportation must be provided to keep students in foster care in their school of origin, and cost cannot be used as a reason to deny a student the option to stay in their school of origin.
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚌 Transportation must be provided to keep students in foster care in their school of origin, and cost cannot be used as a reason to deny a student the option to stay in their school of origin.
✨ School stability matters.
ESSA ensures that when a student in foster care’s living placement changes, they can stay in the same school when it's in their best interest, which promotes improved academic outcomes and graduation rates.
ESSA ensures that when a student in foster care’s living placement changes, they can stay in the same school when it's in their best interest, which promotes improved academic outcomes and graduation rates.
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
✨ School stability matters.
ESSA ensures that when a student in foster care’s living placement changes, they can stay in the same school when it's in their best interest, which promotes improved academic outcomes and graduation rates.
ESSA ensures that when a student in foster care’s living placement changes, they can stay in the same school when it's in their best interest, which promotes improved academic outcomes and graduation rates.
