Texas Child Protection Law Bench Book
2024 version: As effective October 1, 2024
I. Resources
The Texas Blueprint
• The Texas Blueprint: Transforming Education Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care (Texas Blueprint)[232]
Resource Guide for Foster Care Liaisons in School Districts
• Foster Care & Student Success: Texas Systems Working Together to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care[233]
• Foster Care and Student Success Guide
Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Educational Advocacy Toolkit
• Educational Advocacy Guidebook[234]
Foster Care and Education Data Workgroup Infographic
• Texas Commits to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care: Findings from the Texas Blueprint Implementation Data Workgroup[235]
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• School of Origin Determination for Students in Foster Care[236]
• Education Best Interest Decision Making and Coordination[237]
• ESSA Designated Point of Contact for Students in Foster Care[238]
Confidentiality Guide
• Information Sharing between Child Welfare and Schools: Maintaining Privacy and Promoting Educational Success[239]
Transition Planning
• Transition Planning Guide for Students in Foster Care Receiving Special Education Services[240]
Higher Education
• DFPS College Resource Chart[241]
• Texas Higher Education Information and Resource Guide for Foster Care Liaisons[242]
• Texas Higher Education Foster Care Liaisons, by Institution[243]
Judicial Checklists
• Permanency Planning for Children Department, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Asking the Right Questions II: Judicial Checklists to Meet the Educational Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care[244] (2008)
Websites
• American Bar Association Legal Center for Foster Care and Education[245]
• Texas DFPS CPS Policy Handbook on Education[246]
• Texas Education Agency Foster Care and Student Success[247]
• Children's Commission Foster Care and Education[248]