Tex. Fam. Code § 263.0045 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EDUCATION IN HOME SETTING FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On request of a person providing substitute care for a child who is in the managing conservatorship of the department, the department shall allow the person to provide the child with an education in a home setting unless:
(1) the right of the department to allow the education of the child in a home setting has been specifically limited by court order;
(2) a court at a hearing conducted under this chapter finds, on good cause shown through evidence presented by the department in accordance with the applicable provisions in the department's child protective services handbook (CPS August 2013), that education in the home setting is not in the best interest of the child; or
(3) the department determines that federal law requires another school setting.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.263.htm
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