SB 1189 - This act creates provisions regarding the educational funding for children in state custody. For purposes of determining state and local funding for a child’s education, the residency of a child who is in state custody shall be the location where the child resides.

If a child resides in a residential treatment facility and is unable to attend public school due to safety or behavioral concerns and the residential facility provides the education for the child, the facility is entitled to at least 80% of all state money paid to the district on a per-pupil basis along with any additional funding provided through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

This act requires school districts to provide annual accounting to the residential treatment facility and requires school districts to support or approve a facility plan for the foster child or provide for the child's education on the facility site.

This act is identical to HCS/HB 2376 (2022).

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