Fostering Success in Education Act
Latest action · Nov 19, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11597-11604)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fostering Success in Education Act - Requires each state receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that its foster care children have the right to: (1) continue attending the school they were in when placed in foster care or before a change in such placement (school of origin), unless it is determined to be in the child's best interest to be immediately enrolled in a different school; (2) immediate enrollment in a new school in their school attendance area; (3) well-maintained school records that are available in a timely manner; (4) equal access to the same education and opportunities as other students attending the school or school district; and (5) free transportation to and from their school.
Includes preschool children as beneficiaries of such rights, with respect to preschool programs.
Requires states to: (1) ensure that their state and local educational agencies (LEAs) and child welfare agencies collaborate in specified activities aimed at satisfying such rights; and (2) maintain a complaint management system, and an effective system for transferring and recovering a foster child's school credits.
Requires an LEA serving a foster child's school of origin to make an expedited decision on whether it is in the foster child's best interest to attend such school or be immediately enrolled in a new school in the child's school attendance area, unless the state decides that the decision is to be made solely by the dependency court or state or local child welfare agency. Requires states to have fair and impartial procedures to resolve school selection disputes promptly.
Allows parties who claim that their rights under this Act have been violated to bring a civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court.
Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to public agencies, including LEAs and local child welfare agencies, to carry out this Act's requirements.
Requires each state grantee to: (1) implement a Secretary-approved state foster care and education plan for satisfying this Act's requirements; and (2) establish a Stakeholder Council that monitors, and makes recommendations regarding, plan implementation.
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state child welfare agencies to arrange for, provide, or pay the cost of the transportation necessary for foster children to remain in the school they attended at the time of their placement.
Requires state and local child welfare and educational agencies to collaborate in eliminating barriers to the educational stability, enrollment, and success of foster children.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2009 to Jul 26, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jan 22, 2010 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | May 3, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | May 3, 2010 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jun 22, 2010 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Jul 26, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Nov 19, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Nov 19, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11596-11597)
- Nov 19, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11597-11604)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11596Text printed S11597–S11604 | Al Franken D-MN (text) | Nov 19, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5817 | Fostering Success in Education Act | Identical bill | Oct 13, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fostering Success in Education Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Intergovernmental relations
- Preschool education
- School administration
- State and local government operations
- Transportation costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2009Introduced in Senate
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