SF 1873

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/12/2020 08:06am

A bill for an act
relating to education; foster care; requiring a student in foster care to be enrolled
in school; requiring a report on foster youth school enrollment; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2018, section 257.0725; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 120A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [120A.21] ENROLLMENT OF A STUDENT IN FOSTER CARE.
new text end

new text begin A student who is placed in foster care must be enrolled in school within seven school
days of their placement in the foster home. According to section 124D.08, subdivision 2b,
if the student's foster home is in another district, the student may remain enrolled in the
prior district.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.0725, is amended to read:

257.0725 ANNUAL REPORT.

The commissioner of human services shall publish an annual report on child maltreatment
and on children in out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall confer with counties,
child welfare organizations, child advocacy organizations, the courts, and other groups on
how to improve the content and utility of the department's annual report. In regard to child
maltreatment, the report shall include the number and kinds of maltreatment reports received
and any other data that the commissioner determines is appropriate to include in a report
on child maltreatment. In regard to children in out-of-home placement, the report shall
include, by county and statewide, information on legal status, living arrangement, age, sex,
race, accumulated length of time in placement, reason for most recent placement, race of
family with whom placed, new text begin school enrollments within seven days of placement pursuant to
section 120A.21, new text end and other information deemed appropriate on all children in out-of-home
placement. Out-of-home placement includes placement in any facility by an authorized
child-placing agency.