{"id":321,"date":"2017-10-02T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/student\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:33:01","slug":"foster-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/student\/foster-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which <strong><em>reauthorized <\/em><\/strong>the Elementary &amp; Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).\u00a0 It <strong><em>specifically addressed<\/em><\/strong> the needs of <strong><em>students in foster care<\/em><\/strong> and instituted <strong><em>new<\/em><\/strong> protections for them.\u00a0 These provisions took effect <strong><em>December 10, 2016<\/em><\/strong>, and require that school districts work with child welfare agencies to ensure the educational stability of children and youth in foster care.<\/p>\n<p>The law specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Requires<\/em><\/strong> that a child in foster care remains in his or her school of origin, unless it is determined that remaining in the school of origin is not in that child\u2019s best interest.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>States <\/em><\/strong>that if it is not in the child\u2019s best interest to stay in his or her school of origin, the child <strong><em>is immediately<\/em><\/strong> enrolled in the new school.\u00a0 This occurs even if the child is unable to produce records normally required for enrollment.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Requires new <\/em><\/strong>(enrolling) school to immediately contact the school of origin to obtain relevant academic and other records.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Mandates <\/em><\/strong>transportation to school of origin if in child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 District is using procedures already established for homeless students.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Establishes <\/em><\/strong>a local point of contact for foster care:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Jan Caban<br \/>\n<\/strong>Coordinator &#8211; Student Services<br \/>\n<strong>St. Johns County School District<br \/>\n<\/strong>47 Orange St., St. Augustine, FL 32084<br \/>\n(904) 547-7587<br \/>\nfax: (904) 547-7595<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Jan.Caban@stjohns.k12.fl.us\">Jan.Caban@stjohns.k12.fl.us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Collaboration is continuing with the local child welfare agencies in fully implementing this federal law, including initial identification as well as documentation and tracking.\u00a0 Development of additional procedures and policies to ensure compliance and best practices will occur as necessary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Interested in becoming a foster parent?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please visit the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjcfl.us\/becoming-a-foster-parent\/\">St. Johns County Goverment website<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">or call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjcfl.us\/departments\/family-integrity-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Forster, Program Manager, Family Integrity Program<\/a>, 904.209.6115<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized the Elementary &amp; 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