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Information about Fostering Connections Act
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 places a duty on the child welfare agency and the educational system to work for school stability for children in care. The Act emphasizes the importance of remaining in the same school by requiring child welfare agencies to work for that goal unless “remaining in such school is not in the best interests of the child.”
In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act changed language about Local Education Districts collaborating with Local Counties to provide transportation for foster youth if it's in their best interest: