26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.1007
What are a child's rights regarding education?
Effective Jan 1, 201741 TexReg 9944Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1007 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.Texas Secretary of State
- (a) A child must have an appropriate education through participation in an educational/vocational program in the most appropriate and least restrictive educational settings, for example: attending regular classes conducted in an accredited elementary, middle, or secondary school within the community or home schooling.
(b) Foster parents and caregivers must, as applicable:
- (1) Attend and participate in school staffings, conferences, and education planning meetings;
- (2) Make reasonable efforts to allow the child to participate in extracurricular activities; and
- (3) Make reasonable efforts to allow the child to participate in school extracurricular activities to the extent of his interests and abilities and in accordance with his service plan.
Source Note:The provisions of this §749.1007 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.