84R28729 YDB-D
 
  By: Stickland, Keough, Raymond, H.B. No. 2799
      King of Taylor
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2799:
 
  By:  Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 2799
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to home-school education for foster children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 263, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Section 263.0045 to read as follows:
         Sec. 263.0045.  EDUCATION IN HOME SETTING FOR FOSTER
  CHILDREN. On request of a person providing substitute care for a
  child who is in the managing conservatorship of the department, the
  department shall allow the person to provide the child with an
  education in a home setting unless:
               (1)  the right of the department to allow the education
  of the child in a home setting has been specifically limited by
  court order;
               (2)  a court at a hearing conducted under this chapter
  finds, on good cause shown through evidence presented by the
  department in accordance with the applicable provisions in the
  department's child protective services handbook (CPS August 2013),
  that education in the home setting is not in the best interest of
  the child; or
               (3)  the department determines that federal law
  requires another school setting.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.