SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLAN 
AND REPORT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) STATE PLAN.—Section 1111(b)(8) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(8)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the 
following: 
‘‘(E) how the State educational agency will 
comply with the requirements of part J and the 
State’s plan to ensure such compliance; and’’. 
(b) STATE REPORT CARD.—Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and status as eco-
nomically disadvantaged,’’ and inserting ‘‘status as 
economically disadvantaged, and status as a child in 
foster care (defined in section 1602(1)),’’; and 
(2) in clause (vi), by inserting before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘(disaggregated by status as a 
child in foster care (defined in section 1602(1)), ex-
cept that such disaggregation shall not be required 
in a case in which the number of students in such 
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category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable 
information or the results would reveal personally 
identifiable information about an individual stu-
dent)’’. 
(c) 
STATE
REPORT
TO
SECRETARY.—Section 
1111(h)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F); 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) beginning not later than school year 
2012–2013, information on the achievement of 
students and the graduation rates described in 
clauses (i) and (vi) of paragraph (1)(C), respec-
tively, including the disaggregated results for 
the category of students with status as a child 
in foster care (defined in section 1602(1)).’’. 
(d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLAN.—Section 
1112(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (P); 
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(2) in subparagraph (Q), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(R) how the local educational agency will 
comply with the requirements of part J that re-
late to the local educational agency and describe 
the local educational agency’s plan to ensure 
such compliance.’’. 
(e) RESERVATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND 
YOUTH
AND
OTHER
AT-RISK
CHILDREN.—Section 
1113(c)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) children in foster care (defined in 
section 1602(1)), including by designating an 
individual employed by the agency to serve as 
a point of contact, as described in 1601(d)(1), 
for the child welfare agencies responsible for 
such children enrolled in the local educational 
agency.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER 
CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘PART J—EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF 
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE 
‘‘SEC. 1601. EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF CHILDREN IN FOS-
TER CARE. 
‘‘(a) OBLIGATIONS TO COLLABORATE WITH CHILD 
WELFARE AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State educational 
agency receiving assistance under part A shall col-
laborate with the State child welfare agency to de-
velop and implement a plan to ensure that the fol-
lowing occurs, for each child in the State, when the 
child moves to a new school attendance area as a re-
sult of being placed in foster care (as described in 
section 1602(1)), changing foster care placements, 
or leaving foster care: 
‘‘(A) ATTENDANCE AT A SCHOOL OF ORI-
GIN.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The child enrolls 
or remains in the child’s school of origin, 
unless a determination is made that it is in 
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the child’s best interest to attend a dif-
ferent school. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—A child who leaves 
foster care shall only be entitled to remain 
in the child’s school of origin for the re-
mainder of the school year. 
‘‘(B) IMMEDIATE ENROLLMENT.—When a 
determination is made regarding the school that 
it is in the best interest of a child in foster care 
to attend, the child shall be immediately en-
rolled in such school, even if the child is unable 
to produce records normally required for enroll-
ment, such as previous academic records, im-
munization and medical records, a birth certifi-
cate, guardianship records, proof of residency, 
or other documentation. 
‘‘(C) RECORDS
TRANSFER.—Any records 
ordinarily kept by a school, including records of 
immunizations, health screenings, and other re-
quired health records, academic records, birth 
certificates, evaluations for special services or 
programs, and any individualized education pro-
grams (as defined in section 602 of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
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1401)), regarding a child in foster care shall 
be— 
‘‘(i) maintained so that the records in-
volved are available, in a timely fashion, 
when a child in foster care enters a new 
school; and 
‘‘(ii) immediately transferred to the 
enrolling school, even if the child owes fees 
or fines or was not withdrawn from pre-
vious schools in conformance with local 
withdrawal procedures. 
‘‘(2) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—Each 
State 
edu-
cational agency receiving assistance under part A 
shall ensure that the plan described in paragraph 
(1) is implemented by the local educational agencies 
in the State. 
‘‘(b) CREDIT
TRANSFER
AND
DIPLOMAS.—Each 
State that receives assistance under part A shall have poli-
cies for ensuring that— 
‘‘(1) a child in foster care who is changing 
schools can transfer school credits and receive par-
tial credits for coursework satisfactorily completed 
while attending a prior school or educational pro-
gram; 
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‘‘(2) a child in foster care is afforded opportuni-
ties to recover school credits lost due to placement 
instability while in foster care; and 
‘‘(3) a child in foster care who has changed sec-
ondary schools can receive a secondary school di-
ploma either from one of the schools in which the 
child was enrolled or through a State-issued sec-
ondary school diploma system, consistent with State 
graduation requirements. 
‘‘(c) TRANSPORTATION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Increasing Educational Sta-
bility for Children in Foster Care Act, the State edu-
cational agency shall enter into an agreement with the 
State agency responsible for administering the State plans 
under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security 
Act to ensure that children in foster care, and children 
leaving foster care, who are attending their schools of ori-
gin receive transportation to and from those schools, in 
accordance with subsection (a)(1) and with section 
475(1)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
675(1)(G)). The agreement shall include a description of 
the following: 
‘‘(1) How foster care maintenance payments 
will be used to help fund the transportation of chil-
dren in foster care to their schools of origin. 
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‘‘(2) How children who leave foster care will re-
ceive transportation to maintain their enrollment in 
their schools of origin for the remainder of the aca-
demic year, if remaining in their schools of origin is 
in their best interests. 
‘‘(d) POINTS OF CONTACT.— 
‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A State 
that receives assistance under part A shall ensure 
that each local educational agency in the State des-
ignates an individual employed by the agency to 
serve as a point of contact for the child welfare 
agencies responsible for children in foster care en-
rolled in the local educational agency and to oversee 
the implementation of the local educational agency 
requirements under this section. A local educational 
agency’s point of contact shall not be the individual 
designated as its local educational agency liaison 
under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, unless such indi-
vidual has the capacity, resources, and time to per-
form both roles. 
‘‘(2) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.—Each 
State educational agency receiving assistance under 
part A shall designate an individual to serve as a 
point of contact for child welfare agencies and to 
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oversee the implementation of the State educational 
agency requirements under this section. A State 
educational agency’s point of contact shall not be the 
individual designated as the State’s Coordinator for 
Education of Homeless Children and Youths under 
section 722(d)(3) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act, unless such individual has the capac-
ity, resources, and time to perform both roles. 
‘‘SEC. 1602. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) CHILD IN FOSTER CARE.—The term ‘child 
in foster care’ means a child whose care and place-
ment is the responsibility of the agency that admin-
isters a State plan under part B or E of title IV of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq., 670 
et seq.), without regard to whether foster care main-
tenance payments are made under section 472 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672) on behalf of the 
child. 
‘‘(2) SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA.—The term 
‘school attendance area’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1113(a)(2). 
‘‘(3) SCHOOL OF ORIGIN.—The term ‘school of 
origin’ means, with respect to a child in foster care, 
any of the following: 
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‘‘(A) The public school in which the child 
was enrolled prior to entry into foster care. 
‘‘(B) The public school in which the child 
is enrolled when a change in foster care place-
ment occurs. 
‘‘(C) The public school the child attended 
when last permanently housed, as such term is 
used in section 722(g)(3)(G) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11432(g)(3)(G)), if such child was eligible for 
assistance under such Act before the child be-
came a child in foster care.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in collabora-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
is directed to issue guidance on the implementation of part 
J of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, including how State and local agencies will 
work together to ensure that transportation for children 
in foster care is provided to the school of origin. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS AS-
SISTANCE ACT. 
Section 725(2)(B)(i) of the of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)(B)(i)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘are abandoned in hospitals; or are 
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awaiting foster care placement’’ and inserting ‘‘or are 
abandoned in hospitals;’’. 
Æ 
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