Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 89 - ADAPTATIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS › Subchapter FF - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING TRANSITION ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHLY MOBILE STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN SUBSTITUTE CARE › Section 89.1601 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Caseworker--A person
				  who works on behalf of a student in the Texas Department of Family and
				  Protective Services (DFPS) Managing Conservatorship to make decisions regarding
				  the student's case.
(2) Educational
				  and course programs--Programs intended to provide instruction to students in
				  conjunction with or outside of the required curriculum, which may include, but
				  are not limited to, gifted and talented services, bilingual or special language
				  services for emergent bilingual students, career and technical education, and
				  early college high school.
(3)
				  Educational decision-maker--A person designated by DFPS or a court to make
				  education decisions on behalf of youth in substitute care.
(4) Enrollment conference--A student-centered
				  meeting between key school district or open-enrollment charter school staff and
				  the newly enrolled student and/or the student's parent or guardian that occurs
				  within the first two weeks of enrollment, as soon as feasible, at a new school
				  to collaboratively ease transitions; identify the student's academic strengths
				  and extracurricular interests; introduce school processes and opportunities for
				  engagement; and identify any interventions and additional support services
				  (e.g., special education or Section 504 services, academic and/or behavioral
				  interventions, social and emotional needs, college and career readiness). The
				  student's attendance in the conference should be addressed on a case-by-case
				  basis.
(5) Foster
				  care--Twenty-four-hour substitute care for children placed away from their
				  parents or guardians for whom DFPS has placement and care responsibility. This
				  includes, but is not limited to, placements in foster family homes, foster
				  homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities,
				  childcare institutions, and pre-adoptive homes.
(6) Foster care liaison--The individual each
				  school district or open-enrollment charter school appoints to act as a liaison
				  to facilitate enrollment or transfer of a child who is in conservatorship of
				  the state, pursuant to Texas Education Code, §
										33.904.
(7) Homeless--This term has the meaning
				  assigned to the term "homeless children and youths" under 42 United States Code
				  (USC), §11434a.
(8)
				  McKinney-Vento liaison--A person designated by a school district or an
				  open-enrollment charter school pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Homeless
				  Assistance Act (42 USC,
				  §
											11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)),
				  to ensure homeless children and youth are identified and enrolled, with a full
				  and equal opportunity to succeed, in schools.
(9) Records--Documents in printed or
				  electronic form that include, but are not limited to, student transcripts;
				  individual course grades; academic achievement records; course credits, whether
				  full or partial; individualized education program referrals; intervention data;
				  immunizations; state assessment scores; student attendance data; disciplinary
				  reports; graduation endorsements; special education/Section 504 committee
				  records; performance acknowledgements; and personal graduation plans.
(10) Substitute care--The placement of a
				  child who is in the conservatorship of DFPS in care outside the child's home.
				  The term includes foster care, institutional care, pre-adoptive homes,
				  placement with a relative of the child, or commitment to the Texas Juvenile
				  Justice Department under Texas Family Code, §
										263.001(a)(4).
(11) Welcome packet--A compilation of school
				  district or open-enrollment charter school and community resources provided to
				  new students within the first two weeks of enrollment at a new school that
				  helps to familiarize the student with the school.