Texas Child Protection Law Bench Book
2023 version: As effective November 1, 2023
I. Resources
The Texas Blueprint
• The Texas Blueprint: Transforming Education Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care (Texas Blueprint).[198]
Resource Guide for Foster Care Liaisons in School Districts
• Foster Care & Student Success: Texas Systems Working Together to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care.[199]
Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Educational Advocacy Toolkit
• Educational Advocacy Guidebook (CASA).[200]
Foster Care and Education Data Workgroup Infographic
• Texas Commits to Transform Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care: Findings from the Texas Blueprint Implementation Data Workgroup.[201]
Confidentiality Guide
• Information Sharing between Child Welfare and Schools: Maintaining Privacy and Promoting Educational Success.[202]
Transition Planning
• Transition Planning Guide for Students in Foster Care Receiving Special Education Services.[203]
Higher Education Information and Resource Guide
• Texas Higher Education Information and Resource Guide for Foster Care Liaisons.[204]
Judicial Checklists
• Permanency Planning for Children Department, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Asking the Right Questions II: Judicial Checklists to Meet the Educational Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care; (2008).
• Foster Youth Education Judicial Checklist; Texas specific one-page checklist on education.
Websites
• American Bar Association Legal Center for Foster Care and Education[205]
• Texas DFPS CPS Policy Handbook on Education[206]
• Texas Education Agency Foster Care and Student Success[207]
• Children's Commission Foster Care and Education [208]