AB 3223: Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program.

Existing law establishes the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide supplemental funding to county offices of education to coordinate and ensure that local educational agencies within a county office of educations jurisdiction are providing services to pupils in foster care pursuant to a foster youth services coordinating plan with the purpose of ensuring positive educational outcomes. Existing law defines pupil in foster care for these purposes.

This bill would add to the definition of pupil in foster care a child who is the subject of a juvenile court petition and has been identified by a county child welfare agency, a probation department, or an Indian tribe meeting specified criteria as being at imminent risk of removal and placement into foster care, as provided.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 42921 of the Education Code proposed by AB 2137 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2137 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.