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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

State, districts struggle to support foster youth

State, districts struggle to support foster youth

California’s bold initiative to provide extra support for foster youth in school is proving difficult for most districts to implement, advocates say.

Under the Local Control Funding Formula, lawmakers recognized that foster youth had special needs by creating a separate subgroup so they could receive targeted services. However, the advocates point to a number of obstacles to attaining that goal, including the need to inform schools about which of their students are in foster care. Even though the school year has begun, the state has yet to provide districts with the names of their foster students.

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