Tex. Family Code § 263.0045
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 263.0045, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 263.0045. EDUCATION IN HOME SETTING FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.
Official statutory text
On request of a person providing substitute care for a child who is in the managing conservatorship of the department, the department shall allow the person to provide the child with an education in a home setting unless:
(1) the right of the department to allow the education of the child in a home setting has been specifically limited by court order;
(2) a court at a hearing conducted under this chapter finds, on good cause shown through evidence presented by the department in accordance with the applicable provisions in the department's child protective services handbook (CPS August 2013), that education in the home setting is not in the best interest of the child; or
(3) the department determines that federal law requires another school setting.
(1) the right of the department to allow the education of the child in a home setting has been specifically limited by court order;
(2) a court at a hearing conducted under this chapter finds, on good cause shown through evidence presented by the department in accordance with the applicable provisions in the department's child protective services handbook (CPS August 2013), that education in the home setting is not in the best interest of the child; or
(3) the department determines that federal law requires another school setting.
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