Foster Care Assistance

How SSPS Can Help

School District Assurances

Foster Care Child Liaison (POC)

Enrollment of a Foster Care Child

IDEA Students

English Language Learner Students

Transportation

Student Records

Additional Guidance

The SSPS will ensure that EL students in foster care will participate meaningfully and equally in educational programs by doing the following:

• Identifying and assessing all potential EL students in a timely, valid and reliable manner;

• Provide EL students with a language assistance program that is educationally sound and proven successful;

• Sufficiently staff and support the language assistance programs for EL students;

• Ensure that EL students have equal opportunities to meaningfully participate in all curricular and extra-curricular activities;

• Avoid unnecessary segregation of EL students;

• Ensure that EL students with disabilities are evaluated in a timely and appropriate manner for special education and disability-related services and that their language needs are considered in these evaluations and delivery of services;

• Meet the needs of EL students who opt out of language assistance programs;

• Monitor and evaluate EL students in language assistance programs following federal guidelines;

• Continue to evaluate the effectiveness of school districts language assistance program and progress of each student;

• Ensure meaningful communication with the parents of the students.