California Education Code

§ 89341

EDC § 89341 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 8 · Title 3 · Part 55 · Ch. 3 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:

(1)Children who live in foster care are abused and neglected individuals for whom the state has assumed parental responsibility. Although foster care is designed to reunite those children, when appropriate, with their parents, or to place those children with an adoptive family, many children are neither reunited with their parents nor adopted. When those children reach the age of 18 years, the state terminates its responsibility. Given that, it is important that these youth have access to postsecondary education, including career technical education during their time in foster care to ensure their long-term economic security.

(2)In California, there are more than 60,000 children and youth in foster care, and approximately 8,000 are college-aged, between 18 and 21 years of age.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 763, Sec. 3. (AB 1567) Effective January 1, 2018.