SB 18-213

Senate Bill 18-213, which has been signed into law, ensures that students who are transferred from a Division of Youth Services placement can transfer their academic credits just like any other student moving between schools. This means that when these youths move to a new school, the new school must accept and apply all previously completed coursework toward graduation requirements. The bill aims to help these young people continue their education without losing credit for work they've already done.

Official Summary

Under current law, when a student in out-of-home placement transfers from one school to another school, the sending school must certify to the receiving school or school district the course work that the student has fully or partially completed while enrolled at the school. The receiving school or school district must accept the student's certified course work and the course work certified by previous schools in which the student was enrolled, as reflected in the student's records, as if it had been completed at the receiving school. The receiving school or school district must apply all of the student's certified course work toward completion of the student's requirements for graduating from the grade level in which the student is enrolled at the receiving school or school district or for graduation from the receiving school or school district if the student is enrolled in twelfth grade. The bill requires receiving schools and school districts to follow the same procedures for a student who transfers to a school or school district from a division of youth services placement. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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