2006 Utah Code - 62A-4a-606 — Child placing agency responsibility for educational services -- Payment of costs.

     62A-4a-606.   Child placing agency responsibility for educational services -- Payment of costs.
     (1) A child placing agency shall ensure that the requirements of Section 53A-11-101 are met through the provision of appropriate educational services for all children served in the state by the agency.
     (2) If the educational services are to be provided through a public school, and:
     (a) the custodial parent or legal guardian resides outside the state, then the child placing agency shall pay all educational costs required under Sections 53A-2-205 and 53A-12-102; or
     (b) the custodial parent or legal guardian resides within the state, then the child placing agency shall pay all educational costs required under Section 53A-12-102.
     (3) Children in the custody or under the care of a Utah state agency are exempt from the payment of fees required under Subsection (2).
     (4) A public school shall admit any child living within its school boundaries who is under the supervision of a child placing agency upon payment by the agency of the tuition and fees required under Subsection (2).

Amended by Chapter 10, 1997 General Session