Educational Stability
Only 50 percent of children in the foster care system graduate high school due to the state’s chronic educational neglect. We fight to replace this neglect with policies that protect a child’s right to learn. Reforms include securing the right for children to remain in their school of origin, mandating the immediate transfer of records, requiring acceptance of partial credits, and ensuring immediate special education evaluations.
April 4, 2024News & Press ReleasesHouse Bill 2645, adopted unanimously on April 2, 2024, will improve educational outcomes for children in foster care.
January 30, 2024Events & TestimonyThis bill requires calculating and applying partial credits when a high-school-age foster youth must transfer schools according to a best interest determination. The state board of education must develop guidelines for calculating partial [...]
January 23, 2024Events & TestimonyMembers of the committee: My name is Kendall Seal. I am the Vice President for Policy at the Center for the Rights of Abused Children (Center). The Center works with policymakers to ensure [...]
June 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsExecutive Summary Children have a right to education. However, children in foster care struggle to fully benefit from this fundamental right. In Arizona, children who experience foster care have the lowest on-time graduation [...]
June 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsExecutive Summary Every child deserves a safe and loving home, but far too many live in homes that are unhealthy and unsafe—often from birth. These are children who were born exposed to drugs, [...]
June 2, 2023Model Reforms, Research & ReportsExecutive Summary Youth in foster care face an uphill battle in educational attainment. Abuse, ongoing trauma, and unstable living arrangements contribute to poor outcomes for foster youth. Foster children move from one home [...]
May 9, 2023News & Press ReleasesSB 1205 will ensure compliance with federal law and will improve educational outcomes for over 11,000 children in foster care.
May 3, 2023News & Press ReleasesSB 1186 will enhance the rights of children in foster care, foster parents, kinship placements, and biological parents by making those rights enforceable.
February 27, 2023Op-Eds & CommentaryOnly 40% of children in foster care graduate from high school on time in Arizona. The way to solve that problem is by making sure simple
