Home Schooling

Your foster care provider can decide to home school you unless the court finds it is not in your best interest. If you are not happy with the home school setting because you do not think you are getting the education you should receive or because you want to be in school with other students your age, you need to tell your caseworker, attorney, CASA, and the judge about your concerns. DFPS must review and approve home school programs to make sure it meets your academic and social needs and goals, meets federal law requirements that you be able to remain in the same school you attended at the time of removal or placement change, and whether your Individualized Education Plan (IEP), if you have one, can be carried out in the home environment.