Text of subsection effective until April 01, 2025

(a) In this section, “community resource coordination group” means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding under § 531.055, Government Code.

Text of subsection effective on April 01, 2025

(a) In this section, “community resource coordination group” means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding under Subchapter D, Chapter 522, Government Code.
(b) A department employee who is a member of a community resource coordination group shall inform the group about the tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that are available to eligible children in foster care under § 54.366, Education Code.
(c) Each school district, in coordination with the department, shall facilitate the transition of each child enrolled in the district who is eligible for a tuition and fee waiver under § 54.366, Education Code, and who is likely to be in the conservatorship of the department on the day preceding the child’s 18th birthday to an institution of higher education by:
(1) assisting the child with the completion of any applications for admission or for financial aid;
(2) arranging and accompanying the child on campus visits;
(3) assisting the child in researching and applying for private or institution-sponsored scholarships;
(4) identifying whether the child is a candidate for appointment to a military academy;
(5) assisting the child in registering and preparing for college entrance examinations, including, subject to the availability of funds, arranging for the payment of any examination fees by the department; and
(6) coordinating contact between the child and a liaison officer designated under § 61.0908, Education Code, for students who were formerly in the department’s conservatorship.