Webinar Highlights New Changes in FERPA That Benefit Foster Youth
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On August 7, State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, together with the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education (a collaboration of the American Bar Association, Juvenile Law Center, and Education Law Center-PA), hosted a webinar on state implementation of the Uninterrupted Scholars Act.
View the recording of this webinar:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rvR4YEOgGY]
The Uninterrupted Scholars Act—which President Obama signed into law on January 14, 2013—makes it easier for case workers to gain access to school records and allows them to disclose information for the limited purpose of assisting a child in obtaining the educational services he or she needs. (Read more about this act here.)
This webinar, "Improving Education Outcomes for Youth in Care: Implementing the Uninterruped Scholars Act in the States," features reports from two states—Florida and Pennsylvania—on their implementation efforts to date, and will introduce the field to a model tool to support implementation efforts.
Speakers include:
- Jessica Feierman, Supervising Attorney, Juvenile Law Center
- Mary Cagle, Florida Department of Children and Families
- Gria Davison, Florida Department of Education
- Mari Presley, Florida Department of Education
- Cindi E. Horshaw, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
- David Volkman, Pennsylvania Department of Education
This webinar is the second in a series of three webinars about the new child welfare exceptions to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). View the first webinar here.