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Ohio House passes Fostering School Success Act to bolster supports for foster youth
Summary
The House passed House Bill 25 after floor debate, creating new roles and interagency responsibilities to improve education continuity for foster youth, including school foster care liaisons and clearer interagency accountability. Supporters said the bill grew from years of advocacy and repeated testimony.
The Ohio House on March 4 passed House Bill 25, the Fostering School Success Act, to improve educational stability and supports for children in foster care.
Sponsor Representative Gerald Ray said the bill "clearly outlines the roles of the departments of education and workforce, children and youth, higher education, and job and family services to work together in an accountable fashion to ensure needed resources are made available and utilized to…
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