Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 8.10.8.18 - EDUCATIONA. PSD shall develop a plan for transportation with the resource family and child, if age appropriate, in order for the child to remain in the same education setting in which the child was enrolled at the time of placement, if reasonable and in the child's best interest.B. PSD shall work with the child's school to identify the child's educational needs and the need for an individualized education plan (IEP) and if appropriate, assist in the development of the IEP. For children with an IEP, the PSD worker shall assist the child and the child's school in implementing the IEP.C. For children in eighth grade and older, PSD shall request and review the child's next step plan and actively participate in updating the plan each year with the child to prepare post-secondary educational goals.D. An educational decision maker shall be appointed for every child in PSD custody. The educational decision maker shall be named prior to the custody hearing and shall be re-evaluated at every hearing thereafter.8.10.8.18 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.8.18 NMAC, 11/15/05, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, September 29, 2015, eff. 9/29/2015, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 09, May 4, 2021, eff. 5/4/2021