1567.9.
(a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a process to authorize educationally based residential programs.(b) The educationally based residential programs shall support and strive to achieve home-based family care and permanency.
(c) The educationally based residential programs shall serve children in foster care who meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Currently attending high school.
(2) Have attained 14 years of age, but not older than 18 years of age.
(3) Have been determined by the county to have a very low possibility of reunifying with their parents or guardians or achieving a permanent placement.
(d) On or before January 1, 2017, the department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(e) (1) By January 1, 2020, the department shall collect and report to the Legislature information about the benefits of these programs, including the rates of high school graduation, college admission, and college graduation, and any increased rates of family reunification or adoption.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(3) A report to be
submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.