New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Part 8 - PERMANENCY PLANNING
Section 8.10.8.18 - EDUCATION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. 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.