Texas § 264.1212 FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Texas Statutes

§ 264.1212 — FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Texas § 264.1212

Code FAFamily Code

This text of Texas § 264.1212 (FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 264.1212 (2026).

Text

Sec. 264.1212. FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

(a)In this section, "community resource coordination group" means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding under Subchapter D , Chapter 522 , Government Code.

(b)A department employee who is a member of a community resource coordination group shall inform the group about the tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that are available to eligible children in foster care under Section 54.366 , Education Code.

(c)Each school district, in coordination with the department, shall facilitate the transition of each child enrolled in the district who is eligible for a tuition and fee waiver under Section 54.366 , Education Code, and who is likely to be in the conservators

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 264.1212. FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "community resource coordination group" means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding under Subchapter D , Chapter 522 , Government Code.
(b) A department employee who is a member of a community resource coordination group shall inform the group about the tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that are available to eligible children in foster care under Section 54.366 , Education Code.
(c) Each school district, in coordination with the department, shall facilitate the transition of each child enrolled in the district who is eligible for a tuition and fee waiver under Section 54.366 , Education Code, and who is likely to be in the conservatorship of the department on the day preceding the child's 18th birthday to an institution of higher education by:
(1) assisting the child with the completion of any applications for admission or for financial aid;
(2) arranging and accompanying the child on campus visits;
(3) assisting the child in researching and applying for private or institution-sponsored scholarships;
(4) identifying whether the child is a candidate for appointment to a military academy;
(5) assisting the child in registering and preparing for college entrance examinations, including, subject to the availability of funds, arranging for the payment of any examination fees by the department; and
(6) coordinating contact between the child and a liaison officer designated under Section 61.0908 , Education Code, for students who were formerly in the department's conservatorship.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 928 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017. Redesignated from Family Code, Section 264.1211 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170 ), Sec. 21.001(16), eff. September 1, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 2.10, eff. April 1, 2025.