Child-placing agency responsibility for educational services -- Payment of costs.
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(1) A child-placing agency shall ensure that the requirements of Subsections 53G-6-202(2) and 53G-6-203(1) are met through the provision of appropriate educational services for all children served in the state by the agency.
(2) If the educational services are to be provided through a public school, and:
(a) the custodial parent or legal guardian resides outside the state, then the child placing agency shall pay all educational costs required under Sections 53G-6-306 and 53G-7-503; or
(b) the custodial parent or legal guardian resides within the state, then the child placing agency shall pay all educational costs required under Section 53G-7-503.
(3) Children in the custody or under the care of a Utah state agency are exempt from the payment of fees required under Subsection (2).
(4) A public school shall admit any child living within its school boundaries who is under the supervision of a child placing agency upon payment by the agency of the tuition and fees required under Subsection (2).