Resource Library

Our searchable online resource library is an important component of our designation by the State Bar of California as a legal aid Support Center that provides legal training, legal technical assistance, and advocacy support without charge to the legal community, and specifically to California’s qualified legal services programs. Our resource library includes Youth Law Center publications, including fact sheets, legal guides, litigation materials, and other reference materials supporting legal advocacy in a variety of different areas for children and youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

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Policy Brief – Data Collection & Sharing: Foster Youth State-Wide Education Data

Although statewide educational data is collected for several subgroups of students enrolled in California, there...

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Policy Brief – Educational Decision-Making & Parental Notice

Parental notice is a key element of the statutory framework of California's Education Code.  This...

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Policy Brief – Academic Supports

This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief descibes the various special academic supports for foster...

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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: Partial Credits

This California Foster Youth  Education Task Force's policy brief on AB 490 Implementation explains how school districts...

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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: Least Restrictive Educational Placements

This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief on AB 490 Implementation spells out...

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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: School Transportation

Transportation, or the lack thereof, is a major obstable to ensuring appropriate educational placement for...

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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: Immediate Enrollment

This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's Policy Brief  addresses how AB 490 Implementation addresses...

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2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit – Backgrounder

Three page summary of the 2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit, the first statewide convening...

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Warehousing Foster Care Students in Continuation High Schools Would Violate State Law

This short paper discusses why foster care students cannot be placed in continuations schools involuntarily....

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School Districts Cannot Withhold the Transcripts of Foster Youth Because of the Failure to Return Textbooks or Other Sch...

Three-page memo on why school districts cannot withhold transcripts of foster youth because of failure...

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General Education Materials (3) – Education Related Duties in California Juvenile Delinquency Cases

Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law pertinent to delinquency cases....

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General Education Materials (2) – Education Related Duties in California Juvenile Dependency Cases

Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law pertinent to dependency cases....

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