Foster children moving to new homes might mean a new school district. That means education records, course credits and other information need to be transferred to a new school. That can delay enrollment.

Kansas foster children are missing school because of paperwork troubles.

In one case, a child was moved from their home to another county, where they attended school without issues. But when the child needed to leave that foster home, a case summary from the Office of the Child Advocate said, the foster care agency couldn’t find a new home. That meant weeks of night-to-night placements, most in a different county.

The child wasn’t allowed to switch schools, though. So they would arrive at a new home between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., wake up around 7 a.m. and get driven over two and a half hou

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