Educational Decision Makers and Surrogate Parents in Pennsylvania

The Education Law Center and Juvenile Law Center have developed this fact sheet to explain important educational decision maker rules to ensure that every child in the dependency and delinquency system has an active, involved adult to make education decisions.

This includes when judges are required to appoint an “Educational Decision Maker” for children who have no capable parent or guardian to make education decisions for them, and situations where school districts have a duty to appoint a “surrogate parent” for children with special education needs. (2014)

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