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 12 2 STA T .3960PUBLIC LA W 110 – 3 5 1 —O CT. 7, 200 8perc e ntag e s et fo rt hi ns u ch section 47 4 ( a ) ( 3 )( B ) , the percentage that sha l l appl y is — ( 1 ) 5 5 percent, if the e x pen d iture is m ade in fiscal year 20 0 9; (2) 6 0 percent, if the expenditure is made in fiscal year 2010; (3) 65 percent, if the expenditure is made in fiscal year 2011; or (4) 70 percent, if the expenditure is made in fiscal year 2012 .SEC.204 .E DU C ATION A L STA B ILIT Y . (a) INGE NE RAL .— S ection 475 of the Social Security A ct (42 U .S. C . 675), as amended b y section 101(c)(4) of this Act, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (C), by stri k ing clause (i v ) and redesignating clauses (v) through (viii) as clauses (iv) through (vii), respectively; and (B) by adding at the end the follo w ing

‘(G) A plan for ensuring the educational stability of the child while in foster care, including— ‘‘(i) assurances that the placement of the child in foster care takes into account the appropriateness of the current educational setting and the proximity to the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement; and ‘‘(ii)(I) an assurance that the State agency has coordinated with appropriate local educational agencies (as defined under section 9101 of the E lementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) to ensure that the child remains in the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement; or ‘‘(II) if remaining in such school is not in the best interests of the child, assurances by the State agency and the local educational agencies to provide immediate and appropriate enrollment in a new school, with all of the educational records of the child provided to the school. ’ ’; and (2) in the 1st sentence of paragraph (4)(A)— (A) by striking ‘‘and reasonable’’ and inserting ‘‘reason - able’’; and (B) by inserting ‘‘, and reasonable travel for the child to remain in the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement’’ before the period. (b) E DUC A TIO NAL ATTENDANCE R E Q UIRE M ENT.—Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)), as amended by sections 101(a) and 103 of this Act, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2 8 ); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (29) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(30) provides assurances that each child who has attained the minimum age for compulsory school attendance under State law and with respect to whom there is eligibility for a payment under the State plan is a full-time elementary or secondary

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