Section 8-504 - Requirements for receiving and sending schools. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-504. Requirements for receiving and sending schools.
 

(a)  Receiving school.- Within 2 school days after receiving notice under § 8-503 of this subtitle, a receiving school shall: 

(1) Inform the sending school of the enrollment or imminent enrollment of the child in State-supervised care; 

(2) Request, in writing, the educational records of the child in State-supervised care from the sending school; 

(3) Provide a copy of the request made under item (2) of this subsection to the child in State-supervised care or the responsible adult acting on behalf of the child in State-supervised care; and 

(4) Inform the child in State-supervised care, or the responsible adult acting on behalf of the child in State-supervised care, of the rights conferred by this subtitle. 

(b)  Sending school.- After receiving notice under subsection (a) of this section, a sending school shall: 

(1) Immediately inform the receiving school orally of the grade level in which the child in State-supervised care was last enrolled; 

(2) Immediately inform the receiving school orally of the status of the child in State-supervised care under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 codified at 29 U.S.C. § 794 (§ 504) or under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1400; and 

(3) Within 3 school days following receipt of notice from the receiving school, send by mail or transmit electronically to the receiving school a copy of: 

(i) A completed student withdrawal or transfer record of the child in State-supervised care; 

(ii) The academic records of the child in State-supervised care; 

(iii) The immunization records of the child in State-supervised care; and 

(iv) If applicable, the most recent individualized education plan or § 504 plan and the most recent assessment of the child in State-supervised care. 

(c)  Delivery of documents by hand permissible.- Notwithstanding subsection (b)(3) of this section, a placement agency or school employee may hand carry the documents listed in subsection (b)(3) of this section from a sending school to a receiving school. 
 

[2005, ch. 25, § 13; ch. 308.]