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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="8-504" title_number="8" title_name="Special Programs for Exceptional Children" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Children in State-Supervised Care">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 2 school days after receiving notice under § 8-503 of this subtitle, a receiving school shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Inform the sending school of the enrollment or imminent enrollment of the child in State-supervised care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Request, in writing, the educational records of the child in State-supervised care from the sending school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>After receiving notice under subsection (a) of this section, a sending school shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Immediately inform the receiving school orally of the grade level in which the child in State-supervised care was last enrolled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A completed student withdrawal or transfer record of the child in State-supervised care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The academic records of the child in State-supervised care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The immunization records of the child in State-supervised care; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>If applicable, the most recent individualized education plan or § 504 plan and the most recent assessment of the child in State-supervised care.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
