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On the recordApril 28, 2010
this is why Senator Murray and I have introduced a bill and part of it is to address this problem, the Fostering Success in Education Act, and it would require school districts to collaborate with child welfare agencies to enable foster youth to remain in their old schools.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses a bill to help foster youth stay in their schools.

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