When the court appoints DFPS as a child’s managing conservator the court gives DFPS the authority to make education decisions for a child in conservatorship. DFPS designates an individual to make the day-to-day educational decisions for a child in conservatorship. State law requires that DFPS provide that individual’s name to the court and the child’s school.

Texas Family Code §263.004

An education decision-maker must be named for every child attending an education program, Pre-K through grade 12, including a child in a non-standard school environment.

The caseworker must consider who can best represent the child’s interests and educational needs and designate that person as the education decision-maker on Form 2085E [sic, broken link] Designation of Education Decision-Maker.