חוק אומנה לילדים (תיקון מס' 7), התשפ"ו-2026Foster Care for Children Law (Amendment No. 7), 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

This amendment to the Foster Care for Children Law applies provisions established in the law regarding the right to education and the right to services and benefits, also to children residing in out-of-home placement frameworks that are not foster care. As part of the amendment, it was established, among other things, that a child's right not to be discriminated against in an educational institution, including with regard to registration for an educational institution or admission to an educational institution, will also apply to a child in an out-of-home placement framework that is not foster care. It was also established that a child placed in an out-of-home placement framework that is not foster care will also be entitled to all the rights, services, and benefits to which a child who is a resident of the local authority in which the out-of-home placement framework in which they were placed is located is entitled, including with regard to their assignment to educational institutions in the said local authority, similar to a child placed in foster care. In addition, Section 3(b) of the law was amended, so that a child who is in an out-of-home placement framework that is not foster care, or in the process of placement in such a framework, is also entitled to all the rights to which every child in Israel is entitled.

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Moshe Turpaz, Iman Khatib Yassin, Mansour Abbas, Waleed Taha, Michal Miriam Woldiger