The Legal Center for Foster Care and Education and the National Center for Homeless Education present this brief to provide a framework for local homeless education liaisons, educators, child welfare caseworkers, and other child welfare advocates for assessing best interest when selecting a school for students in out-of-home care. While the brief focuses on students "awaiting foster care placement" under the McKinney-Vento Act, it provides information relevant to school selection and school stability for all children and youth in out-of-home care. Two federal laws give children and youth in out-of-home care certain rights to remain stable in one school despite changes in their living placement: The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act. (Contains 2 footnotes.) [This paper was developed with Legal Center for Foster Care and Education.]