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or state statute or regulation. (v) In addition to the extensions of state custody ordered by a court under (c)(1)(A) or (B) of this section, a court may grant in a hearing a resumption of state custody that does not extend beyond a person's 21st birthday if the person (1) consents to it; (2) was placed in out-of-home care by the department immediately before being released from state custody and the person was (A) at least 18 years of age and released to the person's own custody; or (B) at least 16 years of age and released to the (i) person's own custody after the disabilities of minority were removed under AS 09.55.590; or (ii) custody of a parent or guardian because the person refused out-of-home care; (3) is in need of out-of-home care (A) to avoid personal harm; (B) because of the person's severe emotional disturbance, mental disability, physical disability, homelessness, or a combination of those conditions; (C) because the person is completing an educational or vocational program; or (D) to otherwise improve the person's successful transition to independent living; and (4) if requested by the department, agrees to reasonable terms for resuming state custody that may include matters relating to the person's education, attainment of a job or life skills, or other terms found by the court to be reasonable and in the person's best interest. (w) The court shall recognize a presumption that maintenance of a sibling relationship, including with a sibling who is related by blood, marriage, or adoption through one parent, is in a child's best interest. (x) In any team-decision meeting the department holds to address the potential or actual transfer of a child from one placement setting to another, the department shall ask the participants for input regarding whether it is in the child's best interest for the child to remain in the child's current school for the remainder of the school term. (y) If the department transfers a child from one placement setting to another and it is reasonable and in the child's best educational interests, the department shall immediately, and in advance of the transfer if possible, coordinate with the school the child is attending to ensure the child is permitted to attend that school through the end of the school term if the child's new placement is in the same municipality and connected by road to the school. If federal funds and school district transportation funds are not available to pay for the cost of transportation for the child, the department shall pay the costs of transporting the child to school. The department shall work with the family or agency where the child is placed to arrange for transportation. The department shall consult with the school district regarding the child's best interests, but the school district may not override the department's decision to allow a child to remain in the current school through the end of the school term.