The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act is the federal law that governs the educational rights of children and youth in homeless situations. This act was reauthorized in 2001 as Title X Part C, No Child Left Behind Act

Homeless children have the right to a free, appropriate public education

 A student is homeless if they:

• live in a shelter or transitional housing
• live in a motel, campground, car, abandoned building or on the streets
• share the housing of friends or relatives due to loss of housing (eviction and foreclosure) or cannot afford housing
• have a temporary foster care placement

  Students who are homeless have the right to:

• immediately enroll in and attend school without having health or school records and a permanent address
• continue to attend the school they attended before becoming homeless...if in your child's best interest or attend the school in the attendance zone where they are currently living
• receive transportation to and from the school of origin
• participate in school activities for which they are eligible

For more information concerning the Homeless, please contact Sharon Hill, Homeless Liaision at 395-1092.