Title X Part C No Child Left Behind Act - 2001 Our children need adults who focus on results. Secretary Rod Paige McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance

Title X Part C No Child Left Behind Act - 2001

“Our children need adults who focus on results.”Secretary Rod Paige

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act

Number of Children and Youth Experiencing

Homelessness

1989 - 272,7731989 - 272,773 1991 - 327,4161991 - 327,416 1993 - 744,2661993 - 744,266 1997 - 841,7301997 - 841,730 2000 – 930,2322000 – 930,232

Definitions of Homeless Children and Youth

Lack fixed, regular, and Lack fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residenceadequate nighttime residence

Share housing (due to loss or Share housing (due to loss or hardship) hardship)

Live in hotels, motels, trailer Live in hotels, motels, trailer homes, campgrounds, homes, campgrounds, emergency or transitional emergency or transitional shelters, abandoned in shelters, abandoned in hospitals, awaiting foster carehospitals, awaiting foster care


Primary nighttime Primary nighttime residence not residence not designed or ordinarily designed or ordinarily used as a regular used as a regular sleeping sleeping accommodationaccommodation

Live in cars, parks, Live in cars, parks, public spaces, public spaces, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, substandard housing, bus, or train stationsbus, or train stations


Pre-school aged Pre-school aged children.children.

Unaccompanied Unaccompanied youth (youth not in youth (youth not in the physical custody the physical custody of a parent or of a parent or guardian)guardian)

Migratory children Migratory children who qualify as who qualify as homeless because of homeless because of their living situationtheir living situation


Other Definitions Enroll and Enrollment include – Enroll and Enrollment include –

right to attend classes and right to attend classes and participate fully in school activitiesparticipate fully in school activities

School of Origin – school that child School of Origin – school that child or youth attended when or youth attended when permanently housed or last permanently housed or last enrolledenrolled

Comparable Services – services Comparable Services – services offered to other students in the offered to other students in the school selectedschool selected

Barriers to Enrollment

Lack of transportation to or from Lack of transportation to or from temporary residencetemporary residence

Lack of immunization and medical Lack of immunization and medical

recordsrecords Lack of school records Lack of school records State guardianship/residency State guardianship/residency

requirements not uniformly requirements not uniformly

interpreted by schoolinterpreted by school Lack of birth certificatesLack of birth certificates

Youth ages 12 and up face additionalYouth ages 12 and up face additional

barriers to school enrollment, for barriers to school enrollment, for example:example:

Attendance policiesAttendance policies Secondary school credit accrualSecondary school credit accrual Legal guardianship requirementsLegal guardianship requirements

Barriers to Enrollment

Barriers to School Success Frequent mobilityFrequent mobility Lack of staff awareness Lack of staff awareness

and sensitivityand sensitivity Inability to complete Inability to complete

school assignmentsschool assignments Lack of psychological Lack of psychological

servicesservices Poor health and Poor health and

inadequate medical inadequate medical carecare

Physical needs -- food, Physical needs -- food, clothing, health careclothing, health care

Access to Special Programs

and Services

Special EducationSpecial Education Head StartHead Start Gifted and TalentedGifted and Talented Even StartEven Start Programs for English language Programs for English language

learnerslearners

Children experiencing homelessness Children experiencing homelessness have difficulty accessing the have difficulty accessing the following programs and servicesfollowing programs and services


Comparable Services

Homeless children and youth must receiveHomeless children and youth must receive

comparable services to those received by allcomparable services to those received by all

other children includingother children including Transportation servicesTransportation services Educational servicesEducational services Meals through school nutrition programsMeals through school nutrition programs


Requires schools to keep Requires schools to keep children in the school of origin children in the school of origin to the extent feasible, except to the extent feasible, except where contrary to the wishes where contrary to the wishes of the parent or guardianof the parent or guardian

Child or youth’s right to Child or youth’s right to attend their school of origin attend their school of origin extends to entire duration of extends to entire duration of homelessnesshomelessness

Requires removal of any Requires removal of any barriers that contribute to barriers that contribute to exclusion or enrollment delayexclusion or enrollment delay

Educational Stability & Continuity


Requires schools to Requires schools to immediatelyimmediately enroll children enroll children and youth experiencing and youth experiencing homelessnesshomelessness

Requires a Liaison in Requires a Liaison in everyevery school districtschool district

Requires public notice of Requires public notice of educational rights of children educational rights of children and youth experiencing and youth experiencing homelessness disseminated homelessness disseminated in every school districtin every school district

Students’ Access to School


Parental Options and Involvement

Requires schools to fully inform parents and guardians Requires schools to fully inform parents and guardians ofof enrollment options and educational opportunities enrollment options and educational opportunities availableavailable Requires schools to fully inform parents of right to have Requires schools to fully inform parents of right to have the the district transport children to school of origin district transport children to school of origin Requires schools provide written explanations to Requires schools provide written explanations to parentsparents regarding disputes over school selection and enrollmentregarding disputes over school selection and enrollment and referral to Liaisons for dispute resolutionand referral to Liaisons for dispute resolution Requires schools to provide parents and guardians with Requires schools to provide parents and guardians with meaningful opportunities to participate in the education meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their of their childrenchildren


Educational Rights of Unaccompanied Youth

Requires schools to fully inform youth of their enrollment Requires schools to fully inform youth of their enrollment options and available educational opportunitiesoptions and available educational opportunities

Requires LEA Liaison to assist youth in school Requires LEA Liaison to assist youth in school enrollment and selection decisions and transportation enrollment and selection decisions and transportation needsneeds


Integration of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Prohibits segregation of studentsProhibits segregation of students into separate schools or separate into separate schools or separate classrooms within schoolsclassrooms within schools

SEAs and LEAs must adopt policies and practices to SEAs and LEAs must adopt policies and practices to ensure ensure that children are not stigmatized or segregated on the that children are not stigmatized or segregated on the basis basis of their status as homelessof their status as homeless


Role of State Coordinator

Gather, validate, and report data on children and youth experiencing homelessness

Access to public preschools, elementary, and secondary Access to public preschools, elementary, and secondary schoolsschools Special needs of studentsSpecial needs of students Progress made by State and LEAs in addressing Progress made by State and LEAs in addressing problems and difficultiesproblems and difficulties Success in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in Success in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in schoolschool


Role of State Coordinator

Technical Assistance

Technical assistance to LEAs in coordination with LEA Technical assistance to LEAs in coordination with LEA Liaisons Liaisons to to ensureensure LEA compliance LEA compliance

Inform school personnel, service providers, advocates Inform school personnel, service providers, advocates of the of the duties of the LEA Liaisonsduties of the LEA Liaisons


LEA Requirements

Enroll homeless child or youth Enroll homeless child or youth immediately immediately even if even if no no records are currently availablerecords are currently available

Schools must contact child’s or youth’s school last Schools must contact child’s or youth’s school last attended attended for academic and other recordsfor academic and other records

Immediate referral to LEA Liaison if immunization or Immediate referral to LEA Liaison if immunization or medical medical records are unavailable from prior school(s)records are unavailable from prior school(s)

Records must be kept, maintained, and available for Records must be kept, maintained, and available for future future school enrollmentschool enrollment


Enrollment Disputes

Admit child or youth Admit child or youth immediately immediately toto school selected by parent/guardianschool selected by parent/guardian or youth or youth pending resolution of disputepending resolution of dispute

School must provide parent/guardian or youth with School must provide parent/guardian or youth with written written explanation of decision including statement of rightsexplanation of decision including statement of rights

Referral to Liaison for dispute resolutionReferral to Liaison for dispute resolution

Liaison ensures unaccompanied youth is immediately Liaison ensures unaccompanied youth is immediately enrolledenrolled


Role of LEA LIAISON

Assist Assist unaccompanied youthunaccompanied youth with placement, with placement, enrollment, enrollment, and knowing their rights and knowing their rights DisseminateDisseminate public notices of educational rights public notices of educational rights

Inform and assistInform and assist with accessing with accessing transportationtransportation

MediateMediate enrollment disputes enrollment disputes

Coordinate and collaborateCoordinate and collaborate

Coordination with Title I

Title I requires that districts Title I requires that districts must provide services for must provide services for children and youth who live children and youth who live in homeless situations in homeless situations

Children and youth Children and youth experiencing homelessness experiencing homelessness are automatically eligible to are automatically eligible to receive Title I services by receive Title I services by virtue of their homelessnessvirtue of their homelessness

Title I Requirements

SEAs have to submit a Title I Part A plan SEAs have to submit a Title I Part A plan coordinated with the McKinney-Vento Act - Sec. coordinated with the McKinney-Vento Act - Sec. 11111111

LEAs have to submit a Title I Part A plan to SEAs LEAs have to submit a Title I Part A plan to SEAs that is coordinated with McKinney-Vento that is coordinated with McKinney-Vento andand describes services and set-asides – Sec. 1112describes services and set-asides – Sec. 1112

Title I Requirements

Reservation of Title I Funds - a local education Reservation of Title I Funds - a local education agency needs to agency needs to reserve fundsreserve funds to provide to provide comparable services for eligible homeless comparable services for eligible homeless children who do not attend participating children who do not attend participating schools, including providing educationally schools, including providing educationally related support services to children in shelters related support services to children in shelters and other locations where children may and other locations where children may live.live. - - Sec. 1113Sec. 1113

Contact Information

National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)

Diana Bowman, DirectorDiana Bowman, DirectorHelpline: 1-800-308-2145 Helpline: 1-800-308-2145 Email: [email protected]: [email protected] http://www.serve.org/nchehttp://www.serve.org/nche

U.S. Department of EducationGary Rutkin, Federal CoordinatorGary Rutkin, Federal CoordinatorMcKinney-Vento Program McKinney-Vento Program

Email: [email protected]: [email protected]/OFFICES/CEPwww.ed.gov/OFFICES/CEP

“We stand on the brink of comprehensive change in the culture of education .”

Secretary Rod Paige


Documents

Title X Part C No Child Left Behind Act - 2001 Our children need adults who focus on results. Secretary Rod Paige McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance