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Kids Without Homes: A School District Responds

Kids Without Homes: A School District Responds. Compliance Training for Superintendents and Administrators. Contact Information. Name: Office Phone: Other Phone: Email:. Homeless Education Liaison. Overview. Major Topics. Compliance

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Kids Without Homes: A School District Responds

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  1. Kids Without Homes:A School District Responds Compliance Training for Superintendents and Administrators

  2. Contact Information • Name: • Office Phone: • Other Phone: • Email: Homeless Education Liaison

  3. Overview Major Topics • Compliance • Transportation provisions • Homeless education liaison • Funding • Coordination and collaboration • Ways to assist homeless students • Online resources: TEA & USDE • LEA Planning Guide

  4. Homeless Children in Texas Current Estimate 140,000+

  5. Troubling Statistics The younger the child, the more likely he or she is to live in poverty. Percentage of Texas Children Living in Poverty

  6. Texas Education Code Chapter 25 of the Texas Education Code specifies that a student who is homeless is entitled to admission in any Texas school district

  7. Federal Law The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act defines and protects the rights of homeless students to enroll in, attend, and succeed in our public schools

  8. The McKinney-Vento Act • The definition of homeless children and youth includes “unaccompanied youth” not living with a parent or legal guardian What you must know about the law:

  9. The McKinney-Vento Act • Educational Stability What you must know about the law: • Transportation • Immediate Enrollment

  10. The McKinney-Vento Act • Every school district is required to have a homeless education liaison What you must know about the law: • The liaison is required by law • to perform specific tasks

  11. The McKinney-Vento Act • School districts must set aside a portion of Title I funds to assist students in homeless situations What you must know about the law:

  12. The McKinney-Vento Act Highlights: Another View • Definitions • Academic Achievement • Liaison for Homeless Students • Enrollment • School Selection • Transportation • Dispute Resolution

  13. The McKinney-Vento Act • Intra-district • Inter-district Transportation Provisions

  14. The McKinney-Vento Act • every school district have a homeless education liaison The law requires that: • the liaison has specific, required • tasks

  15. The McKinney-Vento Act • Title I set-asides • McKinney-Vento grants Funding

  16. The McKinney-Vento Act • within the school district • between the school district and the larger community Coordination & Collaboration

  17. Making a Difference • Direct Assistance • Indirect Assistance Ways You Can Assist Our Students in Homeless Situations

  18. Online Resources • Correspondence list for Administrators TEA Online http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ • Subscribe to TEA listservs at: • http://www.tea.state.tx.us/list/

  19. Online Resources Topics in TEA Memo: From Chapter 25 of the Texas Education Code: • Attendance • Admission • Enrollment Records • Tuition

  20. Online Resources USDE Online http://www.ed.gov/ Main web page links to: • NCLB legislation • NCLB regulations • NCLB policy guidelines • Federal Register Notes • NCLB resources • Grant competitions

  21. Online Resources • 1 – 888 – 625 – 2787 Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p. m. CST After-hours message service USDE NCLB Hotline for Superintendents • Email: NCLBSUP@ed.gov

  22. Planning Tool LEA Planning Guide The guide and a planning checklist are available to you and your staff at: http://www.utdanacenter.org/theo/

  23. Contact Information • Name: • Office Phone: • Other Phone: • Email: Homeless Education Liaison

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