For more information contact: 106 Hancock Road
Peterborough, NH 03458
603.924.3336, ext. 2048
What is McKinney-Vento? The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the primary federal (U.S) law dealing with the education of children and youth in homeless situations. The McKinney-Vento Act protects the right of homeless children and youth to get to, stay in, and be successful in school while they or their families are homeless. The law focuses on maintaining school stability and school access and providing support for academic success for homeless kids. The law also requires schools and states to use child-centered, best-interest decision making when working with homeless children and their families to choose a homeless child’s school, services, and other needed resources. Who are homeless children and youth? The McKinney-Vento Act’s definition who qualifies as a homeless child or youth is quite broad: “Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence,” including, but not limited to:
Is there an age limit on who is eligible for McKinney-Vento services? What educational rights does McKinney-Vento guarantee for homeless children and youth?
We used to live in District X, but since we’ve become homeless, we are now staying in District Y. Which district does McKinney-Vento say my child can attend school in? Moreover, if you choose to keep your child in District X, the district must provide transportation to the District X school, as long as that is “feasible.” (“feasible” is a somewhat subjective term – if the school of origin is in a surrounding county, that is usually feasible – if your new home is farther away from your child’s school of origin, it might not be feasible to travel back and forth every day). McKinney-Vento also says that children can attend the local school where they are currently staying – any school others living in the same area are eligible to attend (in this example, that would be District Y). Remember that regardless of whether the child attends his school of origin or the local school, the child must be enrolled immediately. Is there someone in my child’s school district who can help us and who is responsible for making sure the school follows the McKinney-Vento Act?
If a homeless child or youth and/or his parents have encountered a barrier in enrolling in school, it is the liaison’s job to make sure that the barrier is removed, the policy changed – whatever needs to be done. For example, if a child does not have his immunization records, the liaison should immediately enroll the child and then assist the child and his parents in obtaining new copies of the records.
What about “unaccompanied youth” – homeless teenagers who do not live with their parents and have no adult guardian? School districts cannot require adult caretakers to obtain guardianship of an unaccompanied youth as a condition of enrolling the youth in school. Schools are also required to help youth who have moved around a lot to make up credits lost because they, for example, moved to another school before finishing a grading period, etc.
The information in this site is not intended as legal advice.
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For more information contact:
Cari Christian Coates
106 Hancock Road
Peterborough, NH 03458
603.924.3336, ext. 2048
What is McKinney-Vento?
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the primary federal (U.S) law dealing with the education of children and youth in homeless situations. The McKinney-Vento Act protects the right of homeless children and youth to get to, stay in, and be successful in school while they or their families are homeless. The law focuses on maintaining school stability and school access and providing support for academic success for homeless kids. The law also requires schools and states to use child-centered, best-interest decision making when working with homeless children and their families to choose a homeless child's school, services, and other needed resources.
Who are homeless children and youth?
The McKinney-Vento Act's definition who qualifies as a homeless child or youth is quite broad: "Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence," including, but not limited to:
The information in this site is not intended as legal advice.
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For more information contact:
Cari Christian Coates
106 Hancock Road
Peterborough, NH 03458
603.924.3336, ext. 2048
What is McKinney-Vento?
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the primary federal (U.S) law dealing with the education of children and youth in homeless situations. The McKinney-Vento Act protects the right of homeless children and youth to get to, stay in, and be successful in school while they or their families are homeless. The law focuses on maintaining school stability and school access and providing support for academic success for homeless kids. The law also requires schools and states to use child-centered, best-interest decision making when working with homeless children and their families to choose a homeless child's school, services, and other needed resources.
Who are homeless children and youth?
The McKinney-Vento Act's definition who qualifies as a homeless child or youth is quite broad: "Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence," including, but not limited to:
The information in this site is not intended as legal advice.
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For more information contact:
Cari Christian Coates
106 Hancock Road
Peterborough, NH 03458
603.924.3336, ext. 2048
What is McKinney-Vento?
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the primary federal (U.S) law dealing with the education of children and youth in homeless situations. The McKinney-Vento Act protects the right of homeless children and youth to get to, stay in, and be successful in school while they or their families are homeless. The law focuses on maintaining school stability and school access and providing support for academic success for homeless kids. The law also requires schools and states to use child-centered, best-interest decision making when working with homeless children and their families to choose a homeless child's school, services, and other needed resources.
Who are homeless children and youth?
The McKinney-Vento Act's definition who qualifies as a homeless child or youth is quite broad: "Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence," including, but not limited to:
The information in this site is not intended as legal advice.
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