Homelessness

Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Have the Right to a Free, Appropriate Public Education

Our district is guided by the McKinney-Vento Act. This law provides homeless and highly mobile students with certain rights so they have access to opportunities that will help them meet the same high academic standards expected of all students in our district.

Homeless Students live in any of these conditions:

In a shelter (family, individual, domestic violence, youth, temporary housing)
In a motel or hotel
Doubled up with others because of lack of housing or economic hardship
Temporary foster care or awaiting foster care
On the street
In a car, park, abandoned building, or other place not designed for human habitation

The McKinney-Vento Federal Act ensures Homeless Students have the rights to:

Immediate enrollment to school
Continue in the school they attended before they became homeless
Transportation to their school of origin, if feasible
Access to school support staff services
Title I services
Free school meals
Dispute school placements that differ from parent or student request

Homelessness and NPAS

For additional information, contact:

Aliina Peterson
Homeless Coordinator
[email protected]
952-758-1428