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Kids Without Homes: A School District Responds

Compliance training for transportation directors on the McKinney-Vento Act and the importance of collaboration in providing education stability for homeless students.

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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 Transportation Directors

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

  3. Overview Major Topics • McKinney-Vento Act overview • Transportation provisions • Educational stability • Importance of collaboration • Implementation strategies with examples

  4. Note-Taking Pages Note-Taking Pages ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ You are here

  5. 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

  6. McKinney-Vento at a Glance Key Provisions • Academic Achievement • School Selection • Enrollment • Dispute Resolution • Transportation • Liaisons

  7. McKinney-Vento at a Glance Information concerning: • Segregation • Local Subgrants • Statewide Activities • Federal Activities • Funding

  8. The Facts • Common Problems Negative Effects of Homelessness • Effects of Homelessness and Poverty • Emotional and Social Difficulties

  9. The Facts • Enhances academic and social growth Benefits ofEducational Stability • Allows students to establish ongoing relationships with teachers and other students • Improves attendance statistics and achievement scores

  10. The Law School of Origin: the school the student attended when permanently housed, or the school in which the student was last enrolled

  11. The Law School of Residency: the school in the attendance zone or school district where the student is currently living

  12. The Law The parent, guardian, or unaccompanied youth determines the student’s best interest when the school of origin andthe school of residency are in different districts

  13. The Law • School districts must keep students in their schools of origin, to the extent feasible, unless it is against the wishes of the parent or guardian, or not in the student’s best interest The bottom line: • School districts arerequired to provide transportationto the school of origin

  14. Resources Helpful Readings • Questions and Answers: USDE Non-Regulatory Guidance – Section H: Transportation • NAECHY Memo re: transporting formerly homeless students • NASDPT Resolution • NCLB Rules on Funding Transportation

  15. Questions?

  16. Time to Brainstorm!

  17. Essential Reading Includes examples from: Houston ISD San Antonio ISD Collaboration: A Key Element for Success • Intra-district Collaboration • Inter-district Collaboration

  18. Key Elements • with your homeless liaison and others in your district Collaborate and communicate … • with transportation providers and organizations that provide temporary housing and services • with parents

  19. Collaboration Resources Sample Documents • San Antonio ISD Supplemental Transportation Request form • SAISD Transportation Schedule • Spokane Public Schools Intake form • SAISD Transportation pamphlet for parents

  20. Implementation Strategies From the National Centerfor Homeless Education: Increasing School Stability for Students Experiencing Homelessness: Overcoming Challenges to Providing Transportation to the School of Origin Download website: www.serve.org/nche-downloads/ nche_transp_full.pdf

  21. Implementation Strategies A Sampling ofSuccess Stories in Texas • Additional bus stops • Transit tokens and reimbursements • Shelter vans • Transit by churches and community groups • Collaboration .

  22. Implementation Strategies A Sampling ofSuccess Stories in Texas • Summer transportation • Transportation for students in motels • Transportation for teen parents and their babies

  23. Implementation Strategies . , SUCCESS! Success stories provided by Arlington ISD Northside ISD Brownsville ISD San Antonio ISD Region 19 ESC Victoria ISD Houston ISD Weatherford ISD

  24. Implementation . Tips from Another State Transportation Policies and Strategies Highlights from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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

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