DID YOU KNOW

Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act, homeless children have the right to:

Go to school and receive the same access, special programs and services to preschool education and public education provided to other children.
Continue in the same school they attended before becoming homeless.
Enroll in school without giving a permanent address. Schools are not allowed to delay the enrollment process.
Enroll and attend classes while the school arranges for the child’s school and medical records to be transferred.
Request and receive transportation to the same school attended before becoming homeless and to other school programs.
Participate in school programs with non-homeless children; they cannot be separated from the regular program just because they are homeless.
Every school district in the State is required to designate a local liaison for homeless children and youth, whether or not it receives a McKinney-Vento sub grant.