kids without homes: a school district responds compliance training for transportation directors
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Kids Without Homes:A School District
Responds
Compliance Trainingfor
TransportationDirectors
Contact Information
• Name:
• Office Phone:
• Other Phone:
• Email:
Homeless Education Liaison
Overview
McKinney-Vento Act overview Transportation provisions Educational stability Importance of collaboration Implementation strategies
with examples
Major Topics
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Kids Without Homes:A School District
Responds
Compliance Trainingfor
TransportationDirectors
Contact Information
• Name:
• Office Phone:
• Other Phone:
• Email:
Homeless Education Liaison
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Kids W ithout Hom es:A School District
Responds
Com pliance Trainingfor
TransportationDirectors
C ontact Inform ation
• Nam e:
• Office Phone:
• Other Phone:
• Em ail:
Hom eless Education Liaison
You are here
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Federal Law
defines and protects the rights of homeless students to enroll in, attend, and succeed in our public schools
The McKinney-VentoHomeless Assistance Act
McKinney-Vento at a Glance
• Academic Achievement• School Selection• Enrollment • Dispute Resolution• Transportation• Liaisons
Key Provisions
• Segregation• Local Subgrants• Statewide Activities • Federal Activities• Funding
Information concerning:
McKinney-Vento at a Glance
Negative Effects of Homelessness
• Common Problems
• Effects of Homelessnessand Poverty
• Emotionaland SocialDifficulties
The Facts
The Facts
• Enhances academic andsocial growth
Benefits ofEducational Stability
• Allows students to establishongoing relationships withteachers and other students
• Improves attendance statisticsand achievement scores
School of Origin:the school the student attended when permanently housed, or the school in which the student was last enrolled
The Law
School of Residency:the school in the attendance zone or school district where the student is currently living
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
The Law
The Law
• School districts must keep studentsin their schools of origin, to theextent feasible, unless it is againstthe wishes of the parent or guardian, or not in the student’s best interest
The bottom line:
• School districts are required toprovide transportation to the schoolof origin
Resources
• Questions and Answers: USDE Non-Regulatory Guidance –
Section H: Transportation
• NASDPT Resolution
• NCLB Rules on Funding Transportation
Helpful Readings
• NAECHY Memo re: transportingformerly homeless students
Questions?
Time to
Brainstorm!
Essential Reading
Collaboration: A KeyElement for Success
• Intra-district Collaboration• Inter-district Collaboration
Includes examples from: Houston ISD San Antonio ISD
Key Elements
• with your homeless liaisonand others in your district
Collaborate and communicate …
• with transportation providersand organizations that providetemporary housing and services
• with parents
• SAISD Transportation pamphletfor parents
Sample Documents
• San Antonio ISD SupplementalTransportation Request form
• SAISD Transportation Schedule• Spokane Public Schools Intake form
Collaboration Resources
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
From the National Centerfor Homeless Education:
Implementation Strategies
A Sampling ofSuccess Stories in Texas
• Additional bus stops
• Transit tokens and reimbursements
• Shelter vans
• Transit by churches andcommunity groups
• Collaboration.
Implementation Strategies
A Sampling ofSuccess Stories in Texas
• Summer transportation
• Transportation for students inmotels
• Transportation for teen parentsand their babies
Implementation Strategies
Arlington ISD
Success storiesprovided by
San Antonio ISD Brownsville ISD
Region 19 ESC
Houston ISD
Victoria ISD
Northside ISD
Weatherford ISD. ,
SUCCESS!
Implementation Strategies
Transportation Policiesand Strategies
Highlightsfrom the Missouri
Department of Elementaryand Secondary Education
.
Implementation
Tips from Another State
Contact Information
• Name:
• Office Phone:
• Other Phone:
• Email:
Homeless Education Liaison