If your family is living in any of the following situations…

• In emergency or transitional housing;
• Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship;
• In a motel, hotel, trailer park, or camping grounds due to lack of other housing;
• In a car, park, public space, abandoned building, or bus or train station;
• Awaiting foster care placement; or
• In any of the above housing arrangements and are eligible for the Migrant Education Program

...your children have important educational rights under the McKinney-Vento Act, a federal law.

This law protects the educational rights of children and youth living in temporary housing situations such as those described above. Children and youth living in these situations will be protected by the McKinney-Vento Act for the entire time they are living in a temporary housing situation.

Under the McKinney Vento Act, children and youth who are living in temporary housing situations have the right to...

• Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there;
• Choose between the school they attended before losing their housing (known as the school of origin) or the school where they were last enrolled (also known as the school of origin);
• Enroll and participate in school without providing proof of residency, immunizations, school records, or other documents normally needed for enrollment;
• Receive transportation to and from the school of origin;
• Receive the same special programs and services, if needed, as those offered to other students who are eligible to receive them and;
• Enroll and attend classes in the school district even while the parent and the school resolve disagreements about enrollment.

Information About Unaccompanied Youth

Information About School Selection

Information About Attending and Enrolling In School

Contact Information & Other Resources For Families