Education of Children in Homeless Situations

Education

Of Childern & Youth

In Homeless Situations

The federal McKinney-Vento Act protects the rights of childern and youth in homeless situations to attend and succeed in school, including pre-school. The Mckinney-Vento Act applies to all childern and youth who do not have a fixed, regular and adequate residence, including children and youth who are: staying with friends or relatives because they lost their housing; awaiting foster placement; or living in emergency or transitional shelters, motels, domestic violence shelters, campgrounds, inadequate trailer parks, cars, public spaces, abandoned buildings and bus/train stations.

Childern and youth in homeless situations have the right to:

Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there;

Choose between the local school where they are living, the school they attended before they lost their housing, or the school where they were last enrolled;

Enroll in school without proof of residency, immunizations, school records, or other documents;

Get transportation to school;

Get all the school services they need;

Be free from harassment and isolation; and

Have disagreements with the school settled quickly

Additional information regarding your rights under the Mckinney-Vento Act may be obtained by contacting Linda G. Williams at (931) 359-1581, ext. 26.

More information maybe found on the following websites:

www.serve.org

www.ed.gov

www.state.tn.us/education/homelessed.htm

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