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Martha Crockett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (2015) is to protect the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness across the United States. Despite the coordinated efforts of State and Local Educational Agencies to carry out these mandates and ensure equitable…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, High School Students, Graduation Rate
Patrick Rooney – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2022
With many Afghan evacuees being resettled in the United States in recent months, the U.S. Department of Education understands there has been some confusion about the services these students are eligible to receive under title VI, subtitle B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento Act). These services are available to all…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Refugees, Asians
Hallett, Ronald E.; Skrla, Linda – American Educator, 2021
The McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Act, including revisions made during the reauthorization in Title IX, Part A, of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015) and its implications are not as widely known as they should be among educators and administrators. The McKinney-Vento Act defines homelessness as any student without "a fixed,…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2018
Homelessness often is accompanied by poverty, stress, and instability. As a result, children and youth in homeless situations frequently must overcome many educational challenges; yet for children and youth experiencing homelessness, school provides stability, support, and hope for the future. Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2017
The purpose of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA; 20 U.S.C. ยง 6301 et seq.) is to provide all children with a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps. Title I, Part A is designed to meet the educational needs of low-achieving children in schools with the highest…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Ingram, Erin S.; Bridgeland, John M.; Reed, Bruce; Atwell, Matthew – Civic Enterprises, 2017
Student homelessness is on the rise, with more than 1.3 million homeless students identified during the 2013-14 school year. This is a 7 percent increase from the previous year and more than double the number of homeless students in 2006-07. As high as these numbers seem, they are almost certainly undercounts. Despite increasing numbers, these…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Public Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation