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BPS
Homeless Services |
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Children
and Youth Experiencing Homeless Status Have the Right to a Free,
Appropriate Public Education. |
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Who
is Considered Homeless?
Anyone who, due to a lack of permanent or consistent housing, lives: · In
a Shelter · In
a Motel · In
a Vehicle · In
a Campground · On
the Street · Doubled-up
with relatives or friends due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or
a similar reason. Or:
· Children
and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a
private or public place not designed for or ordinarily used as a
regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. · Children
and youth who are living in substandard housing, bus or train station,
have been abandoned in hospitals or are awaiting foster care
placement. · Migratory
children and youth who are living in any situation described above. A
child or youth will be considered to be homeless for as long as he or
she is in a living situation described above or until the end of the
academic year. You must fill out the Homeless Enrollment Form
for each academic year Where
can Homeless children and youth attend school?
Homeless children and youth can choose to attend
either of the · The
school of origin: the school that the child or youth attended when
permanently housed or the school in which the child or youth was last
enrolled. · The
local attendance area school: any public school that housed students
who live in the attendance area in which the child or youth is actually
living are eligible to attend. Can
students experiencing Homelessness be denied enrollment for lacking
paperwork that is normally required for enrollment?
No,
under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, children and youth
experiencing homelessness have the right to immediate enrollment, even
if lacking documents normally required for enrollment.
Assistance will be provided to obtain the alternate documentation for
enrollment. |
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For
additional assistance contact: Hollie
Alexander Homeless
Education Coordinator (918)
337-6231 Ext. 1609 |