kids without homes: a school district responds compliance training for transportation directors

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

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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

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Com pliance Trainingfor

TransportationDirectors

C ontact Inform ation

• Nam e:

• Office Phone:

• Other Phone:

• Em ail:

Hom eless Education Liaison

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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

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Implementation

Tips from Another State

Contact Information

• Name:

• Office Phone:

• Other Phone:

• Email:

Homeless Education Liaison