Patricia JulianelleEducation of Children Experiencing Homelessness

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Areas of court intervention: Basic rightsAreas of monitoring findingsDon’t make it easyThese all overlapAll bucks stop at the state

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IL: seminal case and many sinceDC: set federal law precedentNY: defendants were several school districts, state,

and DSSPA: school district and stateHI: injunction completely took over how McKinney-

Vento is implementedMD: cases against several school districtsCosts include legal fees and on-going compliance

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Definition of homelessnessFollow definition carefullyCase-by-caseAsk for help

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Immediate enrollment Timing Guardianship, immunizations, etc. “in any public school that nonhomeless students

who live in the attendance area in which the child or youth is actually living are eligible to attend”

“attending classes and participating fully in school activities”

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School of originFeasibility / Best interestTransportationFeeder schools

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Identification Notice and forms Training Collaboration Numbers

Local policies “Remove barriers to enrollment and retention in

school” Align with McKinney-Vento

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Title I, Part A Is there a reservation? On what is it based? How is it used?

Preschool Enrollment in LEA preschools Collaboration with other ECE programs Identification

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Designate and train a liaisonIdentification

Public noticeDispute proceduresFree mealsTransfer records

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Patricia Julianelle

pjulianelle@naehcy.org

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

http://naehcy.org

National Center on Homeless Educationhttp://center.serve.org/nche/

National Network for Youthhttp://www.nn4youth.org

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