McKinney-Vento and Educational Rights of Homeless Children

Homeless Liaison: Dr. Tamera Jones, Superintendent (541) 886-2061

Educational Rights of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Students may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney-Vento Act if they live in any of the following situations:

In a shelter
In a motel or campground due to the lack of an alternative adequate accommodation
In a car, park, abandoned building, or bus or train station
Doubled up (sharing the housing of others, whether relatives or friends, due to loss of housing, economic hardship, domestic violence or similar reason.)
Students who are unaccompanied (living w/o a parent or guardian) and are living in circumstances described above
Migrant students who qualify as homeless because the students are living in circumstances described above

Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Have the Right To:

Go to school, no matter where they live or how long that they have lived there
Continue in the school that they last attended before becoming homeless
Receive transportation to the school they last attended
Enroll in school without giving a permanent address
Enroll in & attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of immunization records or any other documents required for enrollment
Receive free meals at school

Family Rights Under Title IA