My district has an influx of displaced families with school age children—may the district set up separate classes or establish off-site classrooms or transitional classes to serve displaced children?
Answer. No—the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act prohibits segregating or isolating homeless students from the general population. Homeless children must be educated as part of a school’s regular academic program and integrated with their non-homeless counterparts in all programs and activities. Homeless students are eligible for transportation services, compensatory education services, bilingual education services, special education services, school meal programs, extracurricular activities (sports, band, etc.), or any other programs offered by the local school district. If a State receives funds under the McKinney-Vento program, every district in that State – whether or not it receives a McKinney-Vento subgrant from its SEA – is prohibited from segregating homeless students in separate schools or in separate programs within schools, based on the child’s or youth’s status as homeless. Staff in the Office of Innovative Support will work closely with each school district to assist
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