HOMELESS EDUCATION: Ensures that students experiencing homelessness are identified, have access to educational opportunities, and are linked to services such as transportation or financial support for school-related activities.

Pre-school and school-aged students living in any of the following situations have rights under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act:

• living with friends or relatives due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason.
• living in motels, hotels, or trailer parks used to house homeless families.
• living in emergency shelter or in transitional housing.
• living in cars, parks, public spaces, campgrounds, abandoned buildings, bus or train stations.
• is a foster child awaiting foster care placement.
• is an unaccompanied or migrant youth who qualifies under any of the above.