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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Are you a student that qualifies for services through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act?

If you:

• live in a shelter, transitional shelter, motel campground, abandoned in a hospital, or awaiting foster care,
• live in a car, park, public place, bus, train or abandoned building,
• live in doubled up situations with friends or relatives because you cannot find or afford housing., or
• live with an adult who is not a parent or guardian, or with your friends

What are your rights based on this law?

• Immediate enrollment even if you don't have required documents like ID, proof of address, immunizations, birth certificate, social security card and other items
• School selection: you have the choice of two schools for enrollment:
• a) The school you attended before loosing your housing or the school in which you were last enrolled (school of origin); or
• b) The school in which you are temporarily living in
• Transportation services
• Will be enrolled and placed in a classroom with all other students

Important information:

• Each campus has a Homeless Contact Person who can provide assistance for any child who is eligible for McKinney-Vento services.
• If you are an unaccompanied youth (not living with a parent or guardian) you can enroll yourself.

School Selection:

All SAISD must allow you the right to choose between two schools to enroll in. You may choose between:

• a) The school that you attended before you lost your home or the last school you were enrolled (school of origin); or
• b) The school in which you are temporarily residing

School Enrollment:

• You must be enrolled within two days even if documentation is not available.

Enrollment Dispute:

• If your decision for school enrollment is not granted, the Dispute/Resolution Form (F1-J) must be completed. You must be immediately enrolled to the school in which you are seeking enrollment, pending the resolution of the dispute.
• You must be provided with a written explanation of the school decision on the dispute, including the right to appeal. You and the form must be referred to the Transitions Program for assistance.
• If you are an unaccompanied youth (not living with parent or guardian), the same dispute process is applicable to you.

Transportation:

• Transportation for eligible students will be provided to the school of origin or the school in which they temporarily reside.
• Students who are eligible for transportation are those that live 2 or more miles away from the school where enrolled.
• VIA bus tickets will be provided to you for school attendance until the school bus schedule is available.
• VIA semester passes are available to you if you are able to navigate the metro system on your own.