The sudden increase of homeless students has become a major priority for education administrators nationwide. This new planning and reference guide takes you step-by-step through the process of identifying and serving homeless students – and helps you comply with all your federal requirements.
Five essential chapters cover:
- Your Title I, McKinney-Vento, FERPA and IDEA mandates, including allowable expenditures
- Identifying homeless students in your district
- Creating a needs assessment
- Providing services from transportation to special needs
- Coordinating services with other agencies
From enriching education to avoiding supplanting problems, you learn out-of-the-box strategies to create new or revise existing programs for serving homeless students. Complete with sample checklists, quizzes, enrollment survey forms and other essential tools!
