Policies & Procedures
Policies & Procedures
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Oh, there are so many. I think the first thing I would look at is how students are identified. How do most of your students get identified? Is there an opportunity to improve that system? Many districts have questions related to housing in their enrollment packet. Are there other opportunities to ask these questions throughout the year? Another area I see often is to review what data you have access to and do you need to make changes there.
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@Emackie – fees/fines associated with school related materials, lunches, etc. would also be a good area to review/revise. 😊
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Hi @Emackie – great question! Have you checked out our Legal Citation Tab? I pulled this information from there:
How can SEAs and LEAs ensure that homeless children and youths have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths?
The McKinney-Vento Act includes a broad, ongoing requirement for SEAs and LEAs to review policies or practices that may act as barriers to the identification, enrollment, attendance, and school success of homeless children and youths, including barriers due to outstanding fees or fines or absences. (See, e.g., sections 721, 722(g)(1)(I)). It is important for SEAs and LEAs to consistently review their policies and practices with regular input from homeless parents, youths, and advocates so that new barriers, or barriers that the SEA or LEA staff may be unaware of, do not prevent children and youths from receiving the free, appropriate public education to which they are entitled. In addition, where laws, regulations, practices, or policies may act as a barrier to the identification, enrollment, attendance, or success in school of homeless children and youths, SEAs and LEAs must undertake steps to revise such laws, regulations, practices, or policies to ensure that homeless children and youths are afforded the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children and youths. (Sections 721, 722(g)(1)(I), 722(g)(7)). The process of reviewing and revising policies should include a review of school discipline policies that disproportionately impact homeless students, including those who are also children and youths of color; those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ); English learners14; and students with disabilities. In addition, SEAs and LEAs retain their obligations to ensure that homeless children and youths who are eligible children with disabilities under Part B of the IDEA or qualified students with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) retain the rights and protections of those laws, including their right to receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). (See 34 CFR part 300 (the Department’s regulations implementing Part B of the IDEA) and 34 CFR part 104 (the Department’s regulations implementing Section 504)). State lead agencies, and LEAs, if applicable, also retain their responsibilities to ensure that eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families receive required early intervention services under Part C of the IDEA. (See 34 CFR part 303 (the Department’s regulations implementing Part C of the
IDEA).
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