Homeless and Foster Care

HOMELESS -- The McKinney-Vento Act’s Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program ensures that homeless children and youth are provided a free, appropriate public education, despite lack of a fixed place of residence or a supervising parent or guardian. The state public school admission statute assuring the right of homeless and other children and youth in similar circumstances to enroll in schools is ORS 339.115(7).

• If your family lives in any of the following situations:
  • In a Shelter
  • In a motel or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodation
  • In a car, park, abandoned building, or bus or train station
  • Doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship
• Your school-age children may qualify for certain rights and protections
• http://www.oregon.gov/ode/schools-and-districts/grants/ESEA/McKinney-Vento/Pages/default.aspx

FOSTER CARE -- The ESSA provisions relating to students in foster care include:

• Allowing students in foster care to remain in the school district /school of origin even when the foster home placements change.
• Immediate enrollment of students in foster care after a school move.
• Foster care point of contact in every state education agency as well as each school district.
• Plans for school district/school of origin transportation to maintain a foster student attendance in the school district/school of origin.
• Tracking achievement and graduation data for students in foster care