Students Who are Homeless of Living in Temporary Housing
Students who live in temporary housing have protections and additional rights to immediate enrollment.
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act is a federal law that discusses the public education of children and youth in temporary housing. Under McKinney-Vento and state law, students are considered to be in temporary housing if their nighttime residence is not fixed, regular, and adequate. Some examples of temporary housing include:
Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship or other similar reason
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camping grounds
Living in emergency or transitional shelters
Abandoned in hospitals
Living a in public or private place not designed for sleeping
Living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, bus or train stations, etc.
Migratory living in circumstances described above
Children and youth in temporary housing can enroll in school without the documents normally needed to enroll.
Contact:
Mary Breslin
McKinney-Vento Liaison
Phone: (518) 410-0290
Email: breslinm@schenectady.k12.ny.us