Title I, Part C - Education of Migratory Children The Migrant
Education Program (Title I, Part C) is a federally-funded
program that provides educational and support services for the
eligible children of migrant workers, or the migrant workers
themselves, if they are under 22 years old and have not
graduated from high school. These students have unique
educational needs because their schooling can be frequently
interrupted as their families move in search of work. Often,
they fail in school, or are at risk of failing or dropping out,
due to circumstances which arise from their situation. The No
Child Left Behind Act of 2002 holds migrant children to the same
challenging state content and student performance standards as
all children. An eligible student (birth to age 22) has moved to
obtain or seek, or so that a family member could obtain or seek,
employment in fishing or agriculture (including food processing,
dairy, vegetable, fruit and sod farms, and lumbering
operations). This move from one school distric