McKinney-Vento Eligibility Form
McKinney-Vento Transportation Form
Do you need to make a change to your McKinney-Vento transportation accomodations? Please fill out the attached form and submit it to: email@example.com. If you need assistance in filling out this form, please contact the Transportation Department directly at 207-729-1608.
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a US Federal Law that was passed in 1987. It ensures that homeless students are guaranteed the right to a free, appropriate, public education. When a student becomes homeless, McKinney-Vento allows that student to remain enrolled in the school they have been attending even if they no longer meet normal residency requirements. It also guarantees a homeless student's right to enroll in a public school, even if they lack the typically required documents and immunizations. Homeless students are also guaranteed the transportation they need to attend school. MSAD 75 follows the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and aims to minimize educational disruptions experienced by homeless students.
Who Is Homeless?
- (A) individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of section 103(a)(1)); and
- (B) includes–
- (i) children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;*
- (ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (within the meaning of section 103(a)(2)(C));
- (iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
- (iv) migratory children (as such term is defined in section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).
*Per Title IX, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act, “awaiting foster care placement” was removed from the definition of homeless on December 10, 2016; the only exception to his removal is that “covered states” have until December 10, 2017 to remove “awaiting foster care placement” from their definition of homeless.
Unaccompanied homeless youth are those living in the above situations who are not physically staying with their parent or legal guardian.
A homeless youth and/or their family have the right to dispute enrollment decisions made by the district. For more information on how to file a dispute, please contact the MSAD 75 McKinney-Vento Liaison: