NCLB incorporates several important features with regard to migrant students that are aimed at focusing limited federal funds on the neediest students. This legislation: specifies that priority be given to migratory children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the state’s challenging content and performance standards, and whose education has been interrupted during the regular school year; facilitates the targeting of by redefining the eligibility for MEP to include only students who had undergone a migratory move within the previous three years, as opposed to the previous threshold of six years; extends eligibility to youth who are also independent migrant workers; terminates the contract for the centralized Migrant Student Record Transfer System; and requires the USDOE to seek recommendations for improving the ability of schools and districts to identify students and transfer records. The Migrant Education Programs that specifically relate to the education of migrant students include identification and recruitment, needs assessment, transfer of records and credits, compensatory services for interruptions in schooling, and counseling and other services to help overcome social isolation, and to provide coordination with other programs. When the educational needs of migrant students are comparable to those of non-migrant Title I students, the law states that migrant students should be served using general Title I allocations. These services may include increased amount and quality of learning time through extended school day or school year programs, preschool and early childhood education, Head Start / Even Start programs, vocational and academic programs, counseling and mentoring, parental involvement, supplementary assistance for students not meeting standards, college and career awareness, preparation, and training, school-to-work transition, and partnerships with businesses. Eligible migrant students may also benefit from federal funds that support state programs for other target groups, such as Title I, Title III, or special education, as indicated above. The Mississippi Migrant Education Program is administered by the Mississippi Migrant Education Service Center (MMESC), P.O. Box FL, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (662) 325-1815 Immigrant Education Program Status as an immigrant often overlaps with ELL status among students. However, educators should be aware that not all immigrant students would be ELLs. Some come from
NCLB incorporates several important features with regard to migrant students that are aimed at focusing limited federal funds on the neediest students. This legislation: specifies that priority be given to migratory children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the state’s challenging content and performance standards, and whose education has been interrupted during the regular school year; facilitates the targeting of by redefining the eligibility for MEP to include only students who had undergone a migratory move within the previous three years, as opposed to the previous threshold of six years; extends eligibility to youth who are also independent migrant workers; terminates the contract for the centralized Migrant Student Record Transfer System; and requires the USDOE to seek recommendations for improving the ability of schools and districts to identify students and transfer records. The Migrant Education Programs that specifically relate to the education of migrant students include identification and recruitment, needs assessment, transfer of records and credits, compensatory services for interruptions in schooling, and counseling and other services to help overcome social isolation, and to provide coordination with other programs. When the educational needs of migrant students are comparable to those of non-migrant Title I students, the law states that migrant students should be served using general Title I allocations. These services may include increased amount and quality of learning time through extended school day or school year programs, preschool and early childhood education, Head Start / Even Start programs, vocational and academic programs, counseling and mentoring, parental involvement, supplementary assistance for students not meeting standards, college and career awareness, preparation, and training, school-to-work transition, and partnerships with businesses. Eligible migrant students may also benefit from federal funds that support state programs for other target groups, such as Title I, Title III, or special education, as indicated above. The Mississippi Migrant Education Program is administered by the Mississippi Migrant Education Service Center (MMESC), P.O. Box FL, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (662) 325-1815 Immigrant Education Program Status as an immigrant often overlaps with ELL status among students. However, educators should be aware that not all immigrant students would be ELLs. Some come from