McKinney-Vento Rights and Services

Students Experiencing Homelessness Have Rights and Services Including:

  • Enrollment- the right to immediate enrollment even if documents normally required are not available
  • School of Origin- the right to attend the school where the child or youth was permanently housed or the last school enrolled
  • Transportation- the right to receive transportation to and from their school of origin, including all feeder schools to the school of origin
  • Educational Stability- the right to have full and equal educational opportunity to meet the academic and state achievement requirements as their non-homeless peers
  • Educational Services- the right to receive educational services for which the student is eligible including Head Start and preschool programs
  • Parent Engagement- the right for parents to be informed of educational opportunities and participate through meaningful engagement in the education of their child or youth