WHAT IS THE MCKINNEY VENTO ACT ? QUE ES MCKINNEY VENTO ?

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.

La Ley de Asistencia Educativa para Personas sin Hogar McKinney-Vento es una ley federal que trata sobre la educación pública de niños y jóvenes en viviendas temporales. Bajo McKinney-Vento y la ley estatal, se considera que los estudiantes están en una vivienda temporal si su residencia nocturna no es fija, regular y adecuada. Algunos ejemplos de vivienda temporal incluyen: Compartir la vivienda de otros debido a la pérdida de vivienda, dificultades económicas u otra razón similar, Vivir en moteles, hoteles, parques de casas rodantes, campamentos, Vivir en refugios de emergencia o transitorios, Abandonar en hospitales, Vivir un en un lugar público o privado no diseñado para dormir, Vivir en automóviles, parques, edificios abandonados, estaciones de autobús o tren, etc. Vivir migratorio en las circunstancias descritas anteriormente.

RESOURCES! RECURSOS!

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