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ERIC Number: ED594679
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Transporting Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness. McKinney-Vento Law into Practice Brief Series
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE
Changing schools may greatly impede the academic achievement and social development of students experiencing homelessness. Research studies have demonstrated a link between high mobility due to homelessness and poor school performance (Cunningham, Harwood, & Hall, 2010; Obradovic, Long, Cutuli, Chan, Hinz, Heistad & Masten, 2009). Students who transfer to a new school often experience educational discontinuity and, as a result, lose academic credits. Moreover, the mobility experienced by these students separates them from their social network, and from teachers and school staff who know their academic strengths and weaknesses. Coupled with the distress caused by the loss of housing and the economic strain that often accompanies this, changing schools puts students in homeless situations at risk of academic failure. This brief: (1) summarizes the key provisions related to the transportation of children and youth experiencing homelessness included in the McKinney-Vento Act; (2) suggests transportation implementation strategies at the state and local levels; and (3) recommends resources for funding transportation costs. [For an earlier version of this report, see ED574595.]
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE. P.O. Box 5367, 915 Northridge Street 2nd Floor, Greensboro, NC 27435. Tel: 800-755-3277; Fax: 336-315-7457; e-mail: homeless@serve.org; Web site: https://nche.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Stewart B McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 1987
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A