ERIC Number: ED628070
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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What Relief Agencies Should Know about the Educational Rights of Children and Youth Displaced by Disasters. Connecting Schools and Displaced Students Brief Series
National Center for Homeless Education
This brief is directed towards relief agencies. These agencies play a critical role in connecting families, children, and youth who have been displaced by disasters to needed services, including enabling children and youth to continue their education. The brief: (1) explains the importance of school attendance for children and youth who have lost their homes due to a disaster; (2) provides an overview of the federal law that guarantees educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness; (3) offers strategies for increasing coordination and collaboration between relief agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) and school districts before a disaster occurs, during a disaster, and after a disaster; and (4) lists resources to assist relief agencies in supporting families displaced by disasters.
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Agency Role, Access to Education, Federal Legislation, Childrens Rights, Homeless People, Agency Cooperation, School Community Relationship, Eligibility, School Districts
National Center for Homeless Education. 5900 Summit Avenue #201, Brown's Summit, NC 27214. Tel: 800-308-2145; Fax: 336-315-7457; e-mail: homeless@serve.org; Web site: https://nche.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Office of School Support and Accountability (SSA)
Authoring Institution: National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Stewart B McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 1987
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