ERIC Number: ED628085
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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What School District Administrators 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
Disasters, such as floods, fires, and storms, can devastate communities and the lives of people who live in them. After disasters, displaced families long to return to a sense of normalcy, so reconnecting children to school is especially important during this time. By providing the structure of an education setting, schools can help children and youth overcome the trauma of a disaster and regain their academic and social stability. Once children are safely in school, parents have the peace of mind and freedom to focus on other post-disaster details to help their families recover. This brief: (1) reinforces the importance of ensuring that children and youth displaced by a disaster are attending school as quickly as possible after their displacement; (2) explains key aspects of the McKinney-Vento Act, particularly as it relates to students affected by disasters; and (3) provides strategies for a local educational agency (LEA) to prepare for a disaster that causes widespread homelessness, meet challenges during the disaster, and improve its response for the next occurrence.
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Natural Disasters, Access to Education, Public Schools, Student Rights, Enrollment, Barriers, Agency Cooperation, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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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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