Students who live in Temporary Housing
Have Protections and Additional Rights
to Immediate Enrollment.
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
Children and youth in temporary housing can enroll in school without the documents normally needed to enroll.
Contact:
Mary Breslin
McKinney-Vento Liaison
Phone: (518) 410-0290
Email: [email protected]
Housing Questionnaire
Housing Questionnaire (word)
Housing Questionnaire (pdf)
Brochure: Is your housing uncertain?
English Brochure [PDF]
Spanish Brochure [PDF]
Tips for Parents and Guardian
Quick Tips for Parents and Guardians [PDF]
Quick Tips for Parents and Guardians (Spanish) [PDF]