McKinney Vento Students

Rights of Homeless Students under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

 

Leona Group Schools provides an educational environment that treats all students with dignity and respect. Every homeless student has access to the same free and appropriate educational opportunities as students who are not homeless. This commitment to the educational rights of homeless students, youth, and unaccompanied youth, applies to all services, programs, and activities provided or made available.

 

A student may be considered eligible for services as a “Homeless Student or Youth” under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act if he or she is presently living:

• In a shelter
• In a motel/hotel
• In a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station
• Doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
• In a campground due to the lack of an alternative accommodation

If you believe your child(ren) may be eligible, contact the front office and request McKinney-Vento services and the district liaison's contact information.

 

For more information, refer to www.azed.gov/homeless.