Provides services through the Parker Family Resource Center/Homeless Services Office to support the enrollment and attendance of homeless students in school and to assure equal educational opportunities for homeless children and youth. Specific services include assistance in the following areas: school enrollment and attendance, dispute resolution, records retrieval, school supplies, hygiene supplies, uniform and clothing referrals, health/immunizations, housing and community agency referrals, and emergency transportation assistance.
|
|
DEFINITION OF HOMELESS STUDENTS: Students who have lost their permanent housing are defined as homeless when they lack a fixed, permanent, and adequate nighttime residence. This may include shelters, transitional housing programs, temporary housing, motel/hotels, cars and travel trailers, the street or other public places, or living in places not suitable for or normally used as a nighttime residence, etc.
ENROLLMENT OF HOMELESS STUDENTS: Students identified as homeless have the right to be immediately enrolled in school, and will be give a grace period to obtain documentation normally required for enrollment. Students have the right to attend one of two schools, if it is in their best interest: 1) Remain at their most current school or 2) Enroll in the school for their address. They may remain at their school for the duration of homelessness, or if permanent housing is found, for the rest of the current school year.
Please contact our office for information on additional student rights and services. |