McKINNEY-VENTO BILL

In January, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left behind Act of 2001, which reauthorizes the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) and goes into effect July 1, 2002. The act ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness and is intended to facilitate the enrollment, attendance and success in school of homeless children and youths as well as to ensure these children and youths have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as provided to all others. A summary of amendments and a copy of the legislation is available at:

LINKS AND RESOURCES*

http://www.nationalhomeless.org/reauthorization.html

http://www.serve.org/nche

http://www.nlchp.org

*These links are listed as a courtesy to our website visitors. While these sites are offered as a resource for our visitors, the Elk Grove Unified School District does not control the information contained in the linked websites and accepts no liability for any information.