Educational Rights of McKinney-Vento Students

• Access to a McKinney-Vento Homeless Educational Liaison in their school district
• Identification through outreach and coordination activities
• Immediate enrollment with full and equal opportunity to succeed in school
• Choice between the neighborhood school or the school of origin (school last enrolled in or attended)
• Transportation to the school of origin (including preschool)
• Immediate access to free school meals and educational services for which they are eligible
• Automatic eligibility for Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015
• Referrals to health care, dental, mental health and substance abuse, housing, and other appropriate services
• Unaccompanied youth are informed of their status as independent students on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

You can also refer to the US Department of Education's Education for Homeless Children and Youth site for more information and use the ED Data Express website to browse education data by state.