TITLE X

REPEALS, REDESIGNATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS TO OTHER STATUTES


Part C — Homeless Education

This part may be cited as the 'McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001'.


SEC. 1032. EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.

Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:


Subtitle B — Education for Homeless Children and Youths


SEC. 721. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
The following is the policy of the Congress:

  1. Each State educational agency shall ensure that each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths.
  2. In any State that has a compulsory residency requirement as a component of the State's compulsory school attendance laws or other laws, regulations, practices, or policies that may act as a barrier to the enrollment, attendance, or success in school of homeless children and youths, the State will review and undertake steps to revise such laws, regulations, practices, or policies to ensure that homeless children and youths are afforded the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children and youths.
  3. Homelessness alone is not sufficient reason to separate students from the mainstream school environment.
  4. Homeless children and youths should have access to the education and other services that such children and youths need to ensure that such children and youths have an opportunity to meet the same challenging State student academic achievement standards to which all students are held.


Related links:

The McKinney-Vento Act Educating Children and Youth in Homeless Situations:
Law, Policy, and Practice
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Subtitle VII-B, is the federal law that entitles children who are homeless to a free, appropriate public education, and requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance, and success in school.