Homeless Students
Homeless Students and Their Families
To the extent practical and as required by law, the district will work with homeless students and their families to provide stability in school attendance and other services. Special attention will be given to ensuring the enrollment and attendance of homeless students not currently attending school. Homeless students will be provided district services for which they are eligible, including Head Start and comparable pre-school programs, Title I, similar state programs, special education, bilingual education, vocational and technical education programs, Highly Capable student programs, and school nutrition programs.
Homeless students are defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as “lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence,” including:
A. Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship;
B. Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
C. Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
D. Being abandoned in hospitals;
E. Living in public or private places not designed for/or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations for human beings;
F. Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations, or similar settings.
District Liaison for Homeless Students: Laura Bales
Counselor
Klickitat School District
laura.bales@klickitatsd.org
509-369-4145
Please click to read Board Policy 3115, covering Enrollment Rights and Services for Homeless Students.
