Homeless Education
Homeless children and youth have the right to enroll, attend, participate fully, and succeed in school. The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children and youth as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This definition also includes:
- Children and youth who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.
- Children and youth who may be living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or shelters.
- Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
- Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings, or
- Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in similar circumstances listed above.
Questions: James Barnes: barnesj@cabrillo.k12.ca.us or (650) 525-6364
Jackie Sullivan: sullivanj@cabrillo.k12.ca.us or (650) 638-8447