EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvement Act

The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvement Act and Texas State law (Texas Education Code Chapter 25) protect the right for homeless children and youth to receive a free and appropriate public education.

Homelessness includes children and youth who are living with a friend, relative or someone else because they lost their home or can't afford housing, children and youth who are staying in a motel or hotel due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations, children and youth who are living in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter. It also includes children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations or many other similar settings.

Under the law, no student shall be stigmatized by school personnel due to homelessness. For additional information, you may contact your MISD counselor. 

The following are local resources and programs located near the Malakoff Independent School District:
 

•  Henderson County Outreach East Texas Crisis Center - www.etcc.org
•  Henderson County HELP Center - www.thehelpcenter.org
•  Henderson County Needs Network - https://www.facebook.com/HCHumanNeedsNetwork/
•  The Salvation Army - http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/housing-and-homeless-services