McKinney-Vento Family Resources
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act establishes the educational rights to which children and youth experiencing homelessness are entitled. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is committed to ensuring that homeless children and youth have access to a quality education in our public schools.
Emberly Hill is GCISD's McKinney-Vento liaison, and she can be reached [email protected]. Families seeking information regarding McKinney-Vento services can also contact their campus counselor.
Who Is Homeless?
Per the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC 11302), youth are considered home is they "lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence," including:
- In emergency or transitional shelters
- In motels, hotels, campgrounds, abandoned in hospitals, or awaiting foster care
- In cars, parks, public places, bus or train stations, or abandoned buildings
- Doubled up with relatives or friends
- Unaccompanied youth, youth who had to leave their residence for self protection living under these conditions
Youth may also experience episodic-homleessness which may manifest in more unconventional ways like couch-surfing.
What Are Your Rights?
- Homeless children have a right to attend school.
- You do not need a permanent address to enroll your child in school.
- Homeless children have the right to stay in their home school if the parents choose.
- Your child cannot be denied school enrollment just because school records or other enrollment documentation are not immediately available.
- Your child has the opportunity to receive transportation services to and from the school of origin.
- Your child has the right to participate in extracurricular activities and all federal, state, or local programs for which he/she is eligible.