Code No. 501.12

Student Personnel

Homeless Children and Youth

The board will make reasonable efforts to identify homeless children and youth within the district, encourage their enrollment and eliminate existing barriers to their receiving an education which may exist in district policies or practices.  The designated coordinator for identification of homeless children and for tracking and monitoring programs and activities for these children is the curriculum director.

Legal Reference:        No Child Left Behind, Title X, Sec. 722, P.L. 107-110 (2002).

                                    42 U.S.C. Chapters 11431 et seq. (1994).

                                    281 I.A.C. 33 (2005).

Cross Reference:  500 Series       Student Attendance

                                500 Series       Fines - Fees - Charges  

                                500 Series       Student Records

                                500 Series       Student Health and Immunization Certificates  

                                600 Series       Special Education

                                700 Series       Student School Transportation Eligibility

Approved:     November 15, 2004      

Reviewed:     May 18, 2009                 

Revised: