Grossmont Union High School District

School-Aged children have certain rights or protections under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act.  Those rights are:

• Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there.  Must be given access to the same public education provided to other children.
• Continue in the school attended before becoming homeless or the school last attended, if that is the choice and is feasible.  If a school sends a child to a school other than the one requested, the school must provide a written explanation and offer the right to appeal the decision.
• Receive transportation assistance to the school attended before the family became homeless, if feasible, and a parent/guardian requests such assistance.
• Attend a school and participate in school programs with children who are not homeless.  (Children cannot be separated from the regular school program because they are homeless.)
• Enroll and attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of school and immunization records or any other documents required for enrollment.
• Enroll and attend classes while the school and family seek to resolve a dispute over enrolling the children.
• Receive the same special programs and services, if needed, as provided to all other children served in these programs.