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NC public schools seek to cope with a big influx of homeless students
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The McKinney-Vento Act
On Thursday, Rebecca McSwain, a school social worker and the local McKinney-Vento liaison, stressed to the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force the importance of families knowing their potential rights ahead of the order’s nearing expiration date.
This school year approximately 600 identified New Hanover County students are qualifying for McKinney-Vento services.
The federal law protects children without fixed, adequate or regular nighttime residences, guaranteeing them school stability while their families are without secure housing.
While the central protection of the act is to keep children in their school of origin when it’s in their best interest, the students are also granted other rights; those include access to school transportation when requested by the parent, and the ability to immediately enroll in school and participate in all activities without the normally-required documentation.