The link to the Every Student Succeeds Act amendments to the Education for Homeless Children and Youth program that took effect on October 1, 2016 can be found below.

http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title42/chapter119/subchapter6/partB&edition=prelim

Additional information and resources can be found at ED's National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) Technical Assistance Center website:

• EDGAR

• Non-regulatory Guidance, Updated August 2018
• Homeless Student Guidance Fact Sheet (for LEA personnel)
• Public Notice to Federal Agencies and their Local Grant Recipients of the Educational Rights of Homeless Children and Youth
• Determining McKinney-Vento Program Eligibility
• Federal Register Notice (March 17, 2016) - McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program
• August 14, 2015 - Letter from the Office of Safe and Healthy Students Director to the Education for Homeless Children and Youths State Coordinators and Title 1 State Directors
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