Homeless Student Resources (McKinney-Vento Act 42)

The Annville-Cleona School District believes that homeless youth should have access to free and appropriate public education and wishes to limit the barriers that homeless children may face.  Our goal is to have the educational process continue as uninterrupted as possible while children are in homeless situations.

Homeless students are defined as individuals lacking a fixed, regular and nighttime residence, which include students living under the following conditions:

1. Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
2. Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations.
3. Living in emergency, transitional or domestic violence shelters.
4. Abandoned in hospitals.
5. Living in public or private places not designated for or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations for human beings.
6. Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations or similar settings.
7. Living as migratory children in conditions described in previous examples.
8. Living as run-away children.
9. Being abandoned or forced out of homes by parents/guardians or caretakers.
10. Living as school age unwed mothers in houses for unwed mothers if they have no other living accommodations.

Below are links to resources with further information and details.  Should you have any questions, please contact the ACSD Homeless Liaison, Mrs. Danielle Heisler at dheisler@acschools.org or 717-867-7600 or the school social worker at kscott@acschools.org or 717-867-7700.

Pennsylvania Department of Education - Homeless Education

Pennsylvania Department of Education - Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program

Annville-Cleona School District - Homeless Students - Policy 251

Annville-Cleona School District - Enrollment in District Policy 200

Annville-Cleona School District - Special Education - Policy 113

Annville-Cleona School District - Migrant Students - Policy 142