# JFABD-E1 - Education of Homeless Students Notice

**JFABD-E1 - Education of Homeless Students Notice**

Homeless students are eligible to enroll in school even if unable to provide proof of residency or certain education and immunization records.

Homeless students include student who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence and include a child or youth:

(1) Students who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;

(2) Students who have a primary night-time residence that is a public or private place not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

(3) Students who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

(4) Migratory students who are living in circumstances described in 1) through (3).

Eligible homeless students have the right to:

·<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Continue attending their school of origin or attend school in the district of their current residence, based on the student’s best interest

·<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Comparable educational services

·<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Transportation to and from school

·<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Free school meals

·<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Full participation in school activities

·<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Being served without stigma or separation

If you believe that you or your child is homeless, please inform the person registering you or the Homeless Education Liaison.**<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>**(see next page)

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="t1" id="bkmrk-scott-reuning-msad-%23" style="border-style: solid; border-color: black;"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" valign="top">**Scott Reuning**

**MSAD #35 Homeless Education Liaison**

**180 Depot Road**

**Eliot, ME 03903**

**207-439-9197**

**scott.reuning@rsu35.org**

</td><td class="td2" valign="top">**Amelia Lyons (she/her)**

**Title I Part C, Migrant Education**

**McKinney-Vento, Homeless Education**

**Department of Education**

**23 State House Station**

**Augusta, ME 04333**

**(207) 557-1787**

**Amelia.Lyons@maine.gov**

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Non-immunized students are not permitted to attend schools unless one of the following conditions is met (please check applicable box):

\_\_\_\_\_\_ Parent/legal guardian provides written assurance that child will be immunized within 90 days of this application (**this option is only available once in the student school years,** OR

\_\_\_\_\_\_ Parent/legal guardian provides a written statement from a physician that immunization against one or more diseased may be medically inadvisable (**required each year): <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>** **<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>**

Cross-reference: JFABD - Education of Homeless Students<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>

JFABD-E1 adopted:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>December 19, 2018

JFABD-E1 revised:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>October 21, 2020