Virginia Resources Links

WHO
Homeless Education Liaisons for School Divisions A listing of the local homeless education liaisons for each of Virginia's school divisions.

HOW
Virginia Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit A handbook for local education agencies on complying with the McKinney-Vento Act.

Guidance from the Virginia Department of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction Memos Related to the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

• No. 59 (Inf) Immunization Requirements for School Enrollment March 14, 2008
• No. 3 (Adm) Grant Applications for Programs Involving Homeless Children and Youth February 8, 2008
  Download the Proposal Packet, Attachment A
• No. 43 (Adm) Education of Children in Foster Care – Fiscal Year 2008 Reimbursement of Fiscal Year 2007 Local Costs September 21, 2007
• No. 28 (Adm) Student Data Collection for Homeless Children and Youth July 13, 2007
• No. 25 (Adm) Student Data Collection for Homeless Children and Youth July 14, 2006
• No. 56 (Adm) Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Revised Dispute Resolution Process, October 14, 2005 Or see complete version below.
• No. 125 (Inf) School Enrollment of Foster Care Children, June 24, 2005
• No. 34 (Adm) Student Data Collection for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness, June 17, 2005
• No. 11 (Adm) Grant Applications for Programs Involving Homeless Children and Youth, March 11, 2005
• No. 8 (Reg) Implementation of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, September 24, 2004
• No. 64 (Adm) Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Dispute Resolution, December 5, 2003
• No. 51(Inf) Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness, March 28, 2003
• No. 47: Grant Applications for Programs Involving Homeless Children and Youth, July 19, 2002
• No. 159: Enrollment of Undocumented Students from Foreign Countries and Other Enrollment Requirements, November 2, 2001
• No. 46:  School Enrollment of Homeless Children and Youth, August 25, 2000
• No. 18:  Virginia Homeless Education Program Survey, April 21, 2000
• No. 46:  Grant Applications for Programs Involving Homeless Children and Youth, June 18, 1999
• No. 50:  Education of Homeless Children and Youth,  August 7, 1998
• No. 73:  Virginia Homeless Education Program Survey, November 1, 1996

School Enrollment - See our Legislative Information page for more.

• Chapter 343, 2005 Virginia Acts of Assembly An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-289 and 63.2-900 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-3.4, relating to school enrollment of children placed in foster care.
• Virginia School Entrance Laws
• Chapter 500, 2004 Virginia Acts of Assembly An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-3, 22.1-3.1, 22.1-4.1, 22.1-270, and 22.1-271.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to enrollment of certain children in public schools.
• Full Dispute Resolution- Revised October 2005
• Determining Feasibility for School Placement
• Written Notification of School Selection or Enrollment Decision

Links to more Virginia Resources

Virginia McKinney-Vento grant forms:

• Contact Update Sheet
• BUDGET FORM Budget Summary 18B M-V
• Object Code Descriptions (from the Virginia Department of Education's OMEGA User Guide)
• Submit these forms for reimbursements:
  Reimbursement Cover 17A M-V
  17B - Summary sheet
  17C - Personnel
  17D - General Expenditures
• Submit these forms for amendments:
  Amendment Cover 18A M-V
  Budget Summary 18B M-V
  18C - Balance Sheet
  18C1 - Justification

Useful Sources for Guidance, Training and Outreach

• Connections: a searchable database of children's literature and correlation with the Virginia Standards of Learning.
• Government Agencies and Resources
• Issue Briefs, Guides to Services and Training Resources
  The National Center for Homeless Education, in collaboration with the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, produces guides and training resources to assist school divisions in implementing McKinney-Vento and for developing and evaluating quality programs for students experiencing homelessness. Some materials you will find on their web site are:
  • A McKinney-Vento Toolbox: Constructing a Robust and Rigorous Homeless Education Program, In Case of Disaster and Every Day
    This toolbox is designed to help school districts implement the McKinney-Vento Act fully, so they can address the needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness on a daily basis and in times of disaster.
  • Homeless Education Issue Briefs - in-depth focus on selected issues, such as:
    • Best Practices in Homeless Education series
    • Connecting Schools and Displaced Students series
    • McKinney-Vento Law Into Practice series
• Mental Health Association of Virginia
  The Mental Health Association of Virginia, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, advocacy organization that promotes mental health, develops services to prevent mental illness and assures the proper care and treatment of mentally ill children and adults.
• Virginia McKinney-Vento Programs: descriptions of homeless education programs in Virginia school divisions currently receiving grant funding through McKinney-Vento.
• Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness: a nonprofit membership advocacy organization that brings people together to advocate, educate and develop resources to eliminate homelessness and poverty in Virginia.
• Virginia PTA resolution supporting McKinney-Vento

Data Collection

• 2005-06 Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR):
  Data requested by the United States Department of Education that relates to the Virginia’s homeless education program is submitted by the Virginia Department of Education through the Consolidated State Performance Report.
• Estimate of Homeless Children and Youth, 1999-2000
• 2006 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Virginia
• Voices for Virginia's Children: the Commonwealth's only statewide multi-issue organization advocating for children and youth, promoting sound, far-reaching program and policy solutions, focusing on early care and education, health care, family economic success, and foster care and adoption.