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(16) In sections 1003(b)(2) and 1011(f)(4), strike ‘‘section
13401’’ and insert ‘‘section 1031’’.
(17) Strike ‘‘this Act’’ and insert ‘‘the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (as such Act was in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001)’’ in—
(A) section 1001(a)(1) (the first occurrence only);
(B) paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1001(c);
(C) paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (8) of section 1002(a);
(D) section 1011(e); and
(E) section 1031(2).
(18) In paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1004(b), strike
‘‘this Act’’ and insert ‘‘the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965’’.
(19) In section 1001(a)(1) (the second occurrence only) and
in section 1002(a)(1)(C), strike ‘‘this Act’’ and insert ‘‘such Act’’.
(20) Section 1011 is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘In order to imple-
ment the purposes of this title, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
and
(B) in subsection (f)(5), by striking ‘‘to achieve the
purposes of this title’’.
(21) In section 1022(1), strike ‘‘, the Eisenhower National
Clearinghouse for Science and Mathematics Education estab-
lished under section 2102(b)’’.
(22) In section 1026(a), strike ‘‘section 14701’’ and insert
‘‘section 9601’’.
(b) TITLE XIII HEADING.—The Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended by striking the heading of title
XIII.
PART C—HOMELESS EDUCATION
SEC. 1031. SHORT TITLE.
This part may be cited as the ‘‘McKinney-Vento Homeless Edu-
cation Assistance Improvements Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 1032. EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.
Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle B—Education for Homeless Children and
Youths
‘‘SEC. 721. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
‘‘The following is the policy of the Congress:
‘‘(1) Each State educational agency shall ensure that each
child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has
equal access to the same free, appropriate public education,
including a public preschool education, as provided to other
children and youths.
‘‘(2) In any State that has a compulsory residency require-
ment as a component of the State’s compulsory school attend-
ance laws or other laws, regulations, practices, or policies that
may act as a barrier to the enrollment, attendance, or success
in school of homeless children and youths, the State will review
and undertake steps to revise such laws, regulations, practices,
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or policies to ensure that homeless children and youths are
afforded the same free, appropriate public education as provided
to other children and youths.
‘‘(3) Homelessness alone is not sufficient reason to separate
students from the mainstream school environment.
‘‘(4) Homeless children and youths should have access to
the education and other services that such children and youths
need to ensure that such children and youths have an oppor-
tunity to meet the same challenging State student academic
achievement standards to which all students are held.
‘‘SEC. 722. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDU-
CATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized to make
grants to States in accordance with the provisions of this section
to enable such States to carry out the activities described in sub-
sections (d) through (g).
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—No State may receive a grant under this
section unless the State educational agency submits an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing
or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require.
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AND RESERVATIONS.—
‘‘(1) ALLOCATION.—(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary is authorized to allot to each State an amount that
bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated for such
year under section 726 that remains after the Secretary
reserves funds under paragraph (2) and uses funds to carry
out section 724(d) and (h), as the amount allocated under
section 1122 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to the State for that year bears to the total amount
allocated under section 1122 of such Act to all States for that
year, except that no State shall receive less than the greater
of—
‘‘(i) $150,000;
‘‘(ii) one-fourth of 1 percent of the amount appropriated
under section 726 for that year; or
‘‘(iii) the amount such State received under this section
for fiscal year 2001.
‘‘(B) If there are insufficient funds in a fiscal year to allot
to each State the minimum amount under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments to all States
based on the proportionate share that each State received under
this subsection for the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—(A) The Secretary is authorized to
reserve 0.1 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal
year under section 726 to be allocated by the Secretary among
the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
according to their respective need for assistance under this
subtitle, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall transfer 1 percent of the amount
appropriated for each fiscal year under section 726 to the
Department of the Interior for programs for Indian students
served by schools funded by the Secretary of the Interior,
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as determined under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), that are consistent
with the purposes of the programs described in this subtitle.
‘‘(ii) The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall
enter into an agreement, consistent with the requirements of
this subtitle, for the distribution and use of the funds described
in clause (i) under terms that the Secretary determines best
meet the purposes of the programs described in this subtitle.
Such agreement shall set forth the plans of the Secretary
of the Interior for the use of the amounts transferred, including
appropriate goals, objectives, and milestones.
‘‘(3) STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘State’ does not include the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—Grants under this section shall be used for
the following:
‘‘(1) To carry out the policies set forth in section 721 in
the State.
‘‘(2) To provide activities for, and services to, homeless
children, including preschool-aged homeless children, and
youths that enable such children and youths to enroll in, attend,
and succeed in school, or, if appropriate, in preschool programs.
‘‘(3) To establish or designate an Office of Coordinator
for Education of Homeless Children and Youths in the State
educational agency in accordance with subsection (f).
‘‘(4) To prepare and carry out the State plan described
in subsection (g).
‘‘(5) To develop and implement professional development
programs for school personnel to heighten their awareness of,
and capacity to respond to, specific problems in the education
of homeless children and youths.
‘‘(e) STATE AND LOCAL SUBGRANTS.—
‘‘(1) MINIMUM DISBURSEMENTS BY STATES.—From the sums
made available each year to carry out this subtitle, the State
educational agency shall distribute not less than 75 percent
in subgrants to local educational agencies for the purposes
of carrying out section 723, except that States funded at the
minimum level set forth in subsection (c)(1) shall distribute
not less than 50 percent in subgrants to local educational
agencies for the purposes of carrying out section 723.
‘‘(2) USE BY STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—A State edu-
cational agency may use funds made available for State use
under this subtitle to conduct activities under subsection (f)
directly or through grants or contracts.
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON SEGREGATING HOMELESS STUDENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph
(B) and section 723(a)(2)(B)(ii), in providing a free public
education to a homeless child or youth, no State receiving
funds under this subtitle shall segregate such child or
youth in a separate school, or in a separate program within
a school, based on such child’s or youth’s status as home-
less.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A),
paragraphs (1)(J)(i) and (3) of subsection (g), section
723(a)(2), and any other provision of this subtitle relating
to the placement of homeless children or youths in schools,
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a State that has a separate school for homeless children
or youths that was operated in fiscal year 2000 in a covered
county shall be eligible to receive funds under this subtitle
for programs carried out in such school if—
‘‘(i) the school meets the requirements of subpara-
graph (C);
‘‘(ii) any local educational agency serving a school
that the homeless children and youths enrolled in the
separate school are eligible to attend meets the require-
ments of subparagraph (E); and
‘‘(iii) the State is otherwise eligible to receive funds
under this subtitle.
‘‘(C) SCHOOL
REQUIREMENTS.—For the State to be
eligible under subparagraph (B) to receive funds under
this subtitle, the school described in such subparagraph
shall—
‘‘(i) provide written notice, at the time any child
or youth seeks enrollment in such school, and at least
twice annually while the child or youth is enrolled
in such school, to the parent or guardian of the child
or youth (or, in the case of an unaccompanied youth,
the youth) that—
‘‘(I) shall be signed by the parent or guardian
(or, in the case of an unaccompanied youth, the
youth);
‘‘(II) sets forth the general rights provided
under this subtitle;
‘‘(III) specifically states—
‘‘(aa) the choice of schools homeless chil-
dren and youths are eligible to attend, as pro-
vided in subsection (g)(3)(A);
‘‘(bb) that no homeless child or youth is
required to attend a separate school for home-
less children or youths;
‘‘(cc) that homeless children and youths
shall 
be 
provided 
comparable 
services
described 
in 
subsection 
(g)(4), 
including
transportation services, educational services,
and meals through school meals programs; and
‘‘(dd) that homeless children and youths
should not be stigmatized by school personnel;
and
‘‘(IV) provides contact information for the local
liaison for homeless children and youths and the
State Coordinator for Education of Homeless Chil-
dren and Youths;
‘‘(ii)(I) provide assistance to the parent or guardian
of each homeless child or youth (or, in the case of
an unaccompanied youth, the youth) to exercise the
right to attend the parent’s or guardian’s (or youth’s)
choice of schools, as provided in subsection (g)(3)(A);
and
‘‘(II) coordinate with the local educational agency
with jurisdiction for the school selected by the parent
or guardian (or youth), to provide transportation and
other necessary services;
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‘‘(iii) ensure that the parent or guardian (or, in
the case of an unaccompanied youth, the youth) shall
receive the information required by this subparagraph
in a manner and form understandable to such parent
or guardian (or youth), including, if necessary and
to the extent feasible, in the native language of such
parent or guardian (or youth); and
‘‘(iv) demonstrate in the school’s application for
funds under this subtitle that such school—
‘‘(I) is complying with clauses (i) and (ii); and
‘‘(II) is meeting (as of the date of submission
of the application) the same Federal and State
standards, regulations, and mandates as other
public schools in the State (such as complying
with sections 1111 and 1116 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and pro-
viding a full range of education and related serv-
ices, including services applicable to students with
disabilities).
‘‘(D) 
SCHOOL
INELIGIBILITY.—A 
separate 
school
described in subparagraph (B) that fails to meet the stand-
ards, regulations, and mandates described in subparagraph
(C)(iv)(II) shall not be eligible to receive funds under this
subtitle for programs carried out in such school after the
first date of such failure.
‘‘(E) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.—For
the State to be eligible to receive the funds described in
subparagraph (B), the local educational agency described
in subparagraph (B)(ii) shall—
‘‘(i) implement a coordinated system for ensuring
that homeless children and youths—
‘‘(I) are advised of the choice of schools pro-
vided in subsection (g)(3)(A);
‘‘(II) are immediately enrolled, in accordance
with subsection (g)(3)(C), in the school selected
under subsection (g)(3)(A); and
‘‘(III) are promptly provided necessary services
described in subsection (g)(4), including transpor-
tation, to allow homeless children and youths to
exercise their choices of schools under subsection
(g)(3)(A);
‘‘(ii) document that written notice has been
provided—
‘‘(I) in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i) for
each child or youth enrolled in a separate school
under subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(II) in accordance with subsection (g)(6)(A)(v);
‘‘(iii) prohibit schools within the agency’s jurisdic-
tion from referring homeless children or youths to,
or requiring homeless children and youths to enroll
in or attend, a separate school described in subpara-
graph (B);
‘‘(iv) identify and remove any barriers that exist
in schools within the agency’s jurisdiction that may
have contributed to the creation or existence of sepa-
rate schools described in subparagraph (B); and
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‘‘(v) not use funds received under this subtitle to
establish—
‘‘(I) new or additional separate schools for
homeless children or youths; or
‘‘(II) new or additional sites for separate
schools for homeless children or youths, other than
the sites occupied by the schools described in
subparagraph (B) in fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(F) REPORT.—
‘‘(i) PREPARATION.—The Secretary shall prepare a
report on the separate schools and local educational
agencies described in subparagraph (B) that receive
funds under this subtitle in accordance with this para-
graph. The report shall contain, at a minimum,
information on—
‘‘(I) compliance with all requirements of this
paragraph;
‘‘(II) barriers to school access in the school
districts served by the local educational agencies;
and
‘‘(III) the progress the separate schools are
making in integrating homeless children and
youths into the mainstream school environment,
including the average length of student enrollment
in such schools.
‘‘(ii) COMPLIANCE WITH INFORMATION REQUESTS.—
For purposes of enabling the Secretary to prepare the
report, the separate schools and local educational agen-
cies shall cooperate with the Secretary and the State
Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and
Youths established in the State under subsection (d)(3),
and shall comply with any requests for information
by the Secretary and State Coordinator for such State.
‘‘(iii) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001, the
Secretary shall submit the report described in clause
(i) to—
‘‘(I) the President;
‘‘(II) the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives; and
‘‘(III) the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
‘‘(G) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph, the
term ‘covered county’ means—
‘‘(i) San Joaquin County, California;
‘‘(ii) Orange County, California;
‘‘(iii) San Diego County, California; and
‘‘(iv) Maricopa County, Arizona.
‘‘(f) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF COORDINATOR.—The Coordi-
nator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths established
in each State shall—
‘‘(1) gather reliable, valid, and comprehensive information
on the nature and extent of the problems homeless children
and youths have in gaining access to public preschool programs
and to public elementary schools and secondary schools, the
difficulties in identifying the special needs of such children
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and youths, any progress made by the State educational agency
and local educational agencies in the State in addressing such
problems and difficulties, and the success of the programs
under this subtitle in allowing homeless children and youths
to enroll in, attend, and succeed in, school;
‘‘(2) develop and carry out the State plan described in
subsection (g);
‘‘(3) collect and transmit to the Secretary, at such time
and in such manner as the Secretary may require, a report
containing such information as the Secretary determines is
necessary to assess the educational needs of homeless children
and youths within the State;
‘‘(4) facilitate coordination between the State educational
agency, the State social services agency, and other agencies
(including agencies providing mental health services) to provide
services to homeless children, including preschool-aged home-
less children, and youths, and to families of such children
and youths;
‘‘(5) in order to improve the provision of comprehensive
education and related services to homeless children and youths
and their families, coordinate and collaborate with—
‘‘(A) educators, including child development and pre-
school program personnel;
‘‘(B) providers of services to homeless and runaway
children and youths and homeless families (including
domestic violence agencies, shelter operators, transitional
housing facilities, runaway and homeless youth centers,
and transitional living programs for homeless youths);
‘‘(C) local educational agency liaisons designated under
subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) for homeless children and youths;
and
‘‘(D) community organizations and groups representing
homeless children and youths and their families; and
‘‘(6) provide technical assistance to local educational agen-
cies in coordination with local educational agency liaisons des-
ignated under subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii), to ensure that local edu-
cational agencies comply with the requirements of section
722(e)(3) and paragraphs (3) through (7) of subsection (g).
‘‘(g) STATE PLAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall submit to the Secretary
a plan to provide for the education of homeless children and
youths within the State. Such plan shall include the following:
‘‘(A) A description of how such children and youths
are (or will be) given the opportunity to meet the same
challenging State academic achievement standards all stu-
dents are expected to meet.
‘‘(B) A description of the procedures the State edu-
cational agency will use to identify such children and
youths in the State and to assess their special needs.
‘‘(C) A description of procedures for the prompt resolu-
tion of disputes regarding the educational placement of
homeless children and youths.
‘‘(D) A description of programs for school personnel
(including principals, attendance officers, teachers, enroll-
ment personnel, and pupil services personnel) to heighten
the awareness of such personnel of the specific needs of
runaway and homeless youths.
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‘‘(E) A description of procedures that ensure that home-
less children and youths who meet the relevant eligibility
criteria are able to participate in Federal, State, or local
food programs.
‘‘(F) A description of procedures that ensure that—
‘‘(i) homeless children have equal access to the
same public preschool programs, administered by the
State agency, as provided to other children in the
State;
‘‘(ii) homeless youths and youths separated from
the public schools are identified and accorded equal
access to appropriate secondary education and support
services; and
‘‘(iii) homeless children and youths who meet the
relevant eligibility criteria are able to participate in
Federal, State, or local before- and after-school care
programs.
‘‘(G) Strategies to address problems identified in the
report provided to the Secretary under subsection (f)(3).
‘‘(H) Strategies to address other problems with respect
to the education of homeless children and youths, including
problems resulting from enrollment delays that are caused
by—
‘‘(i) immunization and medical records require-
ments;
‘‘(ii) residency requirements;
‘‘(iii) lack of birth certificates, school records, or
other documentation;
‘‘(iv) guardianship issues; or
‘‘(v) uniform or dress code requirements.
‘‘(I) A demonstration that the State educational agency
and local educational agencies in the State have developed,
and shall review and revise, policies to remove barriers
to the enrollment and retention of homeless children and
youths in schools in the State.
‘‘(J) Assurances that—
‘‘(i) the State educational agency and local edu-
cational agencies in the State will adopt policies and
practices to ensure that homeless children and youths
are not stigmatized or segregated on the basis of their
status as homeless;
‘‘(ii) local educational agencies will designate an
appropriate staff person, who may also be a coordinator
for other Federal programs, as a local educational
agency liaison for homeless children and youths, to
carry out the duties described in paragraph (6)(A);
and
‘‘(iii) the State and its local educational agencies
will adopt policies and practices to ensure that
transportation is provided, at the request of the parent
or guardian (or in the case of an unaccompanied youth,
the liaison), to and from the school of origin, as deter-
mined in paragraph (3)(A), in accordance with the fol-
lowing, as applicable:
‘‘(I) If the homeless child or youth continues
to live in the area served by the local educational
agency in which the school of origin is located,
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the child’s or youth’s transportation to and from
the school of origin shall be provided or arranged
by the local educational agency in which the school
of origin is located.
‘‘(II) If the homeless child’s or youth’s living
arrangements in the area served by the local edu-
cational agency of origin terminate and the child
or youth, though continuing his or her education
in the school of origin, begins living in an area
served by another local educational agency, the
local educational agency of origin and the local
educational agency in which the homeless child
or youth is living shall agree upon a method to
apportion the responsibility and costs for providing
the child with transportation to and from the
school of origin. If the local educational agencies
are unable to agree upon such method, the respon-
sibility and costs for transportation shall be shared
equally.
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each plan adopted under this sub-
section shall also describe how the State will ensure that
local educational agencies in the State will comply with
the requirements of paragraphs (3) through (7).
‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—Such plan shall indicate what
technical assistance the State will furnish to local edu-
cational agencies and how compliance efforts will be coordi-
nated with the local educational agency liaisons designated
under paragraph (1)(J)(ii).
‘‘(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The local educational agency serving
each child or youth to be assisted under this subtitle shall,
according to the child’s or youth’s best interest—
‘‘(i) continue the child’s or youth’s education in
the school of origin for the duration of homelessness—
‘‘(I) in any case in which a family becomes
homeless between academic years or during an
academic year; or
‘‘(II) for the remainder of the academic year,
if the child or youth becomes permanently housed
during an academic year; or
‘‘(ii) enroll the child or youth in any public school
that nonhomeless students who live in the attendance
area in which the child or youth is actually living
are eligible to attend.
‘‘(B) BEST INTEREST.—In determining the best interest
of the child or youth under subparagraph (A), the local
educational agency shall—
‘‘(i) to the extent feasible, keep a homeless child
or youth in the school of origin, except when doing
so is contrary to the wishes of the child’s or youth’s
parent or guardian;
‘‘(ii) provide a written explanation, including a
statement regarding the right to appeal under subpara-
graph (E), to the homeless child’s or youth’s parent
or guardian, if the local educational agency sends such
child or youth to a school other than the school of
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origin or a school requested by the parent or guardian;
and
‘‘(iii) in the case of an unaccompanied youth,
ensure that the homeless liaison designated under
paragraph (1)(J)(ii) assists in placement or enrollment
decisions under this subparagraph, considers the views
of such unaccompanied youth, and provides notice to
such youth of the right to appeal under subparagraph
(E).
‘‘(C) ENROLLMENT.—(i) The school selected in accord-
ance with this paragraph shall immediately enroll the
homeless child or youth, even if the child or youth is
unable to produce records normally required for enrollment,
such as previous academic records, medical records, proof
of residency, or other documentation.
‘‘(ii) The enrolling school shall immediately contact the
school last attended by the child or youth to obtain relevant
academic and other records.
‘‘(iii) If the child or youth needs to obtain immuniza-
tions, or immunization or medical records, the enrolling
school shall immediately refer the parent or guardian of
the child or youth to the local educational agency liaison
designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), who shall assist in
obtaining necessary immunizations, or immunization or
medical records, in accordance with subparagraph (D).
‘‘(D) RECORDS.—Any record ordinarily kept by the
school, including immunization or medical records, aca-
demic records, birth certificates, guardianship records, and
evaluations for special services or programs, regarding each
homeless child or youth shall be maintained—
‘‘(i) so that the records are available, in a timely
fashion, when a child or youth enters a new school
or school district; and
‘‘(ii) in a manner consistent with section 444 of
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C.
1232g).
‘‘(E) ENROLLMENT DISPUTES.—If a dispute arises over
school selection or enrollment in a school—
‘‘(i) the child or youth shall be immediately
admitted to the school in which enrollment is sought,
pending resolution of the dispute;
‘‘(ii) the parent or guardian of the child or youth
shall be provided with a written explanation of the
school’s decision regarding school selection or enroll-
ment, including the rights of the parent, guardian,
or youth to appeal the decision;
‘‘(iii) the child, youth, parent, or guardian shall
be referred to the local educational agency liaison des-
ignated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), who shall carry out
the dispute resolution process as described in para-
graph (1)(C) as expeditiously as possible after receiving
notice of the dispute; and
‘‘(iv) in the case of an unaccompanied youth, the
homeless liaison shall ensure that the youth is imme-
diately enrolled in school pending resolution of the
dispute.
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‘‘(F) PLACEMENT CHOICE.—The choice regarding place-
ment shall be made regardless of whether the child or
youth lives with the homeless parents or has been tempo-
rarily placed elsewhere.
‘‘(G) SCHOOL OF ORIGIN DEFINED.—In this paragraph,
the term ‘school of origin’ means the school that the child
or youth attended when permanently housed or the school
in which the child or youth was last enrolled.
‘‘(H) CONTACT INFORMATION.—Nothing in this subtitle
shall prohibit a local educational agency from requiring
a parent or guardian of a homeless child to submit contact
information.
‘‘(4) COMPARABLE SERVICES.—Each homeless child or youth
to be assisted under this subtitle shall be provided services
comparable to services offered to other students in the school
selected under paragraph (3), including the following:
‘‘(A) Transportation services.
‘‘(B) Educational services for which the child or youth
meets the eligibility criteria, such as services provided
under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 or similar State or local programs, educational
programs for children with disabilities, and educational
programs for students with limited English proficiency.
‘‘(C) Programs in vocational and technical education.
‘‘(D) Programs for gifted and talented students.
‘‘(E) School nutrition programs.
‘‘(5) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each local educational agency
serving homeless children and youths that receives assist-
ance under this subtitle shall coordinate—
‘‘(i) the provision of services under this subtitle
with local social services agencies and other agencies
or programs providing services to homeless children
and youths and their families, including services and
programs funded under the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.); and
‘‘(ii) with other local educational agencies on inter-
district issues, such as transportation or transfer of
school records.
‘‘(B) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—If applicable, each State
educational agency and local educational agency that
receives assistance under this subtitle shall coordinate with
State and local housing agencies responsible for developing
the comprehensive housing affordability strategy described
in section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705) to minimize educational
disruption for children and youths who become homeless.
‘‘(C) 
COORDINATION
PURPOSE.—The 
coordination
required under subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be designed
to—
‘‘(i) ensure that homeless children and youths have
access and reasonable proximity to available education
and related support services; and
‘‘(ii) raise the awareness of school personnel and
service providers of the effects of short-term stays in
a shelter and other challenges associated with
homelessness.
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‘‘(6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY LIAISON.—
‘‘(A) DUTIES.—Each local educational agency liaison
for homeless children and youths, designated under para-
graph (1)(J)(ii), shall ensure that—
‘‘(i) homeless children and youths are identified
by school personnel and through coordination activities
with other entities and agencies;
‘‘(ii) homeless children and youths enroll in, and
have a full and equal opportunity to succeed in, schools
of that local educational agency;
‘‘(iii) homeless families, children, and youths
receive educational services for which such families,
children, and youths are eligible, including Head Start
and Even Start programs and preschool programs
administered by the local educational agency, and
referrals to health care services, dental services,
mental health services, and other appropriate services;
‘‘(iv) the parents or guardians of homeless children
and youths are informed of the educational and related
opportunities available to their children and are pro-
vided with meaningful opportunities to participate in
the education of their children;
‘‘(v) public notice of the educational rights of home-
less children and youths is disseminated where such
children and youths receive services under this Act,
such as schools, family shelters, and soup kitchens;
‘‘(vi) enrollment disputes are mediated in accord-
ance with paragraph (3)(E); and
‘‘(vii) the parent or guardian of a homeless child
or youth, and any unaccompanied youth, is fully
informed of all transportation services, including
transportation to the school of origin, as described
in paragraph (1)(J)(iii), and is assisted in accessing
transportation to the school that is selected under para-
graph (3)(A).
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—State coordinators established under
subsection (d)(3) and local educational agencies shall inform
school personnel, service providers, and advocates working
with homeless families of the duties of the local educational
agency liaisons.
‘‘(C) LOCAL
AND
STATE
COORDINATION.—Local edu-
cational agency liaisons for homeless children and youths
shall, as a part of their duties, coordinate and collaborate
with State coordinators and community and school per-
sonnel responsible for the provision of education and
related services to homeless children and youths.
‘‘(7) REVIEW AND REVISIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational agency and
local educational agency that receives assistance under this
subtitle shall review and revise any policies that may act
as barriers to the enrollment of homeless children and
youths in schools that are selected under paragraph (3).
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In reviewing and revising such
policies, consideration shall be given to issues concerning
transportation, immunization, residency, birth certificates,
school records and other documentation, and guardianship.
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‘‘(C) SPECIAL ATTENTION.—Special attention shall be
given to ensuring the enrollment and attendance of home-
less children and youths who are not currently attending
school.
‘‘SEC. 723. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY SUBGRANTS FOR THE EDU-
CATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State educational agency shall, in
accordance with section 722(e), and from amounts made avail-
able to such agency under section 726, make subgrants to
local educational agencies for the purpose of facilitating the
enrollment, attendance, and success in school of homeless chil-
dren and youths.
‘‘(2) SERVICES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Services under paragraph (1)—
‘‘(i) may be provided through programs on school
grounds or at other facilities;
‘‘(ii) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be
provided through existing programs and mechanisms
that integrate homeless children and youths with non-
homeless children and youths; and
‘‘(iii) shall be designed to expand or improve serv-
ices provided as part of a school’s regular academic
program, but not to replace such services provided
under such program.
‘‘(B) SERVICES ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.—If services under
paragraph (1) are provided on school grounds, schools—
‘‘(i) may use funds under this subtitle to provide
the same services to other children and youths who
are determined by the local educational agency to be
at risk of failing in, or dropping out of, school, subject
to the requirements of clause (ii); and
‘‘(ii) except as otherwise provided in section
722(e)(3)(B), shall not provide services in settings
within a school that segregate homeless children and
youths from other children and youths, except as nec-
essary for short periods of time—
‘‘(I) for health and safety emergencies; or
‘‘(II) to provide temporary, special, and supple-
mentary services to meet the unique needs of
homeless children and youths.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—Services provided under this section
shall not replace the regular academic program and shall be
designed to expand upon or improve services provided as part
of the school’s regular academic program.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency that desires to
receive a subgrant under this section shall submit an application
to the State educational agency at such time, in such manner,
and containing or accompanied by such information as the State
educational agency may reasonably require. Such application shall
include the following:
‘‘(1) An assessment of the educational and related needs
of homeless children and youths in the area served by such
agency (which may be undertaken as part of needs assessments
for other disadvantaged groups).
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‘‘(2) A description of the services and programs for which
assistance is sought to address the needs identified in para-
graph (1).
‘‘(3) An assurance that the local educational agency’s com-
bined fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures
of that agency and the State with respect to the provision
of free public education by such agency for the fiscal year
preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made,
was not less than 90 percent of such combined fiscal effort
or aggregate expenditures for the second fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which the determination is made.
‘‘(4) An assurance that the applicant complies with, or
will use requested funds to comply with, paragraphs (3) through
(7) of section 722(g).
‘‘(5) A description of policies and procedures, consistent
with section 722(e)(3), that the agency will implement to ensure
that activities carried out by the agency will not isolate or
stigmatize homeless children and youths.
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State educational agency shall, in
accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and from
amounts made available to it under section 726, make competi-
tive subgrants to local educational agencies that submit applica-
tions under subsection (b). Such subgrants shall be awarded
on the basis of the need of such agencies for assistance under
this subtitle and the quality of the applications submitted.
‘‘(2) NEED.—In determining need under paragraph (1), the
State educational agency may consider the number of homeless
children and youths enrolled in preschool, elementary, and
secondary schools within the area served by the local edu-
cational agency, and shall consider the needs of such children
and youths and the ability of the local educational agency
to meet such needs. The State educational agency may also
consider the following:
‘‘(A) The extent to which the proposed use of funds
will facilitate the enrollment, retention, and educational
success of homeless children and youths.
‘‘(B) The extent to which the application—
‘‘(i) reflects coordination with other local and State
agencies that serve homeless children and youths; and
‘‘(ii) describes how the applicant will meet the
requirements of section 722(g)(3).
‘‘(C) The extent to which the applicant exhibits in
the application and in current practice a commitment to
education for all homeless children and youths.
‘‘(D) Such other criteria as the State agency determines
appropriate.
‘‘(3) QUALITY.—In determining the quality of applications
under paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall con-
sider the following:
‘‘(A) The applicant’s needs assessment under subsection
(b)(1) and the likelihood that the program presented in
the application will meet such needs.
‘‘(B) The types, intensity, and coordination of the serv-
ices to be provided under the program.
‘‘(C) The involvement of parents or guardians of home-
less children or youths in the education of their children.