regulations, policies, or practices, each homeless 
child or youth to be assisted under this Part also 
shall be provided services comparable to services of-
fered 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, in-
cluding charter schools, magnet schools, edu-
cational 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 stu-
dents. 
‘‘(E) School nutrition programs. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational 
agency shall coordinate— 
‘‘(i) the provision of services under 
this Part with local social services agencies 
and other agencies or programs providing 
services to homeless children and youths 
and their families, including services and 
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programs funded under the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 
seq.) and other agencies serving unaccom-
panied youths, public and private child wel-
fare agencies, Head Start and local pro-
grams administering State-funded pre-
school programs, and agencies providing 
mental health services; 
‘‘(ii) with other local educational 
agencies on interdistrict issues, including 
transportation and transfer of school 
records; 
‘‘(iii) the provision of services under 
this Part with other education programs, 
including programs provided under titles I, 
III, and IV of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 and similar 
State and local programs, programs in vo-
cational and technical education, before 
and after school programs, summer school 
programs, programs provided for students 
with disabilities, students with limited 
English proficiency, and gifted and tal-
ented students, and local educational agen-
cy transportation directors; and 
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‘‘(iv) with State and local agencies 
and organizations providing emergency, 
transitional, and permanent housing and 
other services to homeless families and un-
accompanied youths, including developing 
and implementing strategies to minimize 
educational disruption for children and 
youths who become homeless. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION
PURPOSE.—The co-
ordination required under subparagraph (A) 
shall be designed to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that homeless children and 
youths are promptly identified; 
‘‘(ii) ensure that homeless children 
and youths have access and reasonable 
proximity to available education and re-
lated support services; 
‘‘(iii) decrease the school mobility and 
time and length of commute to and from 
school of homeless children and youths; 
and 
‘‘(iv) raise the awareness of school 
personnel and service providers of the ef-
fects of short-term stays in a shelter and 
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other challenges associated with homeless-
ness. 
‘‘(C) HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS 
WITH DISABILITIES.—For children and youth to 
be assisted under both this Part and the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et. seq.) or section 504 of the Re-
habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), each 
local educational agency shall coordinate the 
provision of services under this Part with pro-
grams provided for children with disabilities in 
that local educational agency and other involved 
local educational agencies. Such coordination 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) Each local educational agency 
shall adopt policies and practices to appor-
tion the cost and responsibility for pro-
viding transportation to children and 
youths entitled to transportation services 
under both subsection (1)(J)(iii) of this 
Part and the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act or section 504 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973. 
‘‘(ii) If a local educational agency has 
placed a child or youth in a public or pri-
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vate educational program outside that local 
educational 
agency 
under 
section 
614(d)(1)(A) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities 
Education 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1414(d)(1)(A)), and though moving to an 
area served by another local educational 
agency, the homeless child or youth is to 
remain in that educational program as his 
or her school of origin under paragraphs 
(3)(A) and (B), the local educational agen-
cy that made the placement shall continue 
payments for the placement, unless it and 
the local educational agency where the stu-
dent is temporarily residing agree upon an-
other method to apportion the cost or the 
State educational agency has devised an-
other method to apportion cost and respon-
sibility among local educational agencies. 
‘‘(6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY LIAISON.— 
‘‘(A) DUTIES.—Each local educational 
agency liaison for homeless children and youths, 
designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), shall en-
sure that— 
‘‘(i) homeless children and youths are 
identified by school personnel and through 
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outreach and coordination activities with 
other entities and agencies, including 
through such measures as inquiries con-
cerning housing status on school registra-
tion forms and on withdrawal or exit 
forms; 
‘‘(ii) homeless children and youths are 
immediately enrolled 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 State-funded or 
local educational agency-funded preschool 
programs, and referrals to health care 
services, dental services, mental health and 
substance abuse services, housing services, 
and other appropriate services; 
‘‘(iv) the parents or guardians of 
homeless children and youths are informed 
of the educational and related opportuni-
ties available to their children, including 
preschool opportunities, and are provided 
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