Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1253
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2011-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child safety and welfare
Department of Education
Disaster relief and insurance
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Preschool education
Right of privacy
Special education
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: 
Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2011 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act's program of grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the education of homeless youths to: 
 
 
 raise the minimum allotment for each state; 
 
 elaborate on the functions of each state's Office of the Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths; 
 
 elaborate on required state procedures for resolving disputes regarding the educational placement of homeless youth; 
 
 ensure that homeless youth do not lose credits earned in other schools and are not segregated into separate schools or programs within schools; 
 
 require states, LEAs, and schools to promote success for homeless youth by holding them to the same achievement standards as other students and removing barriers to their full participation in all classes and school activities; 
 
 list student-centered factors to be considered before an LEA places a homeless youth in a school; 
 
 require such schools to immediately enroll homeless youth despite unpaid fees or missed application or enrollment deadlines; 
 
 protect the privacy of information about a homeless youth's living situation; 
 
 require LEAs to coordinate services provided to homeless and disabled youth; 
 
 add to the duties of, and funding available to, LEA liaisons for homeless youth; 
 
 provide for the enrollment of homeless children in preschool programs; 
 
 require the Secretary of Education to establish or designate a Federal Office of the Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths; 
 
 authorize the Secretary to award grants or enter into contracts for evaluation, dissemination, and technical assistance activities for educational programs for homeless youth; and
 
authorize appropriations for FY2012.
 
 
Establishes a separately funded Emergency Disaster Grant program which distributes funds to LEAs directly or through states to increase LEAs' capacity to respond to major disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-30
text: Introduced in House