A family is identified as homeless if they must reside in a shelter, motel, vehicle, campground, on the street, or doubled up with relatives or friends out of an inability to provide adequate housing. Being homeless does not mean students must move from their school. Parents or guardians of homeless students may do either of the following:

1. Continue at the school of origin which is the school in which the student was last enrolled or
2. Attend any school in the area where they currently reside out of necessity in which non-homeless students living in the attendance area are eligible to attend

If parents or guardians of identified homeless students choose to attend a new school, students may be enrolled in the new school without proof of residency and the required academic and health records. However, a school may require the parents or guardian of a homeless child to submit an address or other information for contact purposes, as they would require from any non-homeless child enrolling in their school.

For more information on the homeless, refer to this website:

http://homelessed.net/partners/main.htm