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Instruction

Migrant Students

The Superintendent will develop and implement a program to address the needs of migrant children in the District.

This program will include a means to:

1.  Identify migrant students and assess their educational and related health, nutrition and social needs.

2.  Provide to the extent feasible a full range of services that will provide migrant students including applicable Title I programs, special education, gifted education, vocational education, language programs, counseling programs and elective classes.

3.  Provide migrant children with the opportunity to meet the same statewide assessment standards that all children are expected to meet.

4.  Provide advocacy and outreach programs to migrant children and their families and professional development for District staff.

5.  Provide parents/guardians an opportunity for meaningful participation in the program.

In providing services, priority shall be given to migratory children who have made a qualifying move within the previous one year period and who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the challenging

State academic standards or who have dropped out of school.

Migrant Education Program for Parent(s)/Guardian(s) Involvement

Parent(s)/guardian(s) of migrant students will be involved in and regularly consulted about the development, implementation, operation, and evaluation of the migrant program.

Parent(s)/guardian(s) of migrant students will receive instruction regarding their role in improving the academic achievement of their children.

Migratory Child/Student Definition

A.  A "migratory child" means a child who:

(1)  is a migratory agricultural worker or a migratory fisher; or

(2)  in the preceding 36 months, in order to accompany a parent, spouse, or guardian who is a migratory agricultural worker or a migratory fisher -

(i)  Has moved from one school district to another;

(ii)  As the child of a migratory fisher, resides in a school district or more than 15,000 square miles and migrates a distance of 20 miles or more to a temporary residence.

B.  Qualifying Move means a move from one residence to another residence that occurs due to economic necessity and from one school district to another school district.

C.  Migratory Agricultural Worker means a person has moved from one school district to another in order to obtain temporary employment or seasonal employment in agricultural work, including dairy work.

D.  Migratory Fisher means a person who, in the preceding 36 months has moved from one district or another in order to obtain temporary employment or seasonal employment in fishing work.

Legal Reference: Federal Register - July 29, 2008 - Final Rule

34 C.F.R. Part 2000

P.L. 114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act §1301 et seq., U.S.C. 20 6391

Policy adopted:  11/19/2018