Homeless Education Does Texas have a ruling on transporting homeless students across school district boundaries and county lines?
Amendments to the McKinney Act in the No Child Left Behind bill require a district to transport a student to the “school of origin” attended before the student became homeless (42 USC 11432(g)(1)(J)). There are other provisions that allow a change of campus assignment (42 USC 11432(g)(3)), though they are very deferential to the parent’s preferences. These are requirements of accepting federal funds; it does not matter that the transportation crosses district or county lines (there are no state laws that prohibit either). McKinney questions can be addressed to the agency at 512-463-9371; transportation questions at 512-463-9185.
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