How can school districts pay for transporting homeless students?
• Districts are eligible for aid from the State Education Department for allowable costs associated with transporting students who are homeless. This includes additional costs incurred transporting such students across school district lines. Districts will be reimbursed using the same transportation aid ratios as those used for permanently housed students. (N.Y. Education Law § 3209(4)(c); 8 N.Y.C.R.R. Section 100.2 (x)(6)(vi)). • School districts may also apply for a McKinney-Vento Act sub-grant through SED. Funding from the sub-grants may be used to pay for transportation expenses of homeless students. • Title I, Part A set-aside funding may be used to pay for transportation for students who decide to stay in the school of origin for the reminder of the school year after moving into permanent housing. Title I funds may not be used to pay for transportation for students who are currently homeless. (Title I of ESEA Section 1115(b)(3)).
