Supports for Students in Temporary Housing Situations

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act is a federal law that discusses the public education of children and youth in temporary housing. Under McKinney-Vento and state law, students are considered to be in temporary housing if their nighttime residence is not fixed, regular, and adequate.

Some examples of temporary housing include:

• Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship or other similar reason,
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camping grounds,
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters,
• Abandoned in hospitals,
• Living a in public or private place not designed for sleeping,
• Living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, bus or train stations, etc.
• Migratory living in circumstances described above

You will be asked to complete an updated housing questionnaire each summer before returning to school.  

If you have any questions, please contact the District's McKinney-Vento Liaison:

If your family is approved for services under McKinney-Vento, please contact Mrs. Jillian Makris immediately if your housing situation changes in any way.

Jillian Makris, Assistant Superintendent for PPS 

Email:  jmakris@sayvilleschools.org

Phone #:  631-244-6505

 

Click here for a McKinney-Vento fact sheet