Identification of children and youth experiencing homelessness

Every year, LEAs must capture living arrangements of every student enrolled.  This is typically  done through a Student Residency Questionnaire (SRQ) sent at the beginning of the school year or when a student enrolls.

Students Experiencing Homelessness Have Rights and Services Including:

• Enrollment- the right to immediate enrollment even if documents normally required are not available
• School of Origin- the right to attend the school where the child or youth was permanently housed or the last school enrolled
• Transportation- the right to receive transportation to and from their school of origin, including all feeder schools to the school of origin
• Educational Stability- the right to have full and equal educational opportunity to meet the academic and state achievement requirements as their non-homeless peers
• Educational Services- the right to receive educational services for which the student is eligible including Head Start and preschool programs
• Parent Engagement- the right for parents to be informed of educational opportunities and participate through meaningful engagement in the education of their child or youth