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Regulation: JEA-RD
Last revised: November 06, 2024
To implement federal and state requirements to ensure that each child and youth experiencing homelessness has equal access to the same free appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths
To affirm the expectation in federal law that children and youths experiencing homelessness shall have access to the education and other services they need to enable them to meet the same challenging state student academic achievement standards to which all students are held
To identify, enroll, and maintain stable educational environments for students who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and who are otherwise eligible to attend Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and minimize the effect of mobility on academic achievement whenever feasible
To remove barriers to the identification of children and youths experiencing homelessness and the school enrollment, retention, and school completion of such children and youths, including barriers to enrollment and retention due to outstanding fees, fines, or absences