Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Coding, Counting, and Collecting: It’s A Numbers Thing Data Conference August 17-19, 2011 Deon Quinn, Operations Analyst Outreach Programs Division School Improvement Denise Johnston Homeless Liaison Paulding County School District Carolyn Oliver Student Information Systems Coordinator Paulding County School District

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Education Data Collection Local Education Agency (LEA) Responsibility Paulding County Presenters Questions

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” McKinney-Vento Act

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” McKinney-Vento Act Program Purpose Ensure homeless children and youth (HCY) have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including public preschool education, as provided to other children and youth Ensure access to education and other services needed to ensure that HCY have an opportunity to meet the same challenging State student academic achievement standards to which all students are held Facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and success in school of HCY Review and revise laws, regulations, practices, and policies that may act as barriers to the enrollment, attendance, and success in school of HCY

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” McKinney-Vento Act Definition of Homeless Students Individuals whose nighttime residence is NOT:  Fixed—stationary, permanent, and not subject to change  Regular—used on a predictable, routine, or consistent basis  Adequate—sufficient for meeting both the physical and psychological needs typically met in the home (42 U.S.C.§11434A(2)(B)(i)) Can the student go to the SAME PLACE (fixed) EVERY NIGHT (regular) to sleep in a SAFE AND SUFFICIENT SPACE (adequate)?

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Homeless Education Data Collection

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” State of Georgia FY11 Data  31,391 homeless children and youth reported  Up 14.83% from FY10  41 Georgia LEAs reporting no homeless students FY10 Data Collection Summary report 3/28/20117 Homeless Education Data Collection

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Homeless Education Data Collection The United States Department of Education (US ED) allocates funds to states through a formula based on each State’s share of Title I grants to LEAs (which are largely based on counts of children living in poverty)

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Homeless Education Data Collection US ED conducts an annual federal data collection that includes State and LEA data Data must be viable and school based Types of data collected  Performance measures  Homeless student’s residence  Support services received  Barriers

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” LEA Responsibilities

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Homeless Liaison works with LEA Student Information System (SIS) specialist to ensure that the system includes fields for accurate reporting of required data Homeless Liaison assists LEA SIS specialist with training and disseminating information to appropriate personnel in schools LEA Responsibilities

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Data Collection ENVIRONMENT CODE indicates the type of residential environment in which a student resides or the type of school the student attended at anytime during this school year at this school. Code only those students for whom one of the codes below apply. For students where codes do not apply, leave blank. *** Used to apply only to Title I students – now applies to ALL students. *** Data Element ID:STU045 Layout ID:C045 Environment CodeDescription 1Resides in a local institution for neglected 2Resides in a local institution for delinquent 3Homeless 4Unaccompanied Homeless Youth LEA Responsibilities

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Primary Nighttime Residence Shelters  Transitional housing, Awaiting Foster Care Doubled-up  Living with another family Unsheltered  Cars, Parks, Campgrounds, Abandoned buildings, Temporary trailer Hotels/Motels There is no “Other” category LEA Responsibilities

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