Children with disabilities are far more likely to be subject to restraint or seclusion, suspended, expelled, referred to law enforcement or arrested at school, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s most recent civil rights data collection.
Instability that’s despite a federal law and federal funding intended to ensure equal access to education for homeless K12 students.
For the last year, we examined the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and how that federal law really falls short. It’s supposed to help school districts find ways to assist homeless kids, but among other things, we found the amount of funding had stretched paper thin nationwide and how school districts go about identifying students who need support is a struggle in its own right. The investigation covered Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and the picture is similar in other states.
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