Get District Action Plan - Kansas Migrant Education Program

The goal of the Migrant Education Program is to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma that prepares students for further learning and productive employment.

A quality education can provide low-income immigrants with a path out of poverty. NILC works to increase access to education and has fought to counter laws that would chill immigrant families' access to school.

In this study, a migrant student is defined as a person below 21 years of age and without a high school diploma who is, or whose parent, spouse, or guardian is, a migratory agricultural worker (including a migratory dairy worker or fisher), and who has changed school districts in the preceding years in order to (a) ...

The MEP is authorized by Part C of Title I and is designed to support high quality and comprehensive educational programs for migrant children to help reduce the educational disruption and other issues that result from repeated moves. California's MEP is supported by both federal and state laws.

ing to ESSA the purpose of Migrant Education is: To assist States in supporting high-quality and comprehensive educational programs and services during the school year and, as applicable, during summer or intersession periods, that address the unique educational needs of migratory children.

Newcomer students are protected under federal laws to access a free, accessible, and appropriate public education, regardless of home language or immigration status.