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All Texas public schools, charter schools, and education services centers, collectively known as local education agencies (LEAs), must follow federal rules concerning the education of homeless students. These requirement are detailed in the McKinney-Vento Act, all LEAs.

Homeless Education Liaisons
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Every Local Education Agency must designate an appropriate staff person as a local homeless education liaison and submit that person's name to the Texas Education Agency (TEA). This information is to be submitted to the AskTED online directory by the LEA's AskTED administrator. AskTED is TEA's online Texas Education Directory (TED). AskTED is the database where homeless education liaison's contact information is maintained.

The Texas Education for Homeless Children and Youth (TEHCY) Liaison Directory has been imported into the AskTED directory. Your AskTED administrator does not have to resubmit the LEA's homeless education liaison's information if they were previously listed in the TEHCY directory. If you discover information that is out of date or incorrect, updates and/or changes regarding the homeless education liaison's contact information must be submitted to TEA through each LEA's AskTED administrator.

The information in the TEHCY website directory is updated periodically from the AskTED directory. LEAs are no longer required to input this information directly to the TEHCY directory.

To learn how to use AskTED access homeless education liaison contact information directly, download the PDF instructions.

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Kristen Lewis

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E: klewis@esc17.net
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Homeless Student Identification

Every LEA must identify students experiencing homelessness within their district. This process must be done regularly and in a way that is auditable. In Texas, most districts choose to use a student residency questionnaire to help determine whether or not students qualify as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act.

McKinney-Vento Posters

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released new McKinney-Vento Posters.  There are two versions of the poster, one to assist parents of school-age youth and a second to assist unaccompanied youth.  The posters are available in both English and Spanish.

Local Education Agencies (LEAs) can download the digital files below and post this information on their LEA homeless education program webpage.

LEAs should collaborate with their school staff and community partners (e.g. food pantries, faith-based organizations, local housing authorities, shelters, etc.) to share printed copies of this poster.  

Homeless Student Enrollment
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Students who are experiencing homelessness are to be enrolled immediately. Districts cannot require students experiencing homelessness to provide proof of residency, immunizations, birth certificates guardianship documents, or any other sort of required paperwork before enrolling. Requiring missing paperwork or any other delay to enrollment is a violation of the McKinney-Vento Act.
Homeless Student School Determination
Students who are experiencing homelessness have the right to attend school in their school of origin or in the school in the attendance area where the family or youth is currently residing. School of origin is defined as the school in which the child/youth was enrolled when they became homeless, or the school in which the child/youth was last enrolled. The campus a child attends is determined by which campus can serve the best interests of the child. In Texas a student experiencing homelessness may enroll in any district they choose, regardless of the location of their residence, school of origin or attendance zone campus.
Dispute Resolution
Disagreements over school enrollment and best interest determinations must be resolved through the dispute resolution process. While in the dispute resolution process the child is entitled to attend the campus in question until the matter is resolved.
Transportation

Students experiencing homelessness have the right to transportation to their school of origin. This provision applies even if a student moves outside of the school of origins’ attendance zone or district boundaries. School of origin transportation must continue for the duration of the child’s homelessness or until the end of the school year in which a child becomes permanently housed.

Title I Services

Students experiencing homelessness who are not on a Title-I campus are eligible to receive Title-I services.

These services are provided at the discretion of the LEA through existing Title-I programs or through the use of Title-I, Part A set-aside funds for students who are not on Title-I campuses. Students on Title-I campuses may receive additional supplemental services to the services being provided on their campus through the Title-I, Part A set-asides as well. Services may include: personal school supplies, items of clothing that are necessary to meet a school’s dress requirement, immunizations, supplemental counseling services, tutoring, costs associated with credit recovery, or other similar activities to address a child’s opportunity for school success.

Region 17 - District Homeless Liaison Directory
Full Name
District Name
Phone
Email Address
ABIGAIL PORTOCARRERO
TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LUBBOCK
(806) 744-0330
BRENT SCOTT
WILSON ISD
(806) 628-6261
CASSIE DANIEL
GUTHRIE CSD
(806) 596-4466
CHARLOTTE WARD
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY K-12
(806) 834-6671
CHRISTOPHER WADE
SMYER ISD
(806) 234-2935 ext:3000
CINDY FURR
SPRINGLAKE-EARTH ISD
(806) 257-3310
CLARISSA HURON
PLAINVIEW ISD
(806) 293-6000
DANIEL CATES
MOTLEY COUNTY ISD
(806) 347-2676
DARLA HARRISON
JAYTON-GIRARD ISD
(806) 237-2991
DESTYNEE MORTE
LUBBOCK ISD
(806) 219-0456
ERIN PHILLIPS
BROWNFIELD ISD
(806) 637-2591 ext:2183
FRANKIE SAUSEDA
LAMESA ISD
(806) 872-5461
GREG HILL
MULESHOE ISD
(806) 272-7400
JASON ATCHESON
MEADOW ISD
(806) 593-2246
JAY WHITEFIELD
LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD
(806) 993-2300
JESSICA CRABB
LORENZO ISD
(806) 634-5592 ext:257
KRISTA KLEIN
LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD
(806) 993-2322
KRISTY KEMP
COTTON CENTER ISD
(806) 879-2160 ext:135
LESLEE HINDMAN
SPUR ISD
(806) 271-3272 ext:2007
LINDA HERNANDEZ
ROOSEVELT ISD
(806) 842-3282 ext:102
LORI CASTRO
PATTON SPRINGS ISD
(806) 689-2220 ext:2221
MR DUSTY GRANTHAM
SOUTHLAND ISD
(806) 496-2050
MR ELIZABETH CALK
DENVER CITY ISD
(806) 592-5925
MR HAYDEN WALTERS
POST ISD
(806) 495-3414 ext:400
MR JOEL RODGERS
AMHERST ISD
(806) 246-3221
MR MIKE READ
LOOP ISD
(806) 319-7546 ext:112
MR RAMIRO HERNANDEZ
NEW DEAL ISD
(806) 746-5933 ext:237
MR RICHARD BAUMGARTNER
RISE ACADEMY
(806) 744-0438
MR RICHARD SOLIZ
SEMINOLE ISD
(432) 758-3662
MR RITCHIE THORNTON
ABERNATHY ISD
(806) 298-4950
MR STEVEN MCLAREN
KLONDIKE ISD
(806) 462-7334
MRS AMANDA DAVIS
SUNDOWN ISD
(806) 602-8823 ext:4003
MRS AMBER HAYS
LITTLEFIELD ISD
(806) 385-4150
MRS AMY YOCOM
ROPES ISD
(806) 562-4031
MRS ANGEL DAVILA
SEAGRAVES ISD
(806) 387-2520 ext:214
MRS CORINA REYES
PETERSBURG ISD
(806) 667-3574 ext:322
MRS JIMMI D JOHNSON
ANTON ISD
(806) 997-5211
MRS JULIA STEPHEN
NEW HOME ISD
(806) 924-7543
MRS KRISTEN WATKINS
IDALOU ISD
(806) 892-1900 ext:1116
MRS LESLIE HUTCHINSON
PADUCAH ISD
(806) 492-3524 ext:2508
MRS MACY CAVAZOS
RALLS ISD
(806) 253-2509
MRS MELANIE HAYES
DAWSON ISD
(806) 489-7461
MRS RACHEL CARTER
WHITEFACE CISD
(806) 287-1104 ext:4900
MRS SHARON MENDEZ
PLAINS ISD
(806) 456-7401
MRS SHEILA BURT
SHALLOWATER ISD
(806) 832-4531
MRS TERRI - SANDOVAL
OLTON ISD
(806) 285-2641 ext:263
MS ALVA RODRIGUEZ
CROSBYTON CISD
(806) 675-7331 ext:1207
MS BRANDI SAVAGE
FRENSHIP ISD
(806) 866-9541 ext:237
MS DONNA PUGH
LEVELLAND ISD
(806) 894-9628 ext:1218
MS KAYELA HARRELL
SUDAN ISD
(806) 227-2431 ext:114
MS KAYLA WELLS
FLOYDADA COLLEGIATE ISD
(806) 983-5332
MS LEESA GRIMALDO
HALE CENTER ISD
(806) 839-2451 ext:103
MS LESLEE HINDMAN
SPUR ISD
(806) 271-3385 ext:2013
MS OLGA MARTINEZ
LOCKNEY ISD
(806) 652-2104
MS TANA HOWARD
SANDS CISD
(432) 353-4888
MS TERESA KUEHLER
BORDEN COUNTY ISD
(806) 756-4313 ext:108
NATE WHEELER
WELLMAN-UNION CISD
(806) 637-4910
NICK MCCOLLISTER
WHITHARRAL ISD
(806) 299-1135
RACHEL MORENO
LITTLEFIELD ISD
(806) 385-4150
RINA RAMOS
MORTON ISD
(806) 266-5505 ext:303
ROBIN WILLIAMS
BETTY M CONDRA SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION
(806) 993-4040
SHELLI CONKIN
SLATON ISD
(806) 828-6591
SHELLY STONE
TAHOKA ISD
(806) 561-4105
TONYA GRAHAM
O'DONNELL ISD
(806) 428-3244
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