SLO AB490 Agreements (378k pdf) - San Luis Obispo County Office ...

Legislative IntentMcKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Subtitle VII-BReauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001and Filed into Federal law January 2002“…each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to thesame free, appropriate public education….”“Homeless children and youths shall have access to the education and other servicesthat such children and youths need to ensure that such children and youths have anopportunity to meet the same challenging State student academic achievementstandards to which all students are held.”AB 490 – State of California Assembly BillFiled into State law October 12, 2003“Pupils in foster care and those who are homeless, as defined by specified federal law(McKinney-Vento), have a meaningful opportunity to meet the academic achievementstandards to which all pupils are held, are placed in the least restrictive educationalprograms, and have access to academic resources, services, extracurricular andenrichment activities as all other pupils.” AB 490 Legislative Counsel’s Digest (2)“In fulfilling their responsibilities to pupils in foster care, educators, county placingagencies, care providers, advocates, and the juvenile courts shall work together tomaintain stable school placements…” AB 490 Sec. 15, 16000(b)2