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Coding, Counting, and Collecting:
It’s A Numbers Thing
Data Conference
August 17-19, 2011
Deon Quinn, Operations Analyst
Outreach Programs Division
School Improvement
Carolyn Oliver
Student Information Systems Coordinator
Paulding County School District
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Denise Johnston
Homeless Liaison
Paulding County School District
Content
• 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”
www.gadoe.org
McKinney-Vento Act
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
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
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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
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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”
www.gadoe.org
McKinney-Vento Act
Definition of Homeless Students
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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”
www.gadoe.org
Homeless Education
Data Collection
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Homeless Education
Data Collection
• 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
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
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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”
www.gadoe.org
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”
www.gadoe.org
LEA Responsibilities
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
LEA Responsibilities
• 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
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
LEA Responsibilities
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 Code
Description
1
Resides in a local institution for neglected
2
Resides in a local institution for delinquent
3
Homeless
4
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
LEA Responsibilities
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
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Paulding County
Presenters
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
3/28/2011
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Questions
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
3/28/2011
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