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New York City Charter Schools and Community School District Preference for Homeless Students

NYSED Field Memo

NYSED’s McKinney-Vento Field Memo #03-2010 (July 2010) discusses in which community school districts within NYC children who are homeless may claim preference in order to participate fully in charter school admissions lotteries.

A follow-up memo, NYSED’s McKinney-Vento Field Memo #03-2010 A (October 2010) provides answers to questions on this topic and is meant to clarify the memo above.

PLEASE NOTE: Documents dated before 2016 may not reflect the amendments to the McKinney-Vento Act as a result of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the 2017 amendments to New York State Education Law Section 3209, and/or 2017 amendments to the Commissioner’s Regulations.

Field Memo #03-2010 (PDF)

Follow-Up Field Memo #03-2010 A (PDF)



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LAWS & GUIDANCE

Title I, Part A Set-Aside for Homeless Students: New Data Collection Procedures, Program Service Code 0892

NYSED Field Memo

This Memo from NYSED (May 2019) describes how LEAs should enter data in their student management systems on students served with Title I, Part A set-aside funds for students experiencing homelessness.

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Data on Student Homelessness in NYS

New York State Education Department

These spreadsheets contain data collected by NYSED on the number of students who experienced homelessness in NYS at any point in the indicated school year.

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LAWS & GUIDANCE

NYS Field Memo: McKinney-Vento Summer School Information

NYSED Field Memo

NYSED’s 2020 McKinney-Vento Field Memo addresses the rights of students in temporary housing to participate in summer school.

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