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How To Comply With The McKinney-Vento Act

Jim Castagnera
How To Comply With The McKinney-Vento Act
FormatSelf-Paced | On-Demand
Sessions1
Per session60 Minutes
CertificateIncluded

Homelessness Looks Different at Every School. Learn How to Support Your Students and How to Comply With the McKinney-Vento Act.

Forty percent of America’s homeless population is under the age of 18. This translates into 1.3 million students. The McKinney-Vento Act solidifies their right to an education and requires that they benefit from enrollment, participation, and stability. You need to know the law to ensure your school complies and helps these students rebound during the new semester.

Education law expert Jim Castagnera will explain all the details of the McKinney-Vento Act. You will learn the specific actions you must take to comply and help your students as the new semester begins.

What We'll Cover

Course Outline

  • Which children qualify as homeless under the Act?
  • Are schools required to identify students who qualify as homeless?
  • May a student or family self-identify to qualify for educational benefits?
  • How can you ensure that children identified as homeless aren’t stigmatized?
  • Where do students covered by the Act attend school?
  • Must a qualified student have a complete immunization record?
  • What school stability must you provide?
  • What support services are available to qualified students?
  • How should you resolve disputes between schools and students/parents?

Meet the Expert

Jim Castagnera

Jim Castagnera

Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera, Esq. holds an M.A. in Journalism from Kent State University, and a J.D. and Ph.D. (American Studies) from Case Western Reserve University. He worked 10 years as a labor, employment, and intellectual-property attorney with Saul Ewing and 23 years as associate provost & legal counsel for academic affairs at Rider University, where in 2018 he received the university’s highest annual award for distinguished service. He also did stints as a full-time law professor at UT-Austin and Widener University Law School.
Having retired from Rider in 2019, he currently is the President of Dr. Jim’s One-Stop HR Shop, a freelance-writing/editing, webinar and training company in the HR space, and CEO of the International Artificial Intelligence Association, a think tank dedicated to understanding the impacts of Generative AI. He has 25 published books to his credit.

Who Should Attend?

  • Superintendents
  • Deputy, associate, and assistant superintendents
  • Chief business and operations officers
  • Chief financial officers
  • Diversity and equity officers
  • Student services coordinators
  • Directors of special education
  • School social workers
  • School board members
  • Principals
  • Vice principals and assistant principals

Training Includes

The How To Comply With The McKinney-Vento Act course includes the following:

Two Year Course Access

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  • Course access for 2 full years
  • All live sessions include access to the on-demand recording post live session

Class Experience

Live sessions are small and focused to support questions and discussion. Self-paced on-demand courses allow you to move through the material on your own schedule.

Resources

Downloadable course materials to support learning

Attendance Certificate

All sessions include an Attendance Certificate

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