Homeless Students
The Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program's major responsibility is to implement the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Homeless children and unaccompanied homeless youth must have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, and other services as provided to other children and youths to ensure that homeless children and youth have an opportunity to meet the same challenging State academic standards to which all students are held.
If your child is homeless or you are aware of a child or family that has become homeless due to fire, financial constraints, or other life circumstances, please contact Leah Johnson-Freer, Homeless Liaison, 715-684-3411 ext. 1109, lfreer@bwsd.k12.wi.us
Foster Children
When a child is placed into out-of-home care, it is presumed to be in the child’s best interest to remain enrolled in the school in which the child was enrolled or was most recently enrolled at the time of that placement. The school district and the local child welfare agency must conduct a best interest assessment to determine whether it might be in the child’s best interest to be enrolled in the school nearest to the out-of-home care placement. This is to be a collaborative process. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) have issued suggested guidance in terms of the factors that should be considered in conducting such an assessment.
If you are a foster parent and would like more information, please contact Leah Johnson-Freer, Foster Liaison, 715-684-3411 ext. 1109, lfreer@bwsd.k12.wi.us
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