Students in Transition

The Students In Transition program in Rochester Public Schools helps to support and provide services to students experiencing unstable housing or homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 defines “homeless children and youths” as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.” 

Rights of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness:

• Access to a free and appropriate public education
• Receive the same programs and services that are provided to all other children
• Enrollment in a new school without proof of residential status, school records, proof of guardianship or other documents
• Continue in the school they attended before becoming homeless
• Receive transportation to the school they attended before becoming homeless
• Free breakfast and lunch at school