SB 1068, as introduced, Leyva. Homeless children and youth: local educational agency liaisons: training materials.
Existing law requires a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths to ensure that public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated in schools, as specified.
This bill would require the State Department of Education to provide training materials to local educational agency liaisons for homeless children and youths regarding the educational rights of homeless children and youths and the resources available to schools to assist homeless children and youths.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 48852.5 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) Pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento
4Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), a local
5educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths
6designated pursuant to Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) of Title 42 of
7the United States Code, shall ensure that public notice of the
8educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated
P2 1in schools within the liaison’s local educational agency that provide
2services pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
3Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.).
4(b) The department shall provide training materials to local
5educational agency liaisons for homeless children and youths
6regarding the educational rights
of homeless children and youths
7and the resources available to schools to assist homeless children
8and youths.
9(b)
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10begin insert(c)end insert For purposes of this section, “homeless children and youths”
11is defined in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States
12Code.
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