Johnson County School District #1 wants to assure all parents that you have the following rights provided by our District:
You have the right to request information about the qualifications of your child’s teacher.
If your child is limited English proficient and we recommend a program to assist in this area, you have the right to opt out of the program.
If our schools fail to make adequate yearly progress, parents will be notified. We would also provide information regarding your choices as a parent. Thus far, all of the schools in Johnson County have made wonderful progress!
You have the right to know if your child has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.
The McKinney-Vento Act, authorized under Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC 11431 et seq.), (McKinney-Vento Act). The program defines “homelessness” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
The term includes –
Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;
Having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations or similar settings; and
Migratory children and youth who qualify as homeless due to living in any of the circumstances described above.
Resource Files: McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act
JCSD1 Homeless Liaison | Wyoming State Coordinator |
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Anna Burbank 307-217-7030 New West High School | Shannon Cranmore 307-777-3672 Wyoming Department of Education |
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