Know Your Rights

• ARE YOU STAYING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING?
• DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL?
• ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE ENROLLING YOUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, OR GETTING THEM THERE?

Help May Be Available

If you are staying temporarily with someone else because you lost your housing, or staying in a motel, campground, shelter, or in an outside or inadequate place, you and your children have special rights at school.

Those rights include:

• Staying in the same school even if you move, and receiving transportation to that school, as long as it is in the student’s best interest
• Enrolling in school immediately without the documents schools usually require
• Receiving free school meals
• Getting help with school supplies and other needs
• Extra support for youth who are on their own
• Help connecting young children with early childhood services
• Visit SchoolHouseConnection.org to learn more

Contact your school district’s McKinney-Vento Liaison to find out if you qualify for help.

Contact the Wisconsin McKinney-Vento State Coordinators if you can’t reach the local liaison or have other questions.

Kristine Nadolski ~kristine.nadolski@dpi.wi.gov

 Karen Rice ~ karen.rice@dpi.wi.gov