Pekin Public Schools District 108 Parent Liaisons

Shana Stewart - 309.216.5975

Mindy Hollingsworth - 309.241.6001

Understanding the Act

Children who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime abode are eligible for McKinney-Vento services. In general, children or youth living in motels, transitional housing, shelters, the street, cars, abandoned buildings, and other inadequate accommodations may be considered eligible for McKinney-Vento services.

This includes, but is not limited to, the following groups: 

Doubled-up Children: Living with another family due to lack of a permanent  residence 

Children in shelters: Including transitional living programs 

Children living in motels: Due to lack of alternative adequate living situation 

Migratory children: If accommodations are not fit for habitation 

Runaways*: Children who left home and live in a shelter or inadequate accommodations, even if parents are willing to provide a home 

Lockouts*: Children whose parents or guardians will not permit them to live at home
*These two categories are “unaccompanied homeless youth”. These children are not in the physical custody of their parents or court-ordered guardians and lack a fixed, regular and adequate abode

If you:

• Live in a shelter or motel

• Share housing with relatives because you lost your housing

• Live in a campground, car, old building or other temporary shelter

• Don't have a permanent address

You have a right to:

• Enroll your child in school immediately even without school or medical records

• Get help from the district liaison with immunizations and/or medical records

• Choose your child's old school or closest to where you are living now

• Get transportation to school for your child

• Dispute enrollment or transportation decisions

• Participate in your child's education

Homeless Dispute Resolution Procedures:
https://www.isbe.net/Documents/Il-Dispute-Proc.pdf