Legislative Status Report

Reauthorizing the Education Provision of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

This document contains information about the legislative status of the reauthorization of the education provision of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and some background information about the Homeless Education Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3205).

H.R. 3205, which was introduced in the House of Representatives in July of 2007, was originally sponsored by Representatives Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and John Sarbanes (D-Md.).  The bill is a part of a larger effort to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act (a.k.a. the Elementary and Secondary Education Act), for which McKinney-Ventos Education for Homeless Children and Youth program is a part. H.R. 3205 is generally supported by homeless education advocates, including NLCHP and the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY).

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