To meet the special education needs of migrant children, Congress created the Migrant Education Program in 1966. The U.S. Department of Education allocates funds by formula to the states based upon each state’s per pupil expenditure for education and counts of identified eligible migratory children, age 3 through 21, residing within the state.

 

These funds help ensure that migratory children who move among the states are not penalized in any manner by disparities among states in curriculum, graduation requirements, or state academic content and student academic achievement standards. Funds also ensure that migratory children not only are provided with appropriate education services (including supportive services) that address their special needs but also that such children receive full and appropriate opportunities to meet the same challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet.

 

Have you and/or your child moved in search of work related to agriculture, dairy, livestock, forestry, or fishery in the last 3 years? If so, your child may qualify for additional services offered through Kingsville Independent School District’s Migrant Program.

 

Students who qualify for migrant services and are enrolled in KISD schools may be eligible for assistance with costs related to dental, medical, and optometry services. School supplies and clothing are also provided to eligible migrants upon referral.

 

Parent training sessions on the transferring of migrant student records upon withdrawal and district policies are held at KISD’s Title I Parent Center annually.

 

Credit by exam and correspondence courses through the University of Texas Migrant Program are also available to secondary migrants in an effort to help keep students on track for graduation.

 

Migrant students who have dropped out of school and are interested in acquiring their GED’s are referred to Texas A&M Kingsville High School Equivalency Program (HEP). Eligible seniors are also provided scholarship information on Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP).

 

Have you and your children moved out of a school district within the last three (3) years?

 

Have you worked either in part-time or full-time within the last three (3) years at any of these places?

 

As a parent you are your children’s first teacher. What you have to share with your children is very important. You can help your children with their education by working with the schools, too. As you move from one school district to another, you will find help for your children in the Migrant Education Program.

 

Your child may be eligible for help in these areas:

 

The Migrant Education program is not connected with any employer, state or city welfare, or immigration service. It is a school program. All visits are confidential.

 

The migrant recruiter/home school liaison- enrolls your children in the Kingsville ISD Migrant Program and gives information about health and community services available. Parents are also linked with the school. She may also give transportation to school meetings or translate for you.

 

Corina Gutiérrez, Director of Federal Programs, encourages parents with questions or concerns on migrant eligibility to contact Add Name Here, KISD’s migrant recruiter, by calling 595-9096, upon enrollment of their children in KISD.