1. Updates and Trends for Migrant Education
2016 ESEA Directors Institute
August 25, 2016

2. Jan Lanier Director of English Learner, Immigrant, & Migrant Programs Consolidated Planning and Monitoring (615)

3. Objectives Who is a migratory student Needs assessment for the program
Personal needs assessment for the migratory students
New partner: Conexion Americas
Questions

4. Definition of a Migratory Child
Younger than 22 and has not graduated from high school or does not hold a high school equivalency certificate
Has a parent, spouse, or guardian who is a migrant agricultural worker or a migrant fisher; and
Has moved within the preceding 36 months in order to obtain (or seek) or to accompany (or join) a parent, spouse, or guardian for seasonal employment in qualifying agricultural or fishing work
Such employment is a principal means of livelihood
Has moved from one school district to another

5. School and District Responsibilities for Identification
Gather and analyze the Occupational Survey
Look for indicators in the enrollment package as it is returned
Collect a Home Language Survey (HLS)
Refer to the Migrant Program Education (MEP) partner, the list of students who could be migratory
Follow up if you do not receive information back from the MEP partner

6. Certificate of Eligibility (COE)
District or school refers or Occupational Survey
Must be completed (by partner) for a student to be classified as migratory
Partner certifies with COE
State denotes as migratory
NOTE: Changes will be coming next year

7. Qualifying Arrival Date (QAD)
A move across school district boundaries
Involves a change of residence
To obtain qualifying work in agriculture or fishing, (not to relocate on a permanent basis)
Occurred within the preceding 36 months

8. Services Tutoring Summer camps Leadership academy PASS
Language study for parents
Health care services
Nutrition services

9. Questions Jan.Lanier@tn.gov (615) 532-6314 office
(615) mobile

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