The Title I Migrant Programs are authorized under Part C of the Title I Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, as amended and reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The 2001 reauthorization strengthened the purpose and need to ensure that migratory children have the same opportunities as all other children and are not penalized by attending schools in different states with dissimilar requirements.

The Intent of the Migrant Education Program is to provide services above and beyond other local and federal programs and to support these highly mobile children’s special needs so they can succeed academically.

Identification of Migrant students is key to the funding and support of the program.

Any Migrant student information obtained is held in strict confidence and only shared on a need to know basis.

What is a Migrant Student?

• Migrant students are students whose families have moved across school district boundaries within the past 3 years for the purpose of obtaining employment in an area related to meatpacking, food processing, fishing or agriculture. (Agriculture includes: working with crops, planting, cultivating, harvesting, etc.)
• Identification of a migrant person is made from 0 – 21 years of age, but services are only provided to students aged 3 through 21.

• To support high-quality and comprehensive educational programs for migratory children to help reduce the educational disruptions and other problems that result from repeated moves
• To ensure migratory children receive full and appropriate educational opportunities to meet the same challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet
• To design programs to help migratory children overcome academic, cultural, and language barriers, social isolation, health-related problems, and other factors that hinder academic achievement; and to prepare such children to make a successful transition to post secondary education or employment

What does “Priority For Service” mean?