Skip to main content
Avalon Independent School District
A National Blue Ribbon School
2014
Main Menu Toggle
En Español
Special Programs » Migrant Services

Migrant Services

Title I, Part C - Migrant Education Purpose The purpose of Title I, Part C is to assist States to:
  1. support high-quality and comprehensive educational programs for migratory children to help reduce the educational disruptions and other problems that result from repeated moves;
  2. ensure that migratory children who move among the States are not penalized in any manner by disparities among the States in curriculum, graduation requirements, and State academic content and student academic achievement standards;
  3. ensure that migratory children are provided with appropriate educational services (including supportive services) that address their special needs in a coordinated and efficient manner;
  4. ensure that migratory 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;
  5. design programs to help migratory children overcome educational disruption, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, various health-related problems, and other factors that inhibit the ability of such children to do well in school, and to prepare such children to make a successful transition to post-secondary education or employment; and 6) ensure that migratory children benefit from State and local systemic reforms. Eligibility What is the definition of a “migratory child”? The term “migratory child” means a child who is, or whose parent or spouse is, a migratory agricultural worker, including a migratory dairy worker, or a migratory fisher, and who, in the preceding 36 months, in order to obtain, or accompany such parent or spouse in order to obtain, temporary or seasonal employment in agricultural or fishing work
  • Has moved from one school LEA to another;
  • In a State that is comprised of a single LEA, has moved from one administrative area to another within such district;
  • Resides in a school district of more than 15,000 square miles, and migrates a distance of 20 miles or more to a temporary residence to engage in a fishing activity.