On June 30, 2010, the US Department of Education released the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program Data Collection Summary From the SY 2008-09 Federally Required State Data Collection for the McKinney-Vento Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 and Comparison of the SY 2006-07, SY 2007-08, and SY 2008-09 Data Collections.
This report is a detailed summary of the data collected by the Education of Homeless Children Program for Section 1.9. of the SY 2008-09 Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) and a longitudinal view of the Section 1.9 CSPR data over the last three school years. Each State Education Agency (SEA) submits some data for all of its Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and some data specific to LEAs with McKinney-Vento subgrants as follows:
LEAs With and Without Subgrants:
- Number of LEAs
- Number Enrolled by Grade
- Primary Nighttime Residence
LEAs With McKinney-Vento Subgrants:
- Number Served in LEAs with subgrants
- Number of Subpopulations Served (Children with Disabilities, Limited English Proficient, Unaccompanied Youth and Migrant)
- Education Support Services offered by Subgrantees
- Barriers to the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Experienced by Subgrantees
- Academic Progress of Homeless Children and Youth in Reading
- Academic Progress of Homeless Children and Youth in Mathematics
Significant increases were evidenced in the data reported for all Section 1.9 questions. Over 956,000 homeless students were reported enrolled in LEAs with and without subgrants, a 20 percent increase from SY 2007-08 and a 41 percent increase over the three-year period. Twenty-five states had 20% or more increase in total enrolled between SY 2007-08 and SY 2008-09. Four states comprised the largest percentages of the total national enrollment of homeless students in LEAs with and without subgrants; these states were, in order, California (30%), Texas (8.5%), New York (8%) and Florida (4%). The combined number of students reported in these four states (486,257) was 50.5 percent of the total enrolled (956,914).
Some other noteworthy highlights from the report are: The most frequently reported primary nighttime residence category, “doubled-up”, increased 19 percent from the number reported in SY 2007-08 and increased 44 percent over the three-year period. The number of students reported served by McKinney-Vento subgrants increased 60 percent over the three-year period. The number of unaccompanied youth (52,950) has increased 69 percent over the three-year period. A five percentage point increase was evidenced in both reading and mathematics in the number of homeless students in grades 3-8 who took the state tests in those subjects and who met or exceeded proficiency.
For further information pertaining to the SY 2008-09 data collection, this report is available online for download at the NCHE web site.
