Introduction
The
Migrant Education Program (MEP) is authorized by Title I, Part C of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The MEP provides formula grants to State
educational agencies to establish or improve education programs for migrant
children. These grants assist states in improving educational opportunities
for migrant children to help them succeed in the regular school program, meet
the challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards
that all children are expected to meet, and graduate from high school.
The
general purpose of the MEP is to ensure that migrant children fully benefit
from the same free public education provided to other children. To achieve
this purpose, the MEP helps SEAs and local operating agencies address the
special educational needs of migrant children to better enable migrant children
to succeed academically. More specifically, the purposes of the MEP (according
to NCLB section 1113) are to:
- Support high-quality
and comprehensive educational programs for migrant children in order to
reduce the educational disruption and other problems that result from repeated
moves;
- Ensure that migrant
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;
- Ensure that migrant
children are provided with appropriate educational services (including supportive
services) that address their special needs in a coordinated and efficient
manner;
- Ensure that migrant
children receive full and appropriate opportunities to meet the same challenging
opportunities to meet the same challenging state academic content and student
academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet;
- Design programs to
help migrant children overcome educational disruption, cultural and language
barriers, social isolation, various health-related problems, and other factors
that inhibit their ability to do well in school, and to prepare them to
make a successful transition to postsecondary education or employment; and
- Ensure that migrant
children benefit from state and local systemic reforms.
MIGRATORY
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE
Certificate
of Eligibility COE
RESULTS: New from ED about MEP
Contact John Ford at:
jford@access.k12.wv.us
(304) 558-7805 ext. 53349
