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Migrant Education Program

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Migrant

Migrant students are students who move with their families as many as two or three times each school year for work. Their parents are usually farmworkers who are compelled to move frequently in order to harvest and/or process seasonal crops. Congress provides federal funds to support education programs for migratory children and help ensure that migratory children ages 3 to 21 who move among the states are not penalized in any manner by disparities among states in curriculum, graduation requirements, or state academic content and student academic achievement standards.

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Serves 650+ children (Ages 3 - Gradation/Age 21) - Currently at 672 children Can you change the text to read: Supports the needs of student and families', who are migratory agricultural/dairy workers, with academic, social/emotional, medical/dental, housing, and basic needs, graduation and credit recovery, and bridging the… The Nampa School District uses these federal funds to support academic instruction, provide remedial services, and offer services beyond the regular school year. Funds also ensure that migratory children not only are provided with appropriate education services (including supportive services) that address their special needs, but also that such 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.