Title I, Part CEducation of Migratory ChildrenSection 1301Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Purpose:• To ensure that migratory children fully benefit

from the same free public education provided to other children.

• To improve educational opportunities for migratory children to help them succeed in the regular school program, meet the same academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet, and graduate from high school.

Do we have migrant families in Arkansas?

Arkansas Migrant Education Program•Approximately 8,000 children of

migratory families are identified in Arkansas

4 - South Hope

•Washington•Madison •Benton•Carroll•Newton•Boone

Boston Mountain Migrant Co-op

Northeast Arkansas Migrant Co-op

• Baxter • Clay• Cleburne• Craighead• Crittenden• Cross• Faulkner

• Fulton• Greene• Independenc

e• Izard• Jackson• Lawrence• Lee

• Lonoke • Marion

(Flippen)• Mississippi• Monroe • Phillips• Poinsett• Prairie

• Pulaski • Randolph• Sharp• St.

Francis• Stone• White • Woodruff

• Ashley• Bradley• Calhoun• Chicot• Clark• Cleveland• Columbia

• Jefferson• Lafayette• Lincoln• Little River• Miller• Montgomery• Nevada

• Dallas• Desha• Drew• Garland• Grant• Hempstead• Hot Springs• Howard

• Ouachita• Pike• Polk• Pulaski• Saline• Sevier• Union

South Arkansas Migrant Co-op

Western Arkansas Migrant Ed Co-op

•Conway•Crawford•Franklin•Johnson•Logan•Perry

•Pope• Sebastian• Scott• Van Buren• Yell

Who are our migrant children?

Migratory Child

• The child must be age 3-21 and have not graduated from high school or earned his/her GED.

• The child must have moved within the preceding 36 months in order to seek or obtain qualifying work, or to accompany or join the migratory agricultural worker or fisher.

• The move must be across school district boundaries.

(Race, Ethnicity and/or Immigration Status are NOT factors in Migrant Eligibility.)

What kinds of work can qualify for migrant?

Qualifying Agriculture/Fishing Work in Arkansas

•Farm •Dairy and Ranch•Fish Farms/Fishing•Timber (Planting, Thinning, Trimming,

Logging)•Poultry and other livestock•Poultry/Food Processing

How are students identified and enrolled into the Migrant Program?

Identification and RecruitmentStatutory Requirements: Title I, Part C: Sections 1304 (c) (7) and 1309 (2)Regulatory Requirements: 34 CFR 200.81

•Recruiters in project schools•Co-op recruiters•Surveys in school enrollment packets•Surveys in places of work•Job orientations•Approval by REDS•Enrolled in Migrant Database

What are the goals of the Arkansas Migrant Education Program?

Arkansas Migrant Education Goals

•School Readiness▫Parents receive information that is helpful in

preparing their children for Kindergarten.•Reading and Math Achievement

▫Decrease the gap between Migrant students and all other students scoring proficient or above on state assessments

•High School Graduation▫High School students are making

graduation/career plans and taking advantage of credit recovery opportunities.

What services may be available to migrant students to reach these goals?

School Readiness

Parent Resources

Math and Reading Achievement•Tutoring •Summer School•School Supplies•Books for pleasure reading

High School Graduation• Tutoring• On Track for Success• Credit Recovery

▫PASS▫Residential Summer School

• Parent Resources• Leadership Opportunities

▫AMESLA▫MSAC

• Scholarship Information▫CAMP

Out-of-School Youth•Summer Programs•High School Equivalency Programs

Migrant Health Services

•Limited Health Services▫Mini-physicals

•Coordination with outside agencies

Free School Meals

Migrant students categorically qualify for free lunches.

Public Law 108-265 amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include migrant children as categorically eligible for free school meals.

PARENT INVOLVEMENTStatutory Requirements: Title I, Part A: Section 1120A and 1304; Title I, Part C: Sections 1304(c)(3); 1306(a)(1)(B)(ii)Regulatory Requirements: 34 CFR 200.83 (b)

•Parent Advisory Council

•Parent Meetings

•Parent Information

How do schools know who to code as migrant students?

Notification of Migrant Students

•A list is sent before the beginning of the school year.

•A list of new students is sent as they are approved either daily or weekly.

•A list is also sent before testing.

Who do I contact about the Migrant Program for my area?

Migrant Education Service Cooperatives Boston Mountain Educational Cooperative, West Fork, AR, John Selph,

Director (479) 839-3031 jselph@wftigers.org

Northeast Arkansas Migrant Education Cooperative, Bald Knob, AR, Beth McCarty, Director (501) 724-6227 beth.mccarty@baldknobschools.org

South Arkansas Migrant Education Cooperative, Hope, AR, Patti Williford, Director, (870) 777-3743 patti.williford@arkansas.gov

Western Arkansas Migrant Education Service Cooperative, Branch, AR, Cindy Cole, Director (479) 965-2191 cindy.cole@wscstarfish.com

Where is the Migrant Status entered on the APSCN?

Migrant Status is entered on the APSCN student demographic screen 100.

ORon eSchoolPLUS the data is entered on the personal screen and is accessed by this path: STUDENT CENTER > SEARCH ON THE STUDENT > DEMOGRAPHICS > PERSONAL 

How is Migrant Status indicated?

Migrant Status is indicated by a “Y” for eligible Migrant Students.

Would you like to visit our website?

migrant.k12.ar.us

Websiteshttp://migrant.k12.ar.us

http://www.tri-statehep.org/index.html

http://www.tri-statecamp.org/

http://www.crowder.edu/programs/international-students/camp/index.php