STUDENTS IN TRANSITION (SIT) PROGRAM

STUDENTS IN TRANSITION (SIT) PROGRAM

The Pasco County School District wants to make sure that your child receives the best possible education. The information from this form will help to determine if your student is able to receive benefits under the federal McKinney-Vento Act, a law that helps students who are temporarily displaced from their home for certain reasons. Specific rights are listed on the next page.

A student qualifies for the McKinney-Vento Act if they are between the ages of 0-22 and lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. Specifically, if a student lives under any of these conditions:
• a house or apartment with more than one family because of economic hardship or loss
• a shelter (family, youth or domestic violence shelter or transitional living program)
• a motel, hotel or weekly rate housing
• an abandoned building, in a car, at a campground, on the street, etc.
• substandard housing (without electricity, heat or water)
• with friends or family because the youth is a runaway or unaccompanied youth

PLEASE DO NOT complete this form if your housing DOES NOT meet one of the conditions listed above. If you rent, share housing for convenience, or if you are buying a house and do not need support services, your students DO NOT qualify for the McKinney-Vento Act.