Federal Programs
For information on all our Federal Programs please see the tabs below.
- Homeless Services
- Madison Teamwork
- MCS Title IX Rights
- NCLB & School Improvement
- Other Federal Programs
Homeless Services
Mrs. Marshay Huskins, MCS Homeless Liaison
5738 US Highway 25/70
Marshall, NC 28753
Phone: 828-649-9276 Ext. 10127
Lisa Phillips, NC State Homeless Coordinator
336-315-7491
Information for Homeless Students and their Families
To identify a student who may qualify for McKinney-Vento services – or for information –
please contact the following people at your child's school:
Brush Creek Elementary School - Crystal Meadows
Hot Springs Elementary School - Michael McGuire
Mars Hill Elementary School - Katie McDevitt
Madison Middle School - Kristina Dixon
Madison High School - Hailey Davis
Madison Early College High School - Michael McGuire
Or
contact the Madison County Schools Homeless Liaison, Mrs. Marshay Huskins
On December 10, 2015, the President signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), which reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Under the previous version of ESEA (the No Child Left Behind Act), the education of homeless children and youth was included in Title X, Part C. Under ESSA, homeless education is included in Title IX, Part A.
Who Qualifies?
The term “homeless children and youth”—
(A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and,
(B) includes—
- children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
- are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations;
- are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals;
- children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
- children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and,
- migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described above.
McKinney-Vento Educational Rights
Information for Parents
Vaya aquí para la información en español.
When a child is identified as eligible for services, s/he has the right to:
- Go to school, no matter where you live or how long you have lived there. They must be given access to the same public education, including preschool education, provided to other children.
- Continue in the school they attended before you became homeless or the school they last attended, if that is your choice and is feasible. If a school sends your child to a school other than the one you request, the school must provide you with a written explanation and offer you the right to appeal the decision.
- Receive transportation to the school they attended before your family became homeless or the school they last attended, if you or a guardian requests such transportation.
- Attend a school and participate in school programs with children who are not homeless. Children cannot be separated from the regular school program because they are homeless.
- Enroll in school without giving a permanent address. Schools cannot require proof of residency that might prevent or delay school enrollment.
- Enroll and attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of school and immunization records or any other documents required for enrollment.
- Enroll and attend classes in the school of your choice even while the school and you seek to resolve a dispute over enrolling your children.
- Receive the same special programs and services, if needed, as provided to all other children served in these programs.
Parents, when you move, you should do the following:
- Contact your child’s school social worker or the Youth in Transition Coordinator for help in enrolling your child in a new school or arranging for your child to continue in his or her former school.
- Contact the school and provide any information you think will assist the teachers in helping your child adjust to new circumstances.
- Ask your child’s school social worker or Youth in Transition Coordinator, a shelter provider, or another charitable organization for assistance with clothing and supplies, if needed.
Additional Information Concerning McKinney-Vento Rights and Services Links
North Carolina Homeless Education Program
National Center on Homeless Education
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
2020-21- Madison County Schools served 20 students identified as McKinney Vento eligible
2021-22- Madison County Schools served 23 students identified as McKinney Vento eligible
2022-23- Madison County Schools served 32 students identified as McKinney Vento eligible
Madison Teamwork
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
- Enhance the basic educational skills of youth and additional higher skilled educational programs
- Provide school completion (graduation) or enrollment in alternative school programs
- Provide exposure to the world of work
- Enhance the citizenship skills of youth
- Provide youth with meaningful work experience
- Instill positive work habits and attitudes
- Provide income to help youth meet their needs
- Provide an opportunity to establish a good work record
- Instill the importance of a post-secondary education
- Enhance the work-related performance, communications and interpersonal skills of youth
Helpful Links
MCS Title IX Rights
NCLB & School Improvement
What is Adequate Yearly Progress or AYP?
Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the measure for school and district achievement is referred to as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). This is the minimum level of academic improvement schools and districts are expected to meet. Achievement is tracked for the school as a whole, as well as each of the following subgroups within a school:
- Asian
- Hispanic/Latino
- Multi-Racial
- Native American/Pacific Islander
- White
- Economically Disadvantaged (Free- or Reduced-Price Lunch)
- Limited English Proficient
- Students with Disabilities
For a school to make AYP, each subgroup and the school overall must AYP in both reading and math. In addition, the school must test at least 95 percent of the students in each subgroup. Elementary and middle school measures also look at attendance; high schools are evaluated on graduation rates. All of these factors together determine if a school makes AYP.
If even one subgroup doesn’t meet one of these goals, then the entire school does not make AYP.
For more information on Adequate Yearly Progress, Please follow this link- DPI AYP.
School Improvement Status
Because a major component of NCLB focuses on improving education for disadvantaged students, Title I schools that do not make AYP for two or more consecutive years are identified as in need of school improvement. These schools receive technical assistance and face sanctions. The ultimate goal of these sanctions is to improve academic achievement of students; however, the strategies to do so are more restricted and directed by authorities at the district and state levels. These sanctions range from offering parents the choice to transfer the children to another school in the district to completely restructuring a Title I school that repeatedly does not meet its AYP goals.