When a student is defined as being McKinney-Vento eligible, XCS staff will: 

• Assist with enrollment, monitor school attendance and arrange transportation (preK-8 students)
• Provide school supplies and other school-related materials as needed
• Set clear expectations for student behavior, attendance and academic performance
• Assist students/families access to community services
• Assist students/families with access to tutoring, special education, and English language learning resources.
• Assist students so they can participate in sports, field trips, and school activities regardless of their ability to pay or to provide their own transportation.

Read more about the school district's requirements under the McKinney-Vento Act. 

The McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Act provides a definition of homeless children and youths to be used by state and local educational agencies (LEAs).  It defines homeless children and youths to be those who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Under the larger umbrella of lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, the law also provides several examples of situations that meet the definition. 

The examples include children and youths:

• sharing housing due to a loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
• living in hotels, motels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to a lack of alternative adequate housing;
• living in emergency or transitional shelters;
• abandoned in hospitals;
• living in a public or private place not designated for, or normally used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
• living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar places;
• living in one of the above circumstances and who are migratory according to the definition in Section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

When considering if a student meets the criteria in the definition provided by the law, it is important to remember that the list provided is only a guide, and more situations may exist that meet the criteria than are actually listed.