Amphitheater Public Schools

• Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there.  
• Be given access to the same public education provided to other children, including preschool education.   
• Continue in their school of origin or school of residence.        
• Receive transportation, if it's feasible, to the school of origin, if forced to move outside their school's attendance boundary.   
• Attend school and participate in school programs with children who are not homeless.   
• Enroll in school without having a permanent address.   
• Enroll and attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of school and immunization records, or other documents required for enrollment.   
• Enroll and attend classes even while the school and you seek to resolve a dispute over enrolling your children.  
• Participate in the same special programs and services, for which student qualifies, as provided to all other children served in these programs.
   

Students qualify under the McKinney-Vento Act if they are living in one of the following situations:

• In an emergency or homeless shelter
• In a hotel or motel due to lack of alternative options
• In a vehicle
• In a campground
• On the street 
• In an abandoned building (or other place not meant for human habitation)
• Doubled up with friends or relatives due to lack of ability to find or afford housing
• In Other inadequate housing accommodations