Tools
  • 1058 Fifth Avenue, Jonesboro GA 30236
  • Phone: (770) 473-2700 | Fax: (678) 817-3098
Last item for navigation
Parent Information

              Students in Homeless Situations Have the Right to a Free
                                   and Appropriate Public Education


If you or your child:
Live in a shelter or motel/hotel due to lack of alternative housing
Share housing with relatives or others because you lost your housing or can not afford housing
Live in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter
Live in a campground, car, abandoned building, or another inadequate shelter

You have the right to:
Immediately enroll in and attend school without having health and school records with you
Enroll in the school where you are living or the school attended when permanently housed, if in your child's best interest
Receive transportation to and from school of origin to the extent feasible
Participate in school related activities and receive other needed services
Utilize dispute resolution process if you have a grievance

Contact info for district liaison: 770-473-3250


HED