Children are eligible to receive Nebraska Migrant Education Program services if they meet the *definiton of a "migratory child" and if the basis for their eligiblity is properly recorded on the Nebraska certificate of Eligibility. Determining whether or not a child meets this defintion is oftern difficult and depends upon the recrutire and what information they have on that child.
The State Migrant Education Programs are required to :
1) ensure that the special educational needs of migrant children are identified and adressed;
2)provide migrant students with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state academic content standards that ll children are expected to meet;
3)promote interestate and intrastate coordination of services for migrant children, including providing for educational continuity through the timely transfer of petinenet school records; and
4) encourage family literacy services for migrant students and their families.
*Definition of a "migratory child": A child whose parents, parent, guardian, spouse, or the child are workers seeking temporary or seasonal work in agriculture, fishing or related industries, including food processing. They follow the growing seasons across the country and are largely responsible for the cultivation and harvest of fruits, vegetables and many other food products or are employed in food processing plants.
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