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The Washington State Migrant Education Program (MEP), under the rules established by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as reauthorized under No Child Left Behind (2001), receives a federal grant to establish or improve, directly or through sub-grants to local operating agencies, programs of education for migratory children. Services to migrant children and their families may include:
- Supplemental academic programs to assist in the achievement of state academic standards;
- Instructional training;
- Health programs;
- Preschool programs (readiness, transitioning to elementary education);
- Family home visiting/ and academic counseling services;
- Parental involvement;
- Migrant student data and collection;
- Student leadership opportunities;
- Summer schools programs;
- Secondary credit accrual and exchange;
- Grants for supplemental secondary services, dropout prevention and retrieval, and alternative education programs; and
- Dissemination of information
The migrant program ensures appropriate consultation with migrant parents and local education agencies through the Washington State Migrant Education Advisory Committee.
The program must also ensure program objectives are being addressed through compliance reviews of its sub-grantees.
Local school districts who have received a sub-grant from the Washington State Migrant Education Program (MEP) in the past can access a grant application through OSPI's collaborative on-line application (iGrants).
For districts who are interested in applying for a migrant program grant for the first time, the following items should be considered:
- How many eligible migrant students are currently in the district?
- What type of services do they need?
- What support is the district currently providing?
- What adjustments has the district made to help meet the migrant students' needs?
- Despite adjustments and current support, do the students need additional support?
- What other resources has the district considered (i.e., Title I, Emergency Immigrant, State Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program, etc.)?
If after this self-evaluation process, the district is in need of additional support, they should contact their nearest Migrant Educational Regional Office (MERO) informing them of their interest in applying for migrant funds. The MERO will work with the district on migrant students' needs and program planning and notify OSPI of the district's request for migrant funds.
End-of-Year Reports
At the end of the program period (6/30), districts are required to submit an end-of-year report that reflects the services provided and the staff time paid with program funds. Data and services reported to OSPI should be reflected in the individual student records housed at MSDR and should be within the approved size and scope of the grant application.
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