MIGRANT EDUCATION

The Migrant Education Program (MEP) is a federally funded program, authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), is designed to support high-quality and comprehensive educational programs for migrant children to help reduce the educational disruption and other problems that result from repeated moves.

Migrant Education is a supplemental educational program that provides support services through partnership and collaboration with school districts and community agencies to maximize the academic success of migrant students. Region 6 works closely with parents, school districts, and community agencies to design supplementary academic services, activities, and programs to ensure equitable opportunities for all migrant students and thus increase the graduation rate in the migrant student population.

Supplementary services offered to MEP students include:

• Medical/ Dental/Optical Services
• Educational Support
• Summer School Programs
• After-School Programs
• Educational Experiences

These are some of the supplementary services that Imperial County Migrant Education Program Region VI, in partnership and collaboration with school districts, offers to the migrant student population. Additionally, ICOE-MEP Region VI offers advocacy and academic guidance to all our migrant students.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

A child is considered "migratory" if the parent or guardian is a migratory worker in the agricultural, dairy, lumber, or fishing industries and whose family has moved during the past three years. A "qualifying" move can range from moving from one residence to another or across school district boundaries due to economic necessity.

The eligibility period is three years from the date of the last move. Eligibility is established through an interview conducted by a Migrant Education recruiter who visits both home and employment locations where migrant workers are employed. The law states that migrant education services are a priority for those students who have made a qualifying move within the previous one-year period and who are failing, or are most at risk of failing to meet state academic standards, or who have dropped out of school.