Enrollment Information for Students Experiencing Homelessness
or Unaccompanied Youth:

When enrolling a student in a Giddings ISD school, if you live in a shelter, in a motel or transitional housing, in an abandoned building, car, travel trailer, campground, on the street, or in a temporary foster with an adult who is not your parent or legal guardian, you do not need to provide the following to enroll in school:

• proof of residence
• immunization records or a TB skin test result
• birth certificate
• school records
• legal guardianship papers

For more information about your rights as a student experiencing homelessness,
click here for English or click here for Spanish.

Every Child Has a Right to an Education

The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act and
 Texas state law
protect the rights of homeless children and youth to receive a free and appropriate public education. Nearly everyone in Texas who is between the ages of 5 and 21 on September 1 of the school year and has not been expelled has the right to attend school, even if they:

• don't have a permanent address
• have a previous address in another town or state
• don't live with a parent or legal guardian
• live temporarily doubled-up with friends or family
• sleep in a shelter
• sleep in a campground, car, abandoned building, or other facility not designated for, or ordinarily used as regular accommodations for, human beings
• don't have school records

Visit the links below for detailed information:  

• Enrollment and eligibility provisions
• School selection provisions
• Transportation provisions
• Free and reduced-price lunch and breakfast programs
• Immunization requirements
• Special education
• U.S. Department of Education's guidance on parent involvement (pdf 600kb)

·       Dispute Resolution (pdf 905kb)