By Susan Frey, EdSource/New America Media
Congress may soon be following California’s lead in requiring states to provide data on the academic progress of all homeless and foster youth and provide additional resources to those students. A bill amending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to include homeless and foster youth as two new subgroups of students has passed the U.S. Senate, and two similar bills are being considered by the House of Representatives.
Under the current version of the act, known as No Child Left Behind, student subgroups are based on race and ethnicity, English learner status and disability.
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