RE-ENTRY: When Can I Go Home?

Thursday, September 25 - 3:11pm
Latest Ike Update from TEA
At least nine school districts in the Houston-Southeast Texas area plan to reopen today. For a status report on districts and charters impacted by Hurricane Ike, please go to: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/hurricane/schclosings.html.
Wednesday, September 24 - 10:25am
Latest Ike Update from TEA
The Texas Education Agency is moving a total of $1 million to the Education Service Center Regions VI (Huntsville) and VII (Kilgore) for assistance to area school districts that were either directly impacted by Hurricane Ike or provided shelters to evacuees. This money is in addition to a total of $2 million already provided to service centers in Regions IV (Houston) and V (Beaumont).
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Wednesday, September 17 - 10:21am
Latest Update for Texas Education Agency
TEA Commissioner of Education Robert Scott has issued a letter of guidance to school districts that offers information about enrolling and providing services to displaced students. Any child whose family has temporarily relocated due to Hurricane Ike is classified as homeless under the federal McKinney-Vento Act. This law allows children to enroll in any school district without having to provide the usual student records nor must they show proof of residency. The agency has taken a number of steps to assist districts are enrolling evacuees. Those steps include providing additional state and federal financial assistance to districts, allowing districts to order additional textbooks and granting a waiver of the 22-1 student/teacher ratio in kindergarten through fourth grade to any district that had a significant influx of hurricane evacuees. A copy of the commissioner’s letter is posted here: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/hurricane/corr.html
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Monday, September 15 - 11:11am
The Texas Education Agency is Providing Information To Districts on School Closings
Texas Education Agency: More than three dozen districts remain closed because of water damage or lack of electricity. TEA has posted a frequently asked questions document on its hurricane webpage to provide information to districts that are either closed or are beginning to enroll evacuees: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ .

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