The goal of the Migrant Education Program is to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma (or complete the GED) that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment.  

The Title I, Part C-Migrant Education Program (MEP) funds additional educational programs for migrant children (ages 3-21).  

Migrant students usually account for only a small percentage of the total student population.  The MEP attempts to ensure that migrant students do not face additional educational challenges because of the differences in academic standards throughout the country.  The program promotes the coordination of educational support services including the timely transfer of academic records.

Title I, Part C funds may be used for the following:

• Identification and recruitment of migratory children (ages 3-21)
• Instructional and support services
• Identification and Recruitment (ID&R) training
• Interstate and intrastate coordination
• Advocacy
• Family engagement
• Migrant Student Records Exchange (MSIX)

Title I Migrant Education Program Eligibility Qualifications:

• The child is younger than 22 years old and has not graduated from high school or does not hold a high school equivalency certificate; AND
• The child is a migrant agricultural worker or a migrant fisher, or has a parent, spouse or guardian who is a migratory agricultural worker or a migrant fisher; AND
• The child has moved within the preceding 36 months in order to obtain (or seek) or to accompany (to join) a parent, spouse, or guardian to obtain (or seek), temporary or seasonal employment qualifying agricultural or fishing work; AND
• Such employment is a principal mean s of livelihood; AND
• The child moved from one school district to another (interstate or intrastate)

For more information or questions, please contact our main office at (813) 757-9331