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City creates permanent homelessness committee; Auburn schools' McKinney-Vento representative to sit on panel
Summary
City Council Representative Adam Platt told the school committee on July 16 that the city council passed a second reading creating a permanent 15-member homelessness committee and that the school department's McKinney-Vento representative will serve on the committee.
Adam Platt, Auburn city council representative to the school committee, said on July 16 that the Auburn City Council passed a second reading to create a permanent homelessness committee and that applications for the 15-member panel are open on the City of Auburn website. He told the school committee that the district's McKinney-Vento representative will serve on the committee as the school department's point of contact.
Why it matters: The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act mandates school districts provide services and a point of contact for students experiencing homelessness; having a school representative on the city's homelessness committee creates a formal channel between city-level planning and school-based services for unhoused students.
Platt said the permanent committee replaces an earlier ad hoc committee and that some members of the ad hoc committee may continue on the new panel. He described the committee as "all encompassing," covering community needs and student unhoused issues. Applications and a committee description are posted on the city's website.
The school committee did not take action related to the city ordinance; Platt's report was informational. No vote tally or ordinance number was provided in the committee meeting transcript; the report stated only that the measure passed second reading at a recent city council meeting.
