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Stoughton superintendent warns hotel shelter could raise student transportation costs, strain budget
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Raeta told the school committee that sheltering in town may increase homeless-student enrollments and transportation obligations under McKinney-Vento, creating recurring costs the district’s grant awards do not cover.
Stoughton — Superintendent Doctor Raeta told the Stoughton School Committee on Jan. 14 that a recently opened hotel being used as a shelter could raise ongoing transportation costs and other obligations for Stoughton Public Schools.
Raeta said the concern is not only additional student enrollment but that the shelter could “become a homeless homelessness center, because there's also financial implications to that around McKinney Vento,” and the district will not receive ongoing Commonwealth compensation for many of those costs.
Why it matters: Under the federal McKinney-Vento Act, schools must ensure transportation for students experiencing homelessness to remain in their school of origin in many cases. Raeta said that transportation…
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