The term “homeless children and youth”—

(A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence …; and (B) includes— (i) children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals (ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings … (iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and (iv) migratory children who qual­ify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).

Edmond Public Schools is required to enroll homeless children immediately even if they lack documents such as immunization records or proof of residence, and provide transportation if it is in the child’s best interest.

• Homeless-Complaint Guidelines

• Homeless Liaison Duties

APM Reports: The Growing Crisis of Homeless Kids, an article on students on the move:

National Center for Homeless Education

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness