Tag Archives: homeless students

The state superintendent has rejected Scott Peters’ plea to reconsider San Diego Unified's disqualification for $750,000 in funding for homeless students. Read More »

Congressman Scott Peters asked the state schools superintendent this week to consider giving funding to the San Diego Unified School District for homeless students even though its grant application was missing a signature. The San Diego Democrat sent the letter to the superintendent four days after inewsource revealed that the district was disqualified for a grant that could have provided ... Read More »

A missing signature on a grant application means San Diego Unified has lost its chance to receive $750,000 in federal funding to help homeless students. Read More »

New data show more than 23,800 students were homeless last year in San Diego County — a record high and a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year. But a county Office of Education official acknowledges the homeless student count could be wrong. It all depends on who does the counting and how they interpret federal guidelines for calculating who ... Read More »

With limited details available in the Trump administration’s “skinny budget,” education officials are worried that an already small source of federal funding to help homeless students succeed could be at risk. Read More »

There are 21,466 homeless students in San Diego County K-12 public schools. That’s nearly the population of Coronado. The number has been growing over the past seven years. But not all children counted as homeless are living on the streets, in cars or in other vulnerable places. The numbers are important — a lot of money rides on them — ... Read More »