Migrant Ed. Rules Require Tighter Verification
Final regulations call for states to reinterview a sample of participants.
Final regulations for the federal migrant education program stiffen the requirements state administrators must follow to verify that all migrants are eligible to participate.
Some advocates for migrants say the rules, which for the first time require states to reinterview a sample of migrant families each year, may discourage participation. The regulations from the Department of Education, which were published July 29 in the Federal Register , take effect Aug. 28.
The program, established in 1966, serves 3- to 21-year-old children of farmworkers and other migratory agricultural workers during the regular...
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