INCLUDED THE REQUIREMENT. . . "THAT PERTINENT
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOL RECORDS OF
SUCH CHILDREN BE TRANSMITTED. "

SAME REQUIREMENT IN EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1974

PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM

TO BETTER MEET THE

ACADEMIC AND HEALTH NEEDS

OF MIGRANT CHILDREN

ROBLEM OF PROVIDING MIGRANT CHILD WITH ACADEMIC
ND BASIC HEALTH SERVICES WAS INSURMOUNTABLE UNLESS

(a) Supported by a meaningful student record and

(b) An effective system of transferring that record

Teachers needed to know the students'

academic strengths and weaknesses

Nurses needed to know about the students'
health problems

Solution required the voluntary cooperation
and interaction of forty-eight State agencies

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Migratory Children of migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishermen are children who have moved with their family from one school district to another during the past year

A. Interstate Migrant

A Child Who Has Moved Across State Lines

B. Intrastate Migrant

A Child Who Has Moved Across School District
Boundaries

II. Formerly Migratory (5-year migrant)

Children Who Have Ceased Migrating Within
the Past Five Years; Now Resides Where There
Is a Migrant Project or Program