Migrant Consortium
CIE Services staff works with school districts to serve approximately
1,250 migratory students during the regular school year and more than
300 students during the Migrant Education Summer School. In addition,
the department provides staff development workshops and technical assistance
to educators, as described in Staff Development
and Technical Assistance Services.
Purpose of the Migrant Education Program
The general purpose of the Migrant Education Program is to ensure that
migrant children fully benefit from the same free public education provided
to other children. To achieve this purpose, the MEP helps local operating
agencies address the special educational needs of migrant children to
better enable migrant children to succeed academically. More specifically,
the purposes of the program are to:
- Support high-quality and comprehensive educational programs for migrant
children in order to reduce the educational disruption and other problems
that result from repeated moves;
- Ensure that migrant children who move among the States are not penalized
in any manner by disparities among the States in curriculum, graduation
requirements, and State academic content and student academic achievement
standards;
- Ensure that migrant children are provided with appropriate educational
services (including supportive services) that address their special
needs in a coordinated and efficient manner;
- Ensure that migrant children receive full and appropriate opportunities
to meet the same challenging State academic content and student academic
achievement standards that all children are expected to meet;
- Design programs to help migrant children overcome educational disruption,
cultural and language barriers, social isolation, various health-related
problems, and other factors that inhibit their ability to do well in
school, and to prepare them to make a successful transition to postsecondary
education or employment; and
- Ensure that migrant children benefit from State and local systemic
reforms.
 Questions about migrant education should be addressed to Brad
Doyel at 503-675-4026 or bdoyel@clackesd.k12.or.us.
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