Professional Development

December 8, 2026

Empowering Charter Schools: McKinney Vento 101 Foundations

How ready is your charter school to recognize and support a student experiencing homelessness? Through an interactive student scenario, participants will explore the foundations of McKinney-Vento implementation within the charter-school context.

March 24, 2026

Building Stability for Students Experiencing Homelessness: A Legal and Foundational Overview of McKinney-Vento

This in-person presentation was held during the 2026 GCA Institute in Round Rock, TX and Spring 2026 ACET Conference in Houston, TX.

November 2, 2025

Building Bridges, Not Barriers: Statewide Collaboration to Reduce Suspension Rates for Homeless Students (NAEHCY 2025 Conference)

This in-person presentation was held during the 2025 National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) Conference in Dallas, TX.

March 13, 2025

Recorded Webinar

McKinney-Vento 401 | Behavior

MV 401 is a Special Topics Webinar where we presented rich content and discussion about behavior-related issues as they relate to students experiencing homelessness through our unique collaboration with TEA’s

January 30, 2025

Recorded Webinar

McKinney-Vento 301 | Transportation

McKinney-Vento 301 will provide you the strategies in supporting students experiencing homelessness and transportation, including School of Origin Transportation Services, School Transportation Funding & Allotment Handbook, and more!

December 19, 2024

Recorded Webinar

McKinney-Vento 201 | State Provisions

Would you like a more in-depth training on McKinney-Vento enrollment, identification, and dispute resolution process? McKinney-Vento 201 will provide you the strategies to mitigate challenges or barriers to school enrollment, strategies to identify students experiencing homelessness and review the RDA and Self-Assessment as they relate to McKinney-Vento eligible students.

October 10, 2024

Recorded Webinar

McKinney-Vento 101 | Overview to Key Components

Are you new to working with students and families experiencing homelessness? Has it been a while since you had McKinney-Vento training? McKinney-Vento 101 will provide you the key components of the McKinney-Vento law and provide the educational definition of homelessness. We will review the roles and responsibilities of LEAs and McKinney-Vento liaisons to support students experiencing homelessness. It will address the key components of identification, enrollment and access. Finally, it will outline the dispute resolution process.

September 21, 2023

Foster Care & McKinney-Vento | Dual Identification

At the 2023 Foster Care Summit, TEA's HMAR teams facilitated a specialized training focused on the dual identification of students who are both in foster care and experiencing homelessness.