Migrant Education Program funds support high-quality education programs for migratory children and help ensure that migratory children are not penalized in any manner by disparities among states in curriculum, graduation requirements or state academic content and student academic achievement standards.

The Migrant Education Program is authorized under Part C of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. Federal funds are allocated to OSPI based on per pupil expenditure for education and counts of eligible migratory children, ages 3 to 21, residing within the state. OSPI authorizes the sub-grants to local education agencies (school districts), institutions of higher education and other public and non-profit agencies.

Services offered to migrant children and their families may include:

• Supplemental academic programs to assist in the achievement of state academic standards
• Instructional training
• Health programs
• Preschool programs (readiness, transitioning to elementary education)
• Family home visiting and academic counseling services
• Parental involvement
• Migrant student data and collection
• Student leadership opportunities
• Summer school programs
• Secondary credit accrual and exchange
• Grants for supplemental secondary services, dropout prevention and retrieval and alternative education programs
• Dissemination of information