Migrant Education Programs and Services
Provides information on statewide programs and services coordinated by California's Migrant Education Program (MEP).Migrant education supports two kinds of programs designed to
strengthen the school, community, and family experiences of children
and their families. Some programs are developed locally by migrant
education regional offices in collaboration with the school districts
that enroll migratory students. Other programs are administered
statewide and are designed to meet specific needs of students,
such as those related to the identification and recruitment of
migrant families, parent involvement, and student leadership.
Both types of programs are described below.
Whatever program is developed with migrant education funds must
be supplemental to other state and federal categorical funding.
Currently, 72,983 migrant students are eligible for services
in 540 school districts throughout the state. Therefore, the MEP provides services to migrant students
in half of all school districts in California.
Locally Developed Programs
These programs are designed, implemented, and evaluated through
the collaborative efforts of MEP, staff at the migrant education
regional offices, and educators at the school and district levels.
Every effort is made to base the content and methodology of the
programs on the needs of migratory children and their families.
The services focus on five major themes: standards and assessment;
teaching and learning; professional development; partnerships
among schools, parents, families, and communities; and funding
and governance.
Migrant Education Program State Service Delivery Plan
The MEP State Service Delivery Plan (SSDP) is mandated by federal law (ESEA Title I, Part C) for all migrant programs. It serves as the guidance document for program planning and development, monitoring and evaluation of the MEP for the next five years. The program works on supporting migrant students to achieve high academic standards and closing the achievement gap between migrant and non-migrant students. The purpose of the SSDP is to guide the MEP in planning and service delivery, at the state, regional, and local levels.
State Service Delivery Plan for Migrant Education
Statewide-Administered Programs
The programs listed below are provided throughout California and are available to all eligible migratory children. More information about the programs is available from the source cited with each program.
Binational Migrant Education Program
The Binational Migrant Education Program is an international program between Mexico and the United States. It provides direct services to migrant students who travel between the two countries. As part of the program, teachers from Mexico spend six to eight weeks during the summer in a California school district in sharing culture and teaching strategies to support migrant students.
Professional Learning Support Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 4401
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-323-6440
Migrant Student Information Network
The Migrant Student Information Network (MSIN) is a site for exclusive use by migrant staff. It requires a password to log on and provides information like an electronic file cabinet to statewide migrant education staff regarding program requirements and documents within the California Migrant Education Program.
Migrant Student Information Network
Migrant Student Information Exchange
The Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) is the technology that allows States to share educational and health information on migrant children who move from State to State due to their migratory lifestyle and who, as a result, have student records in multiple States' information systems. The MSIX works in concert with the existing migrant student information systems that States use, such as the MSIN, to manage their migrant data to ensure the appropriate enrollment, placement, and accrual of credits for migrant children nationwide and reduce incidences of unnecessary immunizations of migrant children. In addition, States are able to notify each other when a migrant student moves to a different State and request and transmit student information securely.
Migrant Student Information Exchange
Mini-Corps Program
The Mini-Corps Program is a statewide service delivery program for migrant students in grades K–12. The major goals for the Mini-Corps program includes: developing a cadre of bilingual-bicultural teachers that are skilled in working with migrant students and to provide direct instructional tutorial services to increase migrant student academic achievement. The Mini-Corps program achieves these goals through regular year and summer tutoring services and by providing targeted, outdoor education programs statewide.
Yvette Medina, Sr. Director
1760 Creekside Oaks Drive, Suite 190
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: 916-929-2713
Fax: 916-929-2739
ymedina@bcoe.org