Migrant Education Coordination Support Center

Grants and contracts that will be funded in FY 2008 include:

(1) Consortium Incentive Grants, which support multistate consortia for improving coordination in eight areas of need (i.e., improving the identification and recruitment of eligible migrant children; using scientifically based research to improve school readiness; improving reading and math proficiency; decreasing the dropout rate; improving high school completion rates; strengthening the involvement of parents; expanding access to innovative technologies; and improving the education attainment of out-of-school migratory youths); technologies; and improving the education attainment of out-of-school migratory youths); (2) the Migrant Education Resource Center (MERC) known as RESULTS supports initiatives related to interstate and intrastate coordination of the MEP through enhanced communications between MEP stakeholders via a website and other media; presentations on topics relevant to the MEP; and production of a literature review of MEP and related resources; (3) the Migrant Education Coordination Support Contract (now under our MERC contract as well), a logistical support contract to organize and implement effective meetings and recommend and procure subject matter experts in support of national interstate coordination initiatives; (4) the MSIX, which links state migrant student record systems to electronically exchange academic and health-related information on a national basis; (5) the MSIX IV&V and Management Support Contract, which provides independent oversight of the MSIX contractors’ performance and assistance with investment acquisition, management, and oversight activities; and (6) the MSIX State Data Quality Grants, which additional resources to SEAs receiving MEP will provide Basic State Formula Grant awards in order to assist them and their local operating agencies (LOAs) in implementing the interstate exchange of migrant children’s records electronically through the MSIX.