Donations

• Mississippi School Boards Association - Adopt-A-School Effort
• Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
• About Donating Goods to the Red Cross for Areas Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
• Salvation Army
• TEA Hurricane Hotline - 1-800-957-5109
• TEA Hotline for Teachers Wanting to Help Students and Schools: 1-866-435-7090 or email texasteachers@tea.state.tx.us
• TEPSA, Unicef and Chris Webber Foundation Connect to Provide School Supplies in Hurricane Relief Effort
• Texas PTA School Supply Donations
• United Ways

• TEA Awaits Hurricane Funding
• NCLB Program Coordination: Hurricane Education Recovery Act
• Access to Louisiana Student Records
• Agencies Launch Childcare Website for Hurricane Evacuees
• All Federal Hurricane Impact Funds to Flow to Schools
• Educators Work to Evacuate Communities
• Form for School Districts - Notice of Increased Enrollment Due to Students who are Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina (Adjustments to funding will only be made for enrollment increases of 50 students or more who are evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.)
• FEMA Reimbursement
• Hurricane Evacuees and Statewide Testing
• Hurricane Grants Available to Impacted Schools
  List of Eligible Public and Private Schools
• Information to Help Parents and Students Prepare for TAKS
• Louisiana Student Records: Enrollment Records and Transcripts Now Available
• Louisiana Student Record Help Desk - 512-475-3256
• Mississippi Student Records
• PEIMS Data Standards
• SBEC Offers One-Year Hurricane Katrina Emergency Teaching Certificate
• State of Texas Hurricane Katrina Information and Resources
• TEA State Accountability Decisions Re: TAKS-I and Accommodations for Hurricane Victims
• TEA Announces Hurricane Katrina Website
• TEA FAQ for Educators
• TEA FAQ: Education Services for Students Evacuated Due to Hurricane Katrina
• TEA General Hurricane Information
• TEA Thank You Letter from Commissioner Neeley Sep. 9, 2005
• TEA Legal - Reduction of Minimum Days of Service
• TEA Letter to Superintendents Re: Student Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina Aug. 31, 2005
• TEA Letter Re: Enrollment and Services for Students from Hurricane Disaster Areas
• TEA Press Release Re: Student Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina Aug. 31, 2005
• TEA Revised Policy on Make-Up Days Due to Hurricane Rita
• TEA - Student Data Files with Hurricane Katrina and Rita Indicators
• TEA Updates on Ed-Flex Waiver Programs for Hurricane-Affected Areas
• Texas Department of State Health Services: Evacuees Post No Increased Illness Risk for Texas Students
• TRS Update Alert - Clarification of Employer Surcharge Rule for Employment of TRS Retirees
• Transportation Support for Hurricane Evacuees - Disaster District Centers

National Links

• Congress Passes Hurricane Aid for Schools
• Guidance from USDE Regarding Whether Displaced Hurricane Students Continuing to be Classified as Homeless After 2005-06: For 2006-07 LEAs should decide the appropriateness of continuing a displaced student as homeless on a case-by-case basis and determine if the housing for the coming year is fixed, regular and adequate. Each LEA should determine if the family living situation would best support the continuation of a homeless designation under McKinney-Vento.
• Head Start Information and Publication Center
• Letter from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
• USDE Grants Texas' Request to Create Separate AYP Subgroup for Hurricane Evacuees
• USDE Relaxes 2005-2006 NCLB/AYP Rules for Schools Affected by Hurricanes
• U.S. Department of Education Announces Proposal for Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina - Voucher Component Stirs Up Debate
• U.S. Department of Education Fact Sheet
• U.S. Department of Education Hurricane Help for Schools
• U.S. Department of Education Information on Education Policy and Practice in Response to Hurricane Katrina

Resources

• Center for Public Policy Priorities

• Coalition on Human Needs: Federal Benefits for Hurricane Katrina Victims

• Disaster Response: Guide to Appropriate Giving

• Education Rights of Homeless Children: Mauk and O'Connor, LLP

• Education Week Talk Back: How Has the Hurricane Affected You?

• Education Week Transcript from Live Chat: Hurricane Katrina Effect on Schools and Students

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program
• National Next of Kin Registry International Emergency Contact System
• The Gulf Coast Early Childhood Relief Project
  The Clearinghouse for Aid to Young Children and their Caregivers
• Washington Post Online Resources (Includes several links to I'm Okay Website Postings)

• 4empowerment - Project Connect to Connect the Students of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina
• BrainPOP Video Explaining Hurricanes
• CNN: How Technologies Save Lives From Storms (Grades 6-8)
• CNN Student News - Hurricanes
• How Stuff Works: How Hurricanes Work
• Hurricane Lessons from Education World
• Learning About Disasters Writing Activities: University of Illinois
• Lessons and Conversations with Youth: Mind Oh Foundation
• NOAA's National Weather Service: Playtime for Kids
• Time for Kids Online
• Wikipedia - Hurricanes
• Wikipedia - Hurricane Katrina

Working with Children and Adults

• American Academy of Pediatrics Resources to Help Cope with Natural and Other Disasters
• Bystander Syndrome: Healing the After-Effects of Hurricane Katrina
• Help Children Cope with Disaster (FEMA and Red Cross)
• Helping Children Cope with National Disasters (National Child Care Information Center)
• Helping Young Children After a Disaster (National Association for the Education of Young Children)
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Terrorism and Disaster
• When Terrible Things Happen: A Parent's Guide to Talking with Their Children