Section 54440 Of Article 3. Migrant Children From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 29. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
54440
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) A significant number of children under 18 years of age whose
parents are migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishermen
reside in California for at least a part of each year. These
children, from among the least affluent segments of American society,
tend to move frequently, attend school irregularly, and suffer
health problems and language barriers. This results in many becoming
early school dropouts, poorly prepared to enter the workforce or for
academic success and upward social mobility.
(b) The problems of children of migratory agricultural parents and
of migratory fisherman parents are of such magnitude and severity
that local school districts have been unable to solve them with the
resources normally available. It is, therefore, necessary for the
state to aid local school districts through regional coordinating
offices and the provision of special programs of educational and
related services for these children.