Interstate and Intrastate Coordination

Minnesota Title I, Part C is dedicated to removing barriers for children, youth, and families who move for qualifying work. Our efforts are strengthened through both interstate and intrastate collaboration. By partnering with other states, schools, and programs across Minnesota, we ensure continuity of services, support smoother transitions for mobile families, and build a unified network committed to helping every student succeed.

Section 1304(b)(3) requires State Education Agencies (SEAs) to use Title I, Part C funds to promote interstate and intrastate coordination of services to migratory children. This effort must include, but is not limited to, providing educational continuity through the timely transfer of pertinent school records, including health information, when children move from one school to another, and whether or not such moves occur during the regular school year. Interstate and intrastate coordination helps reduce the effects of educational disruption that migratory children experience as a result of repeated moves. 34 C.F.R. § 200.85 was designed to facilitate timely school enrollment, grade and course placement, accrual of secondary course credits, and participation in Title I, Part C for eligible children. These regulations were necessary for the Department of Education to effectively implement the requirement in section 1308(b) of ESEA that the Secretary of Education ensure the linkage of eligible student record systems and for the effective implementation of Title I, Part C by States and school districts, and charter schools serving eligible children.

A State meets its requirements for student records transfer by participating in the Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX), the nationwide system administered by the Department of Education for linking and exchanging specified educational information for all eligible children. 34 C.F.R. § 200.85 (referred to as the MSIX regulations) requires SEAs to collect, maintain, and submit to MSIX 76 Minimum Data Elements (MDEs) and otherwise exchange and use that information to facilitate enrollment, placement, accrual of secondary credits towards graduation, and Title I, Part C participation.