The Title I Part C - Arkansas Migrant Education Program is a federally funded program that provides services to the children of families who move seeking temporary or seasonal work in Arkansas’s agricultural and fishing industries. The program is designed to help children ages three (3) through twenty (21), who are uniquely affected by the combined effects of poverty, language, cultural barriers, and difficulties pertaining to the migratory lifestyle. The primary goal of the Migrant Program is to help our students meet the same challenging academic content and student academic achievement standards that are expected of all children.

A migratory child has moved—either with a migratory agricultural worker, to join one, or to engage in agricultural work themselves.

One key note is that some migrant students may have lived in Beebe their entire lives, but during the summer families may have moved out of state or school districts for employment qualifies for the program. When the family returns to our school district at the beginning of the school year, these students requalify as migrants. Many migrant families keep Beebe as their home base, which still allows them to be part of our district from K-12 and still qualify for the program.

If you think your child/children may qualify as migrant, please reach out to Valerie Stevens, and she will be happy to help.

1. Support high-quality and comprehensive educational programs for migratory children during the school year and, when applicable, during summer or intersession periods.
2. Identify eligible migrant students through agricultural surveys in schools, businesses, and venues employing or providing services for migrant families.
3. Prevent penalization of migratory children who move among states due to disparities in curriculum, graduation requirements, and academic standards.
4. Provide opportunities for migratory children to meet challenging state academic standards.
5. Help migratory children overcome educational disruption, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, health-related issues, and other factors hindering their success.
6. Ensure appropriate opportunities for virtual learning.
7. Support migratory children in benefiting from state and local systemic reforms.

Our Migrant Education Center is housed in our campus Professional Development Center (PDC), located next to the Badger Health Center.