Migrant education effort lands contract
This is the second time the Center for Migrant Education has won this
contract. The previous award was for $2.8 million and was awarded
from 2003 until now.
The Center for Migrant Education, a component of Texas State’s College
of Applied Arts, won the contract in a highly competitive bidding
process, beating out several other universities and institutions.
The contract will allow the Center for Migrant Education to continue
assisting the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Migrant Education
in the support and improvement of interstate and intrastate coordination
of activities, programs and agencies concerned with the education,
health and welfare of migrant children.
The Center will continue to work closely with education officials from
all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. In addition to
coordinating and facilitating migrant education programs, the Center
will also work to strengthen cooperation with the Binational Migrant
Education Program, which includes teacher exchange initiatives with
Mexico. This continues and expands the work already under way with
various states in Mexico, as well as with Mexico’s Ministry of Public
Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This contract also provides
direct services to migrant students and their families.
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