ESSA and At-Risk Student Populations: A NASBE Policy Update Series

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives state policymakers new responsibility and increased flexibility to improve and align policies that accommodate specific student populations, including migrant youth and English language learners. ESSA provides opportunities to act on behalf of five at-risk student populations: students with disabilities, migrant youth, students in the foster care system, English language learners, and homeless youth. A new series of NASBE policy updates suggests strategies that state boards of education can use to address the challenges and inequities facing some of the most disenfranchised, at-risk student populations in the country.

From this series:

• ESSA and Students with Disabilities
• ESSA and Migrant Youth
• ESSA and Students in Foster Care
• ESSA and English Language Learners
• ESSA and Homeless Youth