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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year OSSE piloted a program to verify enrollment via your income tax forms filed Office of Tax and Revenue records or alternatively with city records documenting receipt of some form of public assistance (TANF or SNAP).

For 2018-19 anyone who is enrolling in school can opt to have their residency verified this way.

I truly think this is the only way to fix this, and needs to become mandatory. [/quote]

Yeah. I am not sure why this is not a requirement. Either you are paying taxes, or receiving government benefits, or documented homeless child through social services. The only vulnerable population would be undocumented immigrants.[/quote]

Who can be checked via a home visit. [/quote]

There was a debate about that in previous threads. As a public policy matter, schools/society/etc. do not want the home visits to turn into an enforcement mechanism because it would undermine the goal of building relationships and encouraging trust and parental engagement among vulnerable populations. The home visits also allow for families to schedule them at parks, or coffee shops, etc. to allow flexibility, alleviate any feelings of shame regarding living situation. Also, as mandatory reporters, some homes may be so unsanitary/neglectful that may cause some issues. But as the Pps before have said, this will address 90% of the people. In past threads there was also a lot of hub-bub regarding shared custody arrangements among divorcees.[/quote]

Different thing. The DC laws provide for a [u]home visit by the registrar if no other means of verifying residency are available. [/u]

The teacher home visits are a different matter for a different purpose.[/quote]

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