2025-26 Audit and Reporting Guidelines Format Final- Harsha

o An unaccompanied homeless minor presenting an official Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determination: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators form originating from the admi tting institution’s Financial Aid Administrator’s office might be considered In-State upon presenting one valid proof of residency. (See Tab 2 List of Approved Residency Documents section) The Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determination: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators form and the Dear Colleague Letter of July 29, 2015 are found in Tab 11 of this manual. o An unaccompanied homeless minor presenting an official M-V letter originating from the MS high school where the student is currently enrolled and where the student has met the state of Mississippi Dual Enrollment eligibility requirements prior to enrollment might be considered In-State upon presenting a current partial MS high school transcript from the MS high school rendering M-V services. The current partial MS high school transcript for proof of MS may be presented separately and must match the partial high school transcript that accompanies the dual enrollment letter of recommendation for the initial term of enrollment on which admissions is made. o An accompanied homeless minor who presents a M-V letter originating from the MS high school where the student is currently enrolled and where the student has met the state of Mississippi Dual Enrollment eligibility requirements prior to enrollment might be considered In-State upon presenting one valid proof of residency. (See Tab 2 List of Approved Residency Documents section) A sample McKinney-Vento official letter is found in Tab 11 of this manual. .  • Mississippi Fostered minor exceptions: ● Minors in the custody of a Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services (MDCPS) who reside in a MDCPS-licensed family foster home, a residential child caring agency or child placing agency where the minor currently resides may be considered In-State upon

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