On November 26, 2007, the Cape Gazette in Delaware did a story on homeless students. In three to four months in the 2007-08 school year, there were 56 homeless students in the Cape Henlopen School District, said Mike Kelley, supervisor of curriculum and instruction, compared to 46 homeless students in the district for all of the 2006-07 school year. …

On November 8, 2008, the Chicago Tribute ran an AP story which said that the Iowa City school district is reporting a sharp increase in the number of homeless students living in the district. There were 354 homeless students in the 2007-2008 school year, up from 279 in 2006-2007, and from 234 the year before that.

On November 19, 2008, the Fairfax County Times in Virginia reported that the number of homeless students in Fairfax County Public Schools is up 25 percent from last year, primarily due to home foreclosures. The following are excerpts from the article:

"Kathi Sheffel has been the homeless liasion for FCPS for the last eight years.

"According to Sheffel, …

On December 3, 2008, Grand Junction Sentinel in Colorado reported the following: 
"The number of students classified as homeless in School District 51 for the 2008-09 school year is outpacing last year by almost 2 to 1.

"Cathy Haller, coordinator of the district's Resources, Education and Advocacy for Children who are Homeless program, …

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September 29, 2008
In October 2007, Lawyers for Equal Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the law firm of Alston, Hunt, Floyd & Ing, with technical assistance from NLCHP, filed a class action lawsuit, Kaleuati v. Tonda, on behalf of all homeless children in Hawaii seeking to ensure access to education. Following class certification and a temporary injunction in February 2008, …