Number of homeless students hits new record: Over 1 million

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The number of homeless students in America topped one million for the first time last year as a result of the economic recession, a number that has risen 57 percent since 2007.

The US Department of Education found that of these 1,065,794 children, many lived in abandoned homes, cheap hotels, stations, church basements and hospitals. Some spent their time sleeping over at the houses of various friends whenever they could.

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 requires pubic schools to register homeless children.