LEJ’s report, based on extensive review of court filings, court minutes, pleadings filed in individual cases, HPD statistics and media reports, concluded that government officials and the media misinformed the public.

The state has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed last year that alleged homeless children around the state are being denied equal access to public education.

A federal judge has given the state Department of Education until April 30 to revise its enrollment forms and computer registration programs to improve how it identifies, tracks and transports homeless students as required under federal law.

Homeless families sue the DOE for failing to educate their children in accordance a with federal law.

Lawyers for Equal Justice & the ACLU of Hawaiʻi have filed a lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of homeless K-12 students to ensure their continued access to education, as protected by federal law.

The state has failed so badly at helping homeless children get to and from public schools that federal courts should intervene in the situation, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU and two other parties.