Settlement would offer homeless kids school choice

Baltimore County school administrators have agreed to do more to help homeless students get to class in a tentative settlement of a federal class-action lawsuit, officials said.

The agreement could end a two-year suit filed by four homeless students and their parents who claimed Baltimore County school officials violated federal regulations that require help in school transportation and enrollment for homeless students. The statute requires the school system to allow homeless students to chose between the school they attended before they became homeless or transferring to another school ? and provide transportation.