students can lose two to three weeks of school (Michael, The Clearing House). According to The Journal of Negro Education, “the law defines the term of a migratory child to mean: a child who is or whose parent, spouse, or guardian is, a migratory agricultural worker, that has moved from one school district to another; in a state that is comprise of a single district, has moved from one administrative area to another within such district; or resides in a school district of more than 15,00 square miles