The new secure storage law, Public Act 17 of 2023, requires individuals to keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if it is reasonably known that a minor is likely to be present on the premises. Learn more by reading the recent press release or click on the links below for additional information.

Secure Storage Law Requirements and Penalties
     - Arabic  |  Spanish

Firearm Safety and Harm Prevention (Lethal Means Counseling)
     - American Sign Language  |  Arabic  |  Spanish

Project ChildSafe: Guide to Responsible Gun Ownership

Project ChildSafe: How to have a conversation with your kids about gun safety

Michigan BeSmart: Safety information to support responsible gun ownership

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act- Students Experiencing Homelessness

Woodland Park Academy is dedicated to supporting children and youth experiencing homelessness by ensuring their educational rights and protections under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.  The Mckinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act guarantees educational rights and supports for students experiencing homelessness and seeks to remove barriers these students may face in succeeding in school.

The McKinney-Vento Assistance Act ensures that children experiencing homelessness must have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children and youths.  Schools are to ensure continuity in a child’s or youth’s education in the school of origin for the duration of the homelessness and for the remainder of the academic year.  School stability provisions require immediate enrollment of homeless children and youth upon request of enrollment, and removes any barriers regarding documentation to enroll in school of choice or origin.  

The term “homeless children and youth”-

1.  Means individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence
2. Includes children and youth who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals
3. Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings.

Students experiencing homelessness may qualify for resources through the school including help with uniforms, transportation costs, and school supplies.  If you have questions regarding the rights and protections of students experiencing homeless, please contact our McKinney-Vento Liaison:

Woodland Park Academy

McKinney-Vento Liaison

Meghan Gauvreau

(810) 695-4710

[email protected]