Mr. President. in the United States every child has the right to obtain a free public education. The children of Americas migrant agricultural workers. however. have been deprived of much of the education to which they are entitled. As the families move from place to place. the children lose much time from school. Even when a family has settled for a period of time in a camp. time is lost before the children are placed in school. Migrant children often stay home from school to care for younger brothers and sisters or to work in the fields beside their parents. I look forward to alleviation of this situation in the near future. On August 25. the Senate passed three migratory labor bills which I had sponsored. One of these bills provides for grants to States or local communities affected by the impact of migrants to provide educational opportunities for migrant children and migrant adults. I am hopeful that the House of Representatives will also pass this bill. which is so important to the future of so many children. Some States have already made progress in providing educational opportunities for migrant children. Fine examples of programs for migrant children are the summer schools established by the Migrant Labor Bureau of New Jersey at Cranbury. Woodstown. and Fairton. N.J.
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