Nearly onefourth of this districts 1.200 youngsters are federally connected. and to reduce the Public Law 874 contribution of $56.000 to only $36.000 would be something of a slap in the face. as well as a blow to the already burdened local taxpayer. Why in the name of commonsense would an educationoriented administration scuttle a Federal aid program that was founded on the belief that the U.S. Government should assist local school districts meet the educational needs of migrant children whose fathers build our Nations great Federal projects? Why would an administration that sincerely (and successfully) engineered the greatest educational achievement of all time suddenly turn its back on the thousands of local school districts that reel under the burden of providing migrant children of Federal workers with the quality of education they so richly deserve? Please remind those who look upon the modification of Public Law 874 as a savings plan that a tragically high price will be paid by children for the $163.6 million decrease in our national budget. In the event that this district were denied its full allocation under Public Law 874 after June 1. the impact of such a loss would be that of reducing services or eliminating existing programs. There would be no way of collecting funds from any other source. Funds lost in the event our Federal Government decided against sharing the cost of educating children of Federal construction workers would be compensated for through an increase in the ad valorem property tax at the district level if they were to be replaced at all. In other words. the local taxpayer would be required to pay an even greater share of the cost of educating Impact children. and you should be aware of the fact that the present formula does not begin to compensate local districts for the full cost of educating these migrant youngsters. At best. our district receives approximately onethird of the cost of educating these youngsters at the present rate of reimbursement. Reducing the Governments share seems unthinkable.