Fla. DEAR DR. WHIGHAaO: We are enclosing for your review and consideration by the Dade County Board of Education a plan for payment covering educational services to Cuban refugee children and adults for fiscal years 1968 through 1973. As we have Indicated previously and most recently at the meeting in Miami with the School Board. it is imperative that the rapidly rising cost of this program be checked. This we wish to have accomplished without causing an undue and unreasonable burden on local resources. At the recent meeting In Miami it was agreed in principle that payment on "old" Cuban refugee children (Cuban refugee children who have entered the continental United States on or prior to October 3. 1965) would be discontinued after a phasingout period. payments for the education of "new" Cubans would continue but amounts payable for each child would be paid only for a limited number of years. and payments for auxiliary services for "new" Cubans would continue. Since that time we have had additional discussions with staff of the School Board. and after exploring a number of plans have developed one which we believe to be workable and which allows a reasonable amount to reimburse your school district for the education of Cuban refugees. The enclosed plan provides payment for "old" Cubans through 1970. including full payment for services. It provides payment at 60 percent of the per pupil cost for each "new" Cuban and full payment for services for a 5year period.
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