Mr. Speaker. the April issue of American Education. an official publication of the Office of Education of the Department of Health. Education. and Welfare. contains an excellent article entitled. "Improving the Education of Migrant Children." which I would like to call to the attenticn of my colleagues. This article describes the vital role being played by the Migrant Student Record Transfer SystemMSRTS. The MSRTS is located in Little Rock. Ark. and is funded by the migrant education program authorized by title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. As the article points out. the MSRTS is a computerized communications network serving the 48 continental States. Within a matter of hours. it can provide a school with the basic academic and health history of any of its approximately 400.000 registered youngsters. no matter where they may travel by way of migrant streams. The article also notes that this system has been so successful that educators who work with other mobile groups. such as the children of families in the military. and other noneducational
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