Mr. President. Senator TUTNNEY and I introduce. for appropriate reference. the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act of 1975. The bill will reimburse public schools for the initial costs of educating Vietnamese and Cambodian refugee children. We are pleased to be joined in this effort by the distinguished majority leader. the Senator from Montana and the distinguished minority leader. the Senator from Pennsylvania and 15 others. This bipartisan measure arises from our deep concern that schools across the countryalready in grave financial conditionwill be unable to assume the sudden costs of educating additional children this fall. children whose presence in the schools wag not anticipated at the time budgets for the coming school year were planned. If every schoolage refugee child enters school this falland a substantial number willthe national costbased on an average of $1.260 per student. plus $300 for special assistance programswould reach some $71 million In the first year alone. Mr. President. all States but Mississippiand that one instance is under court challengehave compulsory school attendance laws.
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