Unfortunately. our fears have. been borne out. Last week the Department of Health. Education. and Welfare released its policy guidelines for reimbursement of States and localities in assisting refugee resettlement. Two aspects of that program merit supportmedical assistance and financial aidand I commend the Department for its initiative. Under those guidelines. the Federal Government would assume 100 percent of medical costs through the medical assistance program. and 100 percent of financial assistance based upon State AFDC standards. There is one area where. however. the projected Federal assistance falls far short of estimated needs. This is in education. Under the Secretarys plan. the Federal Government would provide emergency educational assistance to school districts which were severely impactedin other words. where the refugee student population exceeded either 100 students or 1 percent of the total student populationwhichever is less. If that minimum requirement is met. the school district would then qualify for grants of between $200 and $300 for each refugee pupil in excess of the minimum. HEW estimates that the total cost of this 1year program would be between $6 and $10 million. This past Wednesday.