PERKINS. for his timely attention to this grave matter. I would especially like to cite my colleague and friend. ED STACK. who was instrumental in bringing this alerting us to the problem which LEAs would have as a result of the large influx of refugees to our shores in the past year. As New Yorks senior member of the House Education and Labor Committee. and a resident of the great city of New York. I am all too aware of the burden which is placed upon the school which must educate the youngster whose language and heritage is different to our own. New York has always welcomedand will continue to do sonewcomers to our shores. But in doing so. we must also accept the responsibility for assuring that these refugees become productive members of our society. While we are more assuredly willing to take on this task. we must also be assured that we will be provided with adequate funds to assist us in this educational process. New York City has not yet experienced the voluminous wave of refugees from Cuba and Haiti as south Florida has. We do. however. have a growing Vietnamese population. It is essential that we apprcve this modest program of aid to local school districts so that we can both assure adequate educational instruction to refugee children but not at the expense of the children that are currently enrolled in our Nations schools who also deserve full and appropriate educational opportunities. This bIll. H.R. 7425. is a measure worthy of our support and I urge its adoption.
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