EDWARD STACK. for his foresight in introducing this legislation. The Education and Labor Committee is also to be commended for giving this legislation prompt consideration. H.R. 7859 authorizes general assistance and special impact aid to local educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children and to provide assistance to State education agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee adults. Since the administration has refused to use the Refugee Act of 1980 to accommodate these recent refugee arrivals. localities have been saddled with the burden of providing the needed services for these refugees. Nowhere is this situation more evident than in our public school system. Most of the new Cuban and Haitian refugees have a range of educational problems that necessitate special educational services more expensive than basic instructional programs. These new refugees know little or no English. thus. English language instruction and bilingual education programs are a necessity. Their different cultural backgrounds require programs of cultural orientation.
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