I thank the ranking minority member of our committee for yielding me this time. I take this time just to indicate that in our committee. in full committee. I introduced an amendment which I think is a needed amendment because it deals with this whole business of refugee education. If you remember. prior to 1980 we handled each group of refugees who came in a different manner and with no specific rhyme nor reason. Local communities and local education agencies had no say in whether they were going to receive any help from the Federal Government. and then we wrote this act in 1980. What I have tried to do with my amendment is merely conform the eduo..tion part of this bill with that act that was written in 1980. Basically. just to refresh your memory. in that act local education agencies can receive anywhere between $400 and $1.100 per pupil. It depends on how heavily impacted they are. It depends on how long those refugee youngsters or those legal aliens have been in that specific area. So you could receive as much as $1.100. I think we definitely should do the very same thing in this piece of legislation that we do in all other refugee education. We also. of course. handle the adult education program. So we have $300 set aside for anyone 16 years and older who comes into this country in the adult education program.
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