While administration spbkesmen argue that the funds were not properly authorized. the recission is a clear act of contempt for the legislative process and disconcern for the border school districts which are bearing a cost they cannot afford. In midst of the worst economic recession. the devaluation of the peso. and the devastation of the border economies of this Nation. a Supreme Court ruling has threatened the existence of many of our Nations school districts. In my home State of Texas. there are more than 29.000 immigrant students in our school system. In my own district of El Paso. the Ysleta School District. one of 10. is facing the harsh reality that it will be forced to lay off teachers in order to support the tremendous costs of educating the additional 652 children of undocumented workers. In the wake of the administrations publication of the study. "A Nation at Risk." that they would propose to deny funding to some of the poorest school districts in the country. and allow for these districts to be further decimated. is inconceivable and unacceptable. I ask my colleagues to join with the majority leader and myself and support this bill.
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