Mr. Chairman. with this amendment we seek to conform education aid under this act to education assistance under the Refugee Education Assistance Act. (2) The definitions and provisions of titles I through IV of Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 shall apply to payments under this subsection in the same manner as they apply to grants and payments under those titles. except that. in applying this paragraph. any reference in such titles to an "eligible participant" shall be deemed to be a reference to an "eligible legalized alien". (p. 161) This amendment amends section 303(c) of H.R. 1510 to provide assistance that conforms to educational assistance provided to school districts impacted by refugee children under the Refugee Education Assistance Act. This amendment recognizes a limited Federal responsibility by placing a realistic authorization cap on the amount of education assistance per child that the Federal Government will provide. The commonsense approach was adopted by the House in the Refugee Education Assistance Act and is an improvement over the. Judiciary Committees open ended authorization contained in their version of H.R. 1510. That is probably why my amendment received unanimous bipartisan support in the Education and Labor Committee.
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