Congressman FORD. we are here today to adopt a conference report which is essentially identical to H.R. 11. which passed the House on I have a special interest in the bilingual education and the student aid provisions contained in the conference report. The 4year extension of the Bilingual Education Program will go a long way toward strengthening and improving this program which is critical to language instruction for so many students in the Nations elementary and secondry schools across the United States. Bilingual education has often been criticized and is seen by many as delaying needed instruction in English for many Hispanic students. I believe that that view is mistaken. Many of the beneficiaries of the Bilingual Education Program in the schools in the city of Chicago are recent immigrants to this country from Southeast
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