Mr. Chairman. I would also like to point out that I strongly support the section in chapter VIII of the bill. which provides that the fiscal year 1985 funds for the Emergency Immigrant Education Act be carried over to the next fiscal year should a delay in the obligation of the funds occur. In fiscal year 1984. not all of the funds were obligated by the Department of Education because many school districts had difficulty in expending the funds. Furthermore. the Department of Education did not provide regulations for the allocation of the funds until late in the fiscal year. The language contained in the bill would address that problem and restate the Intent of Congress that the Federal Government will share the financial burden with the local school districts adversely affected by the influx of schoolchildren of immigrant workers. including those of undocumented workers. This is only fair because the Supreme Court ruled that the States are responsible for the education of such children. While I cannot disagree with that ruling. the Congress believed that the Federal Government should share part of that burden since the control of our International borders is a responsibility of the Federal Government.
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