During the 1980s the population of limited Englishproficient children coming to the schools increased 38 percent in Montana. 46 percent in Oklahoma. 39 percent in South Dakota. 36 percent in North Dakota. and 41 percent in Delaware. We can go all across the country and track these numbers and we will see it. The Federal Government which controls immigration policy has a responsibility to the public schools by offsetting the cost of their need of additional resources they are mandated to spend because the courts have said that they will have to have those programs. If we would adopt the gentlemans amendment. we would not stop one bilingual program in this country. What we would do is force our States or our local school districts at the point of a gun held by the court system to come up with money from some other source. and this year we are going to have to replace $156 million with local tax money.
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