Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to this bill. I would point out that in Minnesota. I represent the St. Paul School District. Actually. I taught in Minneapolis many years ago. Today. the student population of those communities has changed. In St. Paul. I have nearly 9.000 students in St. Paul schools that are Englishasasecondlanguage recipients that need assistance that makes sense not political points for those who are so full of antiimmigrant slogans and panaceas. They are mostly Hmong. Southeast Asian students. In fact. 30 percent of the elementary classes in St. Paul are Southeast Asian students. The fact is. what they are reporting to me is that these kids speaking in their first language and taking tests in their first language are 2 or 3 years ahead of where they would be taking tests in English.
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