Again. I am doing that to make sure that we attempt to anticipate any potential problem or conflict between new provisions in Federal law and existing State law. We want to make sure that both State and Federal law are compatible with respect to the education of limited or nonEnglishspeaking proficient students and immigrant children and youth. The amendment still respects a States right to determine how to educate limited English proficient students. and it penalizes eligible entities. local school districts by withholding Federal funding only if that local school district. again. is not in compliance or refuses to comply with State law. We strongly believe that Federal funding should not be used to support local school districts that refuse to comply with State laws governing the education of children. and again. particularly with respect to limited English proficient students and bilingual programs for immigrant children and youth. So it is a very straightforward. commonsense amendment. It is one that I hope the minority will accept.
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