Mr. President. I rise today to introduce a bill that will permit local school officials the opportunity to waive the cost requirements of foreign students studying in our public high schools in the United States on F1 visas. The law now mandates that all foreign students who are not in a governmentfunded exchange program pay or reimburse the local school district the cost of their education. In those public school districts flooded with foreign students who pay no taxes. this requirement makes good sense. However. in those school districts which enroll a small number of foreign students or experience little or no burden. there may be no desire for tuition reimbursement.