"And Lalar, y Llammis on trementa 2, Seconda ref TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE TO a. HEARING BEFORE THE 4-UFC 1 0 SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 61-427 HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey TED RISENHOOVER, Oklahoma EDWARD BEARD, Rhode Island LEO ZEFERETTI, New York GEORGE MILLER, California RONALD MOTTL, Ohio TIM HALL, Illinois ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota EDWIN D. ESHLEMAN, Pennsylvania JOHN BUCHANAN, Alabama LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont (II) KF27 CONTENTS Bell, Hon. Terrel H., Commissioner of Education; accompanied by Dr. Lee E. Wickline, Director, Refugee Assistance Task Force, Office of Education; Richard A. Hastings, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Education); and Ms. Julia Vadala Taft, Director, In- teragency Task Force for Indochina__--- Cronin, Joseph M., State superintendent of education, Illinois Office Hannaford, Hon. Mark W., a Representative in Congress from the McKinley, Dr. Donald, chief deputy superintendent, California State Department of Education; accompanied by Don White, deputy superintendent for congressional relations; and David W. Gordon, executive assistant to chief deputy superintendent___ Steinhilber, Dr. August, assistant executive director, Office of Federal Bell, Hon. Terrel H., Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, "Results of a Telephone Survey Concerning Indochinese Refugee Children in 16 Selected School Dunham, Dr. George E., superintendent, Placer Hills Union School District, Meadow Vista, Calif., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated Elseroad, Homer O., director, elementary/secondary education serv- ices, Education Commission of the States, Denver, Colo., letter to Frinks, Marshall L., Federal relations director, State of Florida, De- partment of Education, Tallahassee, letter to Chairman Perkins, Grognet, Allene Guss, coordinator, National Indochinese Clearing- house, Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, Va., letter to John Hannaford, Hon. Mark W., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, prepared statement of----- Johnson, Hon. Harold T. (Bizz), a Representative in Congress from the State of California, statement of.... Ketchum, Hon. William M., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, prepared statement of--- Kirkpatrick, James R., associate secretary, American Association of School Administration, prepared statement of Lamborn, Robert L., executive director, Council for American Private Education, Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated McElligott, Joseph P., director, Division of Education, California Catholic Conference, Sacramento, Calif., letter to Chairman Perkins, McKinley, Donald R., chief deputy superintendent of public instruc- tion, California State Department of, prepared statement of-- Mineta, Hon. Norman, a Representative in Congress from the State Murdick, Rev. Msgr. Olin J., secretary for education, United States "Resolution X," submitted by D. Casavant, Vermont delegation---- Steinhilber, Dr. August, assistant executive director, Office of Federal Won Pat, Hon. Antonio B., a Representative in Congress from the Ter- TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CAMBODIAN AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 o'clock a.m., in room 2257, the Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman), presiding. Members present: Representatives Perkins, Ford, Miller, Mottl, Quie, Bell, and Goodling. Staff members present: John F. Jennings, counsel for the majority, and Yvonne Franklin, minority legislative associate. Chairman PERKINS. A quorum is present and we will begin. The Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, is conducting a hearing today on H.R. 7897, and related bills. These bills provide temporary assistance to local educational agencies for the purpose of educating Cambodian and Vietnamese refugee children and adults. Within the past year there has been an immigration into the country of over 125,000 refugees from Southeast Asia. It is estimated that nearly half of these refugees are children under the age of 18. Congress and the administration recognized the problems involved in settling these refugees through enactment of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Under the authority of that act, approximately $405 million has been appropriated for the purpose of assisting in the resettling of those refugees. Of this amount, $5 million has been made available to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for adult education programs, and approximately $15 million has been made available to local school districts to educate refugee children. Payments for these children are limited to $300 a child or, if a school district has 100 such students or such students equal at least 1% of its total enrollment, then payments are $600 a child. The bills before us today, and the Senate-passed bill, S. 2145, propose a temporary program to pay school districts for the full basic costs of educating these children. They also authorize payments for supplemental educational services for these children. Several of these bills (1) |