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handle is hein.crs/crsmthaazom0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20042 Updated June 8, 2001 The Federal Emergency Immigrant Education Program Patricia Osorio-O'Dea Analyst in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Summary The Emergency Immigrant Education Program (EIEP), authorized in Title VII, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), provides formula grants to state educational agencies for distribution to local educational agencies serving large numbers of immigrant children and youth. The term immigrant children and youth includes foreign born individuals ages 3-21 who have been attending U. S. schools for less than 3 years. In FY2000, the program received an appropriation of $150,000,000 and served 862,252 immigrant students. The program received an appropriation of $150,000,000 for FY2001. Some issues Congress may consider when discussing program reauthorization include: whether the EIEP should be consolidated with other federal education programs serving immigrant pupils; whether criteria should be changed to target LEAs with greatest need for support; and whether increased accountability is necessary to ensure effective use of federal funds. This report will be updated periodically to reflect program developments. Introduction and Background The Emergency Immigrant Education Act (EIEA) was first authorized under Title VI of the Education Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-511) in response to the challenges facing school districts with large numbers of new immigrant students. The program provides supplemental assistance to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) serving immigrant students. Under the original act, funds were allocated to applicant states, which then distributed the funds to eligible LEAs based on the number of immigrant students enrolled, with a maximum payment of $500 for each immigrant child. Grants were reduced by the amount of funds made available to state educational agencies through other federal programs having the same purpose as the EIEA program. In 1988, the EIEA was added to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (P.L. 100-297). The current EIEP, authorized by Title VII, Part C of the ESEA (as amended by P.L. 103-382 in 1994), provides formula grants to states based on the number of recent immigrant students enrolled in public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools. Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web