Katrina Refugee Kids Get Help :)

Here is something that Trey just forwarded to me...

August 31, 2005 - 10:48AM

AUSTIN (AP)

The children of Hurricane Katrina refugees will be able to enroll in a number of school districts in Texas, including Beaumont, West Orange Cove, Houston and Dallas public schools while they're sheltered in those cities.

Texas public schools will enroll children of Hurricane Katrina refugees sheltered within each district.

Texas Governor Rick Perry Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco today agreed to move thousands of Katrina refugees from New Orleans to Houston.

Most of the refugees are sweltering in the Louisiana Superdome. The plan calls for them to be moved to the Astrodome.

The Texas Education Agency has been directed to provide all needed support for districts having to absorb children from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

T-E-A has said the refugee children can qualify as "homeless" and may enroll without proof of residence.

Also, health officials say normal immunization requirements for attending school or child-care facilities in Texas will be temporarily waived for children displaced by the hurricane.