... or extreme poverty often have significant health and emotional needs. Dade County, Florida, reports spending $1,141 more per year to educate the average foreign-born student compared with the average native-born student (Visiedo). In districts with high percentages of students with LEP, actual expenditures are higher than in districts with low percentages of LEP students, by $579 per student. However ... fiscal year, the Dept of Education invested $30 billion in grants to states and local school districts to help strengthen their programs and improve student performance. Under Section 2...

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