[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 63 (Friday, May 7, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILITARY IMPACTED SCHOOLS, 
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION, AND STAFF FOR THEIR ONGOING CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                     EDUCATION OF MILITARY CHILDREN

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                               speech of

                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 4, 2004

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am here to recognize the 
valuable contributions of military impacted schools and their 
contributions to the education of military children. There are 
approximately 750,000 school-aged children of members of the active 
duty Armed Forces in the United States. 650,000 of these military have 
been children served in public schools across the United States.
  Approximately 100,500 military children have been served in 
Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the United States 
and overseas.
  Schools serving military installations stress the importance of being 
aware of what is happening in the world and the impact of world events 
on the lives of military families and can provide students a sense of 
safety and reassurance.
  Schools serving military installations understand the importance of 
providing a normal environment and regular routine for children of 
parents in the military before learning can ever take place and can 
offer increased counseling for military children due to the deployment 
of family members.
  These schools serve students whose parents can be deployed for long 
periods of time and often with short notice. The teachers are trained 
to work with military children and their classmates when there is a 
service-related incident or death.
  I am pleased to be joined by my colleagues to recognize the 
contributions of the teachers, administration, and staff of Military 
Impacted Schools and the Department of Defense Education Activity 
schools world-wide. Also, I commend the teachers in military impacted 
communities who work on the front lines at home to educate students 
during times of peace and times of conflict.

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