As predicted, Sec. of Education vows to reimburse schools.
HoustonChronicle.com - Spellings vows 90% payback for Texas schools: "Texas schools will recoup the millions of dollars they have spent to educate more than 41,000 students evacuated from New Orleans, according to a relief proposal announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Education.
The $2.6 billion package, which still needs approval from Congress, includes up to $7,500 for each Hurricane Katrina evacuee. The proposal pledges to reimburse schools for 90 percent of their instructional costs, which averages $6,750 per Texas student. The hope is that other relief funds, such as FEMA, will pick up the remaining 10 percent"