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National THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1981 Page 7 : going to Iteej 8 ^ small cjj le's still ett - d-. iuju5 ^goes, Aether Co, sjt or not,»( Supreme Court will hear case on education for illegal aliens United Press International WASHINGTON — The Sup reme Court agreed Monday to re solve the touchy question of whether states must provide free public education to the children of illegal aliens. The justices will hear argu ments this fall by Texas that its school districts should be permit ted to demand tuition payments from children who are not U S. citizens or legally admitted aliens. Lower courts have struck down the tuition requirement on grounds it violates the constitu tional promise of equal protection under the law. The case is of interest to states confronted by rising educational costs and increasing numbers of illegal aliens. Peter Roos, a lawyer for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said Texas is the only state with such a tuition rule. He said other states with many illegal aliens, such as Cali fornia and New York, have not ex cluded their children from school. There are no firm estimates of how many children of illegal aliens are in the United States. An Im migration and Naturalization Ser vice spokesman said the total is probably “a relatively small per centage” of the estimated 3 mil lion to 6 million illegals in the country. Roos agreed, noting, “Most of the undocumented aliens are young, single males who come as workers and relatively few have families.” The tuition charge was estab lished after school districts near the Mexican border complained that educating the illegal alien children would “dilute the quality of education for all students. ” However, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an in junction requiring schools to en roll such children unless the school can show admitting them would harm the education of other students. The case, originally brought on behalf of undocumented alien children, challenges a 1975 Texas law limiting free schooling to chil dren who are U.S. citizens or leg ally admitted aliens. The Tyler, Texas school district decided to charge a $1,000 yearly tuition for each student not co vered by the law. A federal district court held the requirement unconstitutional and the 5th Circuit agreed. Rothers Bookstore PAYS TOP DOLLAR FOR USED BOOKS! At the Southgate 696-2111 D. R. CAIN RENTAL PROPERTIES “You Have A Choice” BRIARCREST RIDGE APARTMENTS New apartments in a country atmosphere. Exit Briarcrest off the East By-Pass, on Prairie Flower. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, washer and dryer connections, all electric, water paid, $340.00 unfurnished, $200.00 security deposit per roommate or family. 9 or 12 month leases. D. R. CAIN COMPANY 3002 S. 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Bolger says he doesn’t expect any major problems. Bolger said he expects the new, longer ZIP code to be used pri marily by business mailers. The Postal Service will begin phasing in the code at the end of June or beginning of July, providing businesses with computerized tapes showing the new ZIP codes for city blocks nationwide. Individuals will be notified of their new codes — four digits added to the current ZIP — at the end of this year or beginning of 1982 rather than October, as had been planned. “I don’t expect problems with ZIP plus 4’ over the next few years,’’ said Bolger. The cost to large volume mail ers of converting their mailing lists is estimated at 2 cents per address. But they will be able to take advantage of financial incentives for using the nine-digit ZIP, Bol ger said. Unlike the five-digit ZIP first announced in 1963, Bolger doesn’t expect the nine-digit code to take several years to come into use. f - That is, unless Congress stops it. 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