Lucille Roybal-Allard: “This legislation addresses an urgent need for hundreds of children who attend Tweedy Elementary School in my…”

“This legislation addresses an urgent need for hundreds of children who attend Tweedy Elementary School in my congressional district. As the gentleman from Utah (Chairman Hansen) mentioned, in 1988 the Los Angeles Board of Education closed Tweedy Elementary School in South Gate, California, due to health risks from environmental contamination at the school site. Consequently, the school was moved to South Gate Park located on Federal land, until a new school could be built. To enable Tweedy Elementary students to attend school in their community, Congress approved a lease, at fair market value, between the city of South Gate and the Los Angeles Unified School District. The current lease, as was mentioned, is going to expire this fall. Mr. Speaker, since L.A. Unified is still in the process of replacing Tweedy Elementary, this bill extends the current lease 4 years to allow L.A. Unified time to construct the new school.”