An influx of migrant students enrolling in the state's public schools poses logistical and financial challenges as educators work to meet the students' needs.
bret: new york officials are bracing for an influx of migrant children when the school year starts next month. almost 20,000 are already in that system. it s unclear how many more are coming. senior correspondent eric shawn is in new york tonight. school districts are scrambling, parents are worried about the migrant student surge. they run the gamut from our class size is going to go up. are any services going to be reduced for my child. there is questions about hey, you know, what s going on with immunizations. you know, could there be communicable diseases? new york city public school system already has enrolled 18,000 migrant students since last year and more are expected. the empire center for public policy estimates educating a migrant student will cost 32,000 a year per child. for a price tag of more than half a billion dollars in the big apple alone. new york state senator jim says