1.   As a diabetic, he is particularly concerned about Hispanic children, who, with other minorities, are considered at more genetic risk.

2.   Bilingual staff members are available to help Hispanic children overcome language barriers.

3.   David and other Hispanic children are victims of a badly administered system more concerned with self-perpetuation than with students.

4.   Guzman said that inequities in school funding have led to segregation of Hispanic children into low-performing, poorly funded schools that are not producing well-educated students.

5.   He noted, for instance, that the Census Bureau reported last month that the number of Hispanic children in this country surpassed the number of African American children.

6.   Henry Rodriguez, a LULAC district director from San Antonio, said he was concerned about the potential harmful effects such stereotypes would have on Hispanic children.

7.   Hispanic children run merrily outside a school.

8.   Hispanic children are now the second-largest group of children in the United States, a rise that fuels concern for this vulnerable population.

9.   Hispanic children were nearly twice as likely as black children, and almost three times more likely than white children to be uninsured.

10.   Hispanic children with limited English-speaking ability and who reside in economically depressed homes scored the lowest.