[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3545 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3545

   To authorize appropriations for the Individuals with Disabilities 
 Education Act to achieve full funding by 2010, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2000

  Mr. Martinez (for himself and Mr. Kildee) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize appropriations for the Individuals with Disabilities 
 Education Act to achieve full funding by 2010, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``IDEA Full Funding Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Children with disabilities are guaranteed an equal 
        opportunity to an education under the 14th Amendment to the 
        Constitution.
            (2) While States and local educational agencies are 
        responsible for providing an education for all children with 
        disabilities, it is in the national interest that the Federal 
        Government have a role in assisting State and local efforts to 
        educate children with disabilities in order to improve results 
        for those children and to ensure equal protection of the law.
            (3) It is estimated that the excess expense of educating a 
        child with a disability is equal to 40 percent of the national 
        average per pupil expenditure.
            (4) Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
        Congress committed the Federal Government to contributing up to 
        40 percent of the national average per pupil expenditure for 
        the purpose of educating children with disabilities.
            (5) To date, the Federal Government has never contributed 
        more than 12.6 percent of the maximum state grant allocation 
        for educating children with disabilities under the Individuals 
        with Disabilities Education Act.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to reach the Federal Government's 
goal of providing 40 percent of the national average per pupil 
expenditure for the purpose of education all children with disabilities 
by 2010.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 
              DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

    (a) Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities.--
Section 611(j) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1411(j)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            ``(1) $7,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
            ``(2) $9,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(3) $11,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(4) $13,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(5) $15,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(6) $17,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(7) $19,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(8) $21,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(9) $23,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            ``(10) $25,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
            ``(11) such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 
        fiscal year.''.
    (b) Preschool Grants.--Section 619(j) of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419(j)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary--
            ``(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
            ``(2) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(4) $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(5) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(6) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(7) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(8) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(9) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
            ``(10) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.''.
    (c) Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.--Section 645 of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1445) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 645. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary--
            ``(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
            ``(2) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(4) $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(5) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(6) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(7) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(8) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(9) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
            ``(10) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.''.
    (d) State Program Improvement Grants for Children With 
Disabilities.--Section 656 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1456) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 656. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
subpart--
            ``(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
            ``(2) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(4) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(5) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(6) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(7) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(8) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(9) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
            ``(10) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.''.
    (e) Personnel Preparation To Improve Services and Results for 
Children With Disabilities.--Section 673(j) of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1473(j)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            ``(1) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
            ``(2) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(3) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(4) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(5) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(6) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(7) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(8) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(9) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
            ``(10) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.''.
    (f) Technical and Related Assistance.--Section 686 of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1486) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 686. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 681 
through 685--
            ``(1) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
            ``(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(3) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(5) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            ``(6) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(7) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(8) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(9) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
            ``(10) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.''.
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