[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1527 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1527

To provide funding flexibility to States and local educational agencies 
   with respect to programs to provide special education and related 
                services to children with disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

Mr. Tiahrt (for himself, Mr. Souder, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Paul, Mr. Jones of 
North Carolina, and Mr. Bartlett of Maryland) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide funding flexibility to States and local educational agencies 
   with respect to programs to provide special education and related 
                services to children with disabilities.

    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 ``Flexibility to Increase IDEA Funding 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR STATES AND LOCAL 
              EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    (a) Authorization.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, a State or local educational agency that receives amounts 
        under any of the provisions of law described in paragraph (2) 
        may transfer, in whole or in part, such amounts to programs to 
        provide special education and related services to children with 
        disabilities in accordance with part B of the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.).
            (2) Provisions of law.--The provisions of law described in 
        this paragraph are the following:
                    (A) Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
                Education Act of 1965 (other than subsections (a) and 
                (c) of section 1116 of such Act).
                    (B) Part B of title II of such Act.
                    (C) Subpart 2 of part A of title III of such Act 
                (other than section 3136 of such Act).
                    (D) Title IV of such Act.
                    (E) Title VI of such Act.
                    (F) Part C of title VII of such Act.
                    (G) The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
                Education Act of 1998.
    (b) Prohibition on Reduction of Grant Amount Under IDEA.--The 
Secretary of Education may not reduce the amount of a grant to a State 
under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) by reason of the authority of a State or local 
educational agency to transfer funds pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 14101 of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            (2) Outlying area.--The term ``outlying area'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 14101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
        each outlying area.
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