[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 214 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 214

    To authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals with 
 Disabilities Education Act to achieve full funding for part B of that 
                              Act by 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

 Mr. Tancredo 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 part B of the Individuals with 
 Disabilities Education Act to achieve full funding for part B of that 
                              Act by 2006.

    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 ``Keeping Our Promises to Special 
Education Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 
        (Public Law 94-142) was enacted to provide a free and quality 
        education to children with disabilities. In enacting this 
        unfunded mandate on the States and localities, the Federal 
        government pledged to contribute 40 percent of the average per 
        pupil expenditure of educating children with disabilities.
            (2) Under that Act and its successor Act, the Individuals 
        with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the 
        Federal government has fallen far short of meeting such 
        contribution, providing only 11 or 12 percent of the average 
        per pupil expenditure of educating children with disabilities.
            (3) Without this critical contribution from the Federal 
        Government, States and local educational agencies have been 
        forced to divert funds from other important programs to meet 
        the mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
            (4) The Federal government should first and foremost 
        fulfill its long-standing obligation under the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act to contribute 40 percent of the 
        average per pupil expenditure of educating children with 
        disabilities. By providing such contribution, local educational 
        agencies will be able to provide more funding for local special 
        education services or other priorities, such as improving 
        school technology and hiring more teachers.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to reach the Federal Government's 
goal under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) of providing 40 percent of the national 
average per pupil expenditure to assist States and local educational 
agencies with the excess costs of educating children with disabilities.

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

    Notwithstanding section 611(j) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(j)), for the purpose of carrying out part 
B of such Act, other than section 619, there are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            (1) $9,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            (2) $12,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            (3) $15,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            (4) $18,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            (5) $21,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (6) such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 
        fiscal year.
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