[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 659 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 659

    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

                           February 14, 2001

  Ms. Hooley of Oregon (for herself and Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut) 
 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. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) All children deserve a quality education, including 
        children with disabilities.
            (2) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
        U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) provides that the Federal Government and 
        State and local governments are to share in the expense of 
        educating children with disabilities and commits the Federal 
        Government to provide funds to assist with the excess expenses 
        of educating children with disabilities.
            (3) While Congress committed to contribute up to 40 percent 
        of the average per pupil expenditure of educating children with 
        disabilities, the Federal Government has failed to meet this 
        commitment to assist States and localities.
            (4) To date, the Federal Government has never contributed 
        more than 14.9 percent of the national average per pupil 
        expenditure to assist with the excess expenses of educating 
        children with disabilities under the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act.
            (5) Failing to meet the Federal Government's commitment to 
        assist with the excess expense of educating a child with a 
        disability contradicts the goal of ensuring that children with 
        disabilities receive a quality education.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART B OF THE INDIVIDUALS 
              WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

    Section 611(j) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1412(j)), is amended by striking ``there are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary'' and inserting ``there 
are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts for the 
following fiscal years:
            ``(1) $9,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            ``(2) $12,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            ``(3) $15,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            ``(4) $18,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            ``(5) The amount that is equal to the sum of the maximum 
        amount of the grant that each State may receive under this 
        section, as determined under subsection (a)(2), for fiscal year 
        2006 and for each subsequent fiscal year''.
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