[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1502 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1502

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide 
that certain funds treated as local funds under that Act shall be used 
  to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and 
                    Secondary Education Act of 1965.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2003

    Mr. Tierney (for himself, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. George Miller of 
California, Ms. Lee, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
 Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Case, Mr. 
  McDermott, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
    Waxman, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Regula, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
   Cummings, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and Mr. Jackson of Illinois) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide 
that certain funds treated as local funds under that Act shall be used 
  to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and 
                    Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES 
              EDUCATION ACT.

    Section 613(a)(2)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1413(a)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
                            ``(ii) If a local educational agency 
                        chooses to utilize the authority under clause 
                        (i) to treat as local funds up to 20 percent of 
                        the amount of funds the agency receives under 
                        this part that exceeds the amount it received 
                        under this part for the previous fiscal year, 
                        then the agency shall use those local funds to 
                        provide additional funding for programs under 
                        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                        1965, including, but not limited to, programs 
                        that address school safety, teacher quality and 
                        professional development, before and after 
                        school learning opportunities, comprehensive 
                        school reform and literacy, class size 
                        reduction, school construction and 
                        modernization, or related education programs 
                        authorized under Federal or State law.''.
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