[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5258 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5258

To provide that the Secretary of Education may give preference, in the 
distribution of certain grants under the Individuals with Disabilities 
  Education Act, to local educational agencies and public or private 
  nonprofit organizations that provide training to regular education 
       personnel to meet the needs of children with disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2004

 Mr. Cummings introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that the Secretary of Education may give preference, in the 
distribution of certain grants under the Individuals with Disabilities 
  Education Act, to local educational agencies and public or private 
  nonprofit organizations that provide training to regular education 
       personnel to meet the needs of 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 ``Teacher Training Expansion Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. PREFERENCES ALLOWED IN DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN GRANTS.

    Section 673(g)(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1473(g)(3)) is amended--
            (1) at the end of subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'';
            (2) at the end of subparagraph (B) by striking the period 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) give preference to local educational agencies 
                and public or private nonprofit organizations that 
                provide training to regular education personnel to meet 
                the needs of children with disabilities in integrated 
                settings and provide training to regular education 
                personnel to work in collaboration with special 
                education personnel in integrated settings.''.
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