[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4605 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4605

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to fully fund 
40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for programs under part 
                             B of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

Ms. McCollum of Minnesota (for herself, Mr. Oberstar, and Mr. Peterson 
of Minnesota) 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 fully fund 
40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for programs under part 
                             B of that Act.

    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 ``Achieving Our IDEA Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES 
              EDUCATION ACT.

    Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i) Mandatory Funding.--For the purpose of carrying out this 
part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be appropriated, 
and there are appropriated--
            ``(1) $11,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(2) $13,920,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            ``(3) $16,440,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            ``(4) $18,960,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            ``(5) $21,480,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            ``(6) $24,000,000,000, or such sums as may be necessary to 
        fully fund 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for 
        programs under this part, other than section 619, whichever is 
        less, for fiscal year 2012; and
            ``(7) such sums as may be necessary to fully fund 40 
        percent of the average per pupil expenditure for programs under 
        this part, other than section 619, for each subsequent fiscal 
        year.''.
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