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119th CONGRESS
2d Session |
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to extend paperwork reduction waivers, and for other purposes.
Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to extend paperwork reduction waivers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Paperwork reduction waiver extension.
Section 609(a)(2) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1408(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “(which may be extended by the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (C))” after “4 years” ;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
“(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may—
“(I) in accordance with clause (ii), grant an extension of the period of a waiver granted to a State under subparagraph (A); and
“(II) grant more than 1 such extension to a State.
“(ii) PERIOD OF EXTENSION.—Each extension granted pursuant to clause (i) may not exceed a period of 4 years.”.