[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2198]
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  SA 1347. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Ms. Duckworth) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent 
resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CHANGES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   EDUCATION THAT WOULD WEAKEN THE ACADEMIC 
                   ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that makes 
     changes to the Department of Education that would weaken the 
     academic achievement of students with disabilities, including 
     moving core responsibilities to other agencies with less 
     experience serving this population.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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