INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT

Amendments

Reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3480, H3510, H3512, H3513, H3514, H3517, H3519, H3521, H3525, H3526, H3527, H3528, H3529, H3530 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Law That Transcends Politics, S1772 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing (see S. 133), S133 [9JA] (see S. 939), S5483 [29AP] (see H.R. 823), H702 (see H.R. 864), H704 [13FE] (see H.R. 1094), H1640 [5MR] (see H.R. 1398), H2269 [20MR] (see H.R. 1564), H2702 [2AP]

Children and youth: amend to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (see H.R. 1237), H1811 [12MR]

Disabled: ensure that children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the State have access to special education services (see S. 1619), S11568 [16SE]

Education: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see H.R. 863), H704 [13FE]

———provide personnel preparation, enhanced support and training for beginning special educators, and professional development of special educators, general educators, and early intervention personnel (see S. 608), S3620 [12MR]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers (see H.R. 464), H242 [29JA]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers and make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes relative to individualized education programs (see S. 626), S3730 [13MR]

———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 1502), H2472 [27MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H4130 [14MY]

Reauthorize (see S. 1248), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 1350), H2131 [19MR]

Reauthorize (H.R. 1350): consideration (see H. Res. 206), H3450 [29AP]

States: establish a method to provide outcome-based funding increases to States (see H.R. 1576), H2703 [2AP]

———establish high cost funds to assist local educational agencies in providing education to high need children (see S. 890), S5342 [11AP]

———provide with options to innovate and improve the education of disabled children by expanding choices for students and parents (see H.R. 1373), H2268 [20MR]

Cost Estimates

Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (S. 1248): CBO, S14795-S14798 [12NO]

Factsheets

Education Funding, H6509-H6511 [10JY]

House Republican Record on Education Funding, H6503-H6505 [10JY]

Letters

Funding: Mary Swaim, S1354 [22JA]

Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3530 [30AP]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3530 [30AP]

Omnibus consolidated appropriations: Paul E. Patton and Dirk Kempthorne, National Governors Association, S1197 [21JA]

Realizing the Spirit of IDEA Act: several academic professionals, E645 [2AP]

———several mental health advocacy groups, E644 [2AP]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act, H3459 [30AP], E871 [6MY]

Organizations supporting full Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, S1197 [21JA]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 823), E264 [13FE]

———authorizing (H.R. 1094), H3480 [30AP], E387 [7MR]

———increase spending caps to adjust for inflation, H3513 [30AP]

Benefits: require students be diagnosed by physicians or persons certified by a State health board to determine eligibility, H3519, H3520 [30AP]

Children and youth: determination of significant disproportionality relative to identification of children with disabilities, H3473, H3474 [30AP]

Dept. of Education: conduct study to determine State compliance costs relative to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, H3530 [30AP]

Education: allow school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who violate a student code of conduct, H3476 [30AP]

———define a free public education as enabling disabled children to access the general curriculum, H3513, H3514 [30AP]

———define specific learning disability as a disorder due to a medically detectable and diagnosable physiological condition based on physical and scientific evidence, H3521, H3522 [30AP]

———ensure safe and drug-free learning environment for children with disabilities, H3525, H3526 [30AP]

———funding, H2793 [3AP], H6500-H6519, H6525-H6534 [10JY]

———improve education for children with special needs by encouraging innovative approaches to parental involvement and flexibility, E536 [20MR]

———permit local school districts to issue vouchers to parents of disabled children in private schools for their child's specific special education needs, H3517-H3519 [30AP]

———permit States to design, develop, and implement customized educational programs for disabled students, H3476, H3477, H3514-H3517 [30AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers, H3473, H3474, H3512 [30AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers (H.R. 464), E103, E104 [29JA]

———require that any additional Federal funding be passed directly to the local level, H3526, H3527 [30AP]

———train school safety personnel and first responders to recognize autism spectrum disorders, H3528, H3529 [30AP]

———use of priority grants to establish training programs for the early and appropriate identification of children with disabilities, H3529, H3530 [30AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2107), E954 [15MY]

Funding, H10429-H10434 [5NO]

Lawyers and attorneys: cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, H1621 [5MR]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school, H3457 [30AP]

Reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3457, H3466-H3532 [30AP], H5383 [16JN], E527 [20MR], E847, E848, E851 [1MY], E906, E921 [9MY], E947 [14MY]

———consideration (H. Res. 206), H3458-H3466 [30AP]

———corrections in engrossment, H3532 [30AP]

Rural areas: effects of unfunded Federal mandates on education, H2314 [26MR]

States: establish a method to provide outcome-based funding increases to States (H.R. 1576), E644 [2AP]

———establish costs and risk-sharing funds, consortiums, and cooperatives to assist severly disabled students, H3511 [30AP]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: authorizing (S. 939), S5488-S5490 [29AP], S5531 [30AP]

Disabled: ensure that children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the State have access to special education services (S. 1619), S11569 [16SE]

District of Columbia: cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, S1445 [23JA]

Education: make grants to States for preschool and general education activities in elementary and secondary schools, S4343 [25MR]

———provide personnel preparation, enhanced support and training for beginning special educators, and professional development of special educators, general educators, and early intervention personnel (S. 608), S3626 [12MR]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers and make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes relative to individualized education programs (S. 626), S3744 [13MR]

Funding, S1195-S1199, S1204-S1208 [21JA], S1353 [22JA], S3607, S3608 [12MR], S4069, S4072 [20MR], S4236, S4237 [21MR], S4407 [26MR], S11013, S11017 [3SE], S11081-S11085 [4SE], S11228 [9SE], S11273, S11275-S11280 [10SE]

Reauthorize (S. 1248), S7836, S7837 [12JN]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S15500 [21NO]

States: establish high cost funds to assist local educational agencies in providing education to high need children (S. 890), S5350 [11AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 108-79), H3450 [29AP]

Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1350) (H. Rept. 108-77), H3450 [29AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1248) (S. Rept. 108-185), S13802 [3NO]

Results

Vote on Harkin Amendment on Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding to H.R. 4577, Social Security and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act (2000), S3608 [12MR]

Tables

Estimated State allocations of increased Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, S1198 [21JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding by State, S11084 [4SE], S11276 [10SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act, H3480, H3510 [30AP]

S. 608, Personnel Excellence for Students With Disabilities Act, S3627-S3631 [12MR]

S. 890, Supporting Success for High Need Students Act, S5351 [11AP]

S. 939, IDEA Full-Funding Act, S5488 [29AP]