IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act

IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act

This bill modifies funding for special education in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, including by eliminating certain limits on such funding and establishing minimum funding levels.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2437 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2437

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide 
           parity for outlying areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2019

 Mr. San Nicolas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide 
           parity for outlying areas, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Authorization; Allotment; Use of Funds; Authorization of 
Appropriations.--Section 611 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``not more 
                than 1 percent'' and inserting ``not less than 1 
                percent''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B), and redesignating 
                subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and
            (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``or $35,000, 
        whichever is greater''.
    (b) Preschool Grants.--Section 619 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``The Secretary shall 
        allocate the amount'' and inserting ``After reserving funds for 
        payments to the outlying areas under subsection (h)(1) for a 
        fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate the remaining 
        amount'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as 
        subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Outlying Areas.--
            ``(1) Funds reserved.--From the amount appropriated under 
        subsection (k) for each fiscal year beginning after the date of 
        enactment of the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act, the 
        Secretary shall reserve not less than 1 percent, which shall be 
        used to provide assistance to the outlying areas in accordance 
        with their respective populations of children aged 3 through 5 
        and their relative populations of all children aged 3 through 5 
        who are living in poverty, in accordance with this section.
            ``(2) First award year.--For the first fiscal year the 
        Secretary provides assistance to outlying areas under this 
        section, subsection (c)(2)(B)(iii) shall not apply to outlying 
        areas.
            ``(3) Application of reservation for state activities.--
        Subsection (d) shall be applied to outlying areas by 
        substituting `for the first fiscal year beginning after the 
        date of enactment of the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act' 
        for `for fiscal year 1997'.
            ``(4) Definition.--For each fiscal year beginning after the 
        date of enactment of the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act, 
        each use of the term `State' in this section shall be deemed to 
        refer to a State or outlying area, as appropriate to carry out 
        this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES.

    Section 643(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1443(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Areas.--'' and all that follows through 
        ``(1) In general.--From'' and inserting ``Areas.--From'';
            (2) by striking ``not more than 1 percent'' and inserting 
        ``not less than 1 percent''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (2).

SEC. 4. STATE PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

    (a) Purpose; Definition of Personnel; Program Authority.--Section 
651 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1451) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$80,000'' and 
        inserting ``$160,000''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``$80,000'' and 
        inserting ``$160,000''.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Section 654 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1454) is amended by striking subsection (e).
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