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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1277
To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to
provide full Federal funding of such part.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 3, 2025
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Merkley, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Peters, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Ms.
Rosen, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Kim,
Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Warner, and Ms. Alsobrooks)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to
provide full Federal funding of such part.
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 Full Funding Act''.
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) Funding.--
``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out this
part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be
appropriated--
``(A) $16,661,928,000 or 11.6 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2026, and there are hereby appropriated
$6,425,048,000 or 4.5 percent of the amount determined
under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal
year 2026, which shall become available for obligation
on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2027;
``(B) $19,531,844,000 or 13.4 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2027, and there are hereby appropriated
$8,372,932,000 or 5.7 percent of the amount determined
under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal
year 2027, which shall become available for obligation
on July 1, 2027, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2028;
``(C) $22,896,084,000 or 15.3 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2028, and there are hereby appropriated
$10,911,357,000 or 7.3 percent of the amount determined
under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal
year 2028, which shall become available for obligation
on July 1, 2028, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2029;
``(D) $26,839,795,000 or 17.6 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2029, and there are hereby appropriated
$14,219,357,000 or 9.3 percent of the amount determined
under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal
year 2029, which shall become available for obligation
on July 1, 2029, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2030;
``(E) $31,462,786,000 or 20.2 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2030, and there are hereby appropriated
$18,530,244,000 or 11.9 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2030, which shall become available for
obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2031;
``(F) $36,882,058,000 or 23.1 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2031, and there are hereby appropriated
$24,148,064,000 or 15.2 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2031, which shall become available for
obligation on July 1, 2031, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2032;
``(G) $43,234,768,000 or 26.5 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2032, and there are hereby appropriated
$31,469,041,000 or 19.3 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2032, which shall become available for
obligation on July 1, 2032, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2033;
``(H) $50,681,693,000 or 30.4 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2033, and there are hereby appropriated
$41,009,521,000 or 24.6 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2033, which shall become available for
obligation on July 1, 2033, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2034;
``(I) $59,411,305,000 or 34.9 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2034, and there are hereby appropriated
$53,442,392,000 or 31.4 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2034, which shall become available for
obligation on July 1, 2034, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2035; and
``(J) $69,644,540,000 or 40 percent of the amount
determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater,
for fiscal year 2035 and each subsequent fiscal year,
and there are hereby appropriated $69,644,540,000 or 40
percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2),
whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and each
subsequent fiscal year, which--
``(i) shall become available for obligation
with respect to fiscal year 2035 on July 1,
2034, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2036; and
``(ii) shall become available for
obligation with respect to each subsequent
fiscal year on July 1 of that fiscal year and
shall remain available through September 30 of
the succeeding fiscal year.
``(2) Amount.--With respect to each subparagraph of
paragraph (1), the amount determined under this paragraph is
the product of--
``(A) the total number of children with
disabilities in all States who--
``(i) received special education and
related services during the last school year
that concluded before the first day of the
fiscal year for which the determination is
made; and
``(ii) were aged--
``(I) 3 through 5 (with respect to
the States that were eligible for
grants under section 619); and
``(II) 6 through 21; and
``(B) the average per-pupil expenditure in public
elementary schools and secondary schools in the United
States.''.
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