I

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 835

To authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act to achieve full funding for part B of that Act by 2011.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 1, 2001

Mr. GARY MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. BACA, Mr.

BALLENGER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. HERGER, Mr. SIMMONS,

Mr. LANTOS, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr.

ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. VITTER, Mr. FROST, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma,

Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. GILLMOR,

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CARSON

of Oklahoma, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. CAMP, and Mr.

OSBORNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act to achieve full funding

for part B of that Act by 2011.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IDEA Full Funding

5 Act of 2001’’.
2

•HR 835 IH

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds the following:

3 (1) All children deserve a quality education, in4 cluding children with disabilities.

5 (2) The Individuals with Disabilities Education

6 Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) provides that the Fed7 eral Government and State and local governments

8 are to share in the expense of educating children

9 with disabilities and commits the Federal Govern10 ment to provide funds to assist with the excess ex11 penses of educating children with disabilities.

12 (3) While Congress committed to contribute up

13 to 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure

14 of educating children with disabilities, the Federal

15 Government has failed to meet this commitment to

16 assist States and localities.

17 (4) To date, the Federal Government has never

18 contributed more than 14.9 percent of the national

19 average per pupil expenditure to assist with the ex20 cess expenses of educating children with disabilities

21 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education

22 Act.

23 (5) Failing to meet the Federal Government’s

24 commitment to assist with the excess expense of

25 educating a child with a disability contradicts the
3

•HR 835 IH

1 goal of ensuring that children with disabilities re2 ceive a quality education.

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

4 It is the purpose of this Act to reach the Federal Gov5 ernment’s goal under part B of the Individuals with Dis6 abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) of pro7 viding 40 percent of the national average per pupil ex8 penditure to assist States and local educational agencies

9 with the excess costs of educating children with disabil10 ities.

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART B

12 OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

13 EDUCATION ACT.

14 Notwithstanding section 611(j) of the Individuals

15 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(j)), for

16 the purpose of carrying out part B of such Act, other than

17 section 619, there are authorized to be appropriated—

18 (1) $9,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

19 (2) $11,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

20 (3) $13,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;

21 (4) $15,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

22 (5) $17,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

23 (6) $19,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

24 (7) $21,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;

25 (8) $23,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
4

•HR 835 IH

1 (9) $25,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;

2 (10) $27,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and

3 (11) such sums as may be necessary for each

4 subsequent fiscal year.

Æ