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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2542 

To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 

provide full Federal funding of such part. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 13, 2018 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. 

CASEY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part. 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO IDEA. 

7 Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 

8 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read 

9 as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car3 rying out this part, other than section 619, there are 

4 authorized to be appropriated— 

5 ‘‘(A) $13,382,890,000 or 17.0 percent of 

6 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

7 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2018, and 

8 there are hereby appropriated $1,487,690,000 

9 or 1.9 percent of the amount determined under 

10 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 

11 year 2018, which shall become available for ob12 ligation on July 1, 2018, and shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2019; 

14 ‘‘(B) $15,050,834,000 or 18.7 percent of 

15 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

16 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2019, and 

17 there are hereby appropriated $3,155,634,000 

18 or 3.9 percent of the amount determined under 

19 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 

20 year 2019, which shall become available for ob21 ligation on July 1, 2019, and shall remain 

22 available through September 30, 2020; 

23 ‘‘(C) $16,926,646,000 or 20.6 percent of 

24 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

25 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2020, and 


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1 there are hereby appropriated $5,031,446,000 

2 or 6.1 percent of the amount determined under 

3 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 

4 year 2020, which shall become available for ob5 ligation on July 1, 2020, and shall remain 

6 available through September 30, 2021; 

7 ‘‘(D) $19,036,244,000 or 22.6 percent of 

8 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

9 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2021, and 

10 there are hereby appropriated $7,141,044,000 

11 or 8.5 percent of the amount determined under 

12 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 

13 year 2021, which shall become available for ob14 ligation on July 1, 2021, and shall remain 

15 available through September 30, 2022; 

16 ‘‘(E) $21,408,764,000 or 24.9 percent of 

17 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

18 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2022, and 

19 there are hereby appropriated $9,513,564,000 

20 or 11.1 percent of the amount determined 

21 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 

22 fiscal year 2022, which shall become available 

23 for obligation on July 1, 2022, and shall remain 

24 available through September 30, 2023; 


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1 ‘‘(F) $24,076,976,000 or 27.3 percent of 

2 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

3 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2023, and 

4 there are hereby appropriated $12,181,776,000 

5 or 13.8 percent of the amount determined 

6 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 

7 fiscal year 2023, which shall become available 

8 for obligation on July 1, 2023, and shall remain 

9 available through September 30, 2024; 

10 ‘‘(G) $27,077,732,000 or 30.1 percent of 

11 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

12 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2024, and 

13 there are hereby appropriated $15,182,532,000 

14 or 16.9 percent of the amount determined 

15 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 

16 fiscal year 2024, which shall become available 

17 for obligation on July 1, 2024, and shall remain 

18 available through September 30, 2025; 

19 ‘‘(H) $30,452,478,000 or 33.1 percent of 

20 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

21 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2025, and 

22 there are hereby appropriated $18,557,278,000 

23 or 20.2 percent of the amount determined 

24 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 

25 fiscal year 2025, which shall become available 


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1 for obligation on July 1, 2025, and shall remain 

2 available through September 30, 2026; 

3 ‘‘(I) $34,247,823,000 or 36.4 percent of 

4 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

5 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2026, and 

6 there are hereby appropriated $22,352,623,000 

7 or 23.8 percent of the amount determined 

8 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 

9 fiscal year 2026, which shall become available 

10 for obligation on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 

11 available through September 30, 2027; and 

12 ‘‘(J) $38,516,190,000 or 40 percent of the 

13 amount determined under paragraph (2), 

14 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2027 and 

15 each subsequent fiscal year, and there are here16 by appropriated $26,620,990,000 or 27.7 per17 cent of the amount determined under para18 graph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 

19 2027 and each subsequent fiscal year, which— 

20 ‘‘(i) shall become available for obliga21 tion with respect to fiscal year 2027 on 

22 July 1, 2027, and shall remain available 

23 through September 30, 2028; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) shall become available for obliga25 tion with respect to each subsequent fiscal 


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1 year on July 1 of that fiscal year and shall 

2 remain available through September 30 of 

3 the succeeding fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—With respect to each subpara5 graph of paragraph (1), the amount determined 

6 under this paragraph is the product of— 

7 ‘‘(A) the total number of children with dis8 abilities in all States who— 

9 ‘‘(i) received special education and re10 lated services during the last school year 

11 that concluded before the first day of the 

12 fiscal year for which the determination is 

13 made; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) were aged— 

15 ‘‘(I) 3 through 5 (with respect to 

16 the States that were eligible for 

17 grants under section 619); and 

18 ‘‘(II) 6 through 21; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the average per-pupil expenditure in 

20 public elementary schools and secondary schools 

21 in the United States.’’. 

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