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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3581 

To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 

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 ‘‘Keep Our Promise to 

5 America’s Children and Teachers Act’’ or the ‘‘Keep Our 

6 PACT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress finds as follows: 

9 (1) Children are our Nation’s future and great10 est treasure. 


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1 (2) A high-quality education is the surest way 

2 for every child to reach his or her full potential. 

3 (3) Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

4 Schools Act helps address inequity in education in 

5 school districts across the country to provide a high6 quality education to every student. 

7 (4) The Individuals with Disabilities Education 

8 Act guarantees all children with disabilities a first9 rate education. 

10 (5) The Individuals with Disabilities Education 

11 Improvement Act committed Congress to providing 

12 40 percent of the national current average per-pupil 

13 expenditure for students with disabilities. 

14 (6) A promise made must be a promise kept. 

15 SEC. 3. FULL FUNDING OF PART A OF TITLE I OF ESEA. 

16 (a) Funding—There are appropriated, out of any 

17 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: 

18 (1) For fiscal year 2016, an amount that equals 

19 the difference between— 

20 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

21 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

22 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.); and 


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1 (B) $16,221,582,000 or the full amount 

2 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

3 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

4 (2) For fiscal year 2017, an amount that equals 

5 the difference between— 

6 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

7 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

8 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

9 Act of 1965; and 

10 (B) $18,261,161,000 or the full amount 

11 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

12 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

13 (3) For fiscal year 2018, an amount that equals 

14 the difference between— 

15 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

16 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

17 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

18 Act of 1965; and 

19 (B) $20,557,182,000 or the full amount 

20 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

21 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

22 (4) For fiscal year 2019, an amount that equals 

23 the difference between— 

24 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

25 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 


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1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

2 Act of 1965; and 

3 (B) $23,141,888,000 or the full amount 

4 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

5 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

6 (5) For fiscal year 2020, an amount that equals 

7 the difference between— 

8 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

9 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

10 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

11 Act of 1965; and 

12 (B) $26,051,574,000 or the full amount 

13 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

14 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

15 (6) For fiscal year 2021, an amount that equals 

16 the difference between— 

17 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

18 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

19 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

20 Act of 1965; and 

21 (B) $29,327,103,000 or the full amount 

22 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

23 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

24 (7) For fiscal year 2022, an amount that equals 

25 the difference between— 


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1 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

2 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

3 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

4 Act of 1965; and 

5 (B) $33,014,472,000 or the full amount 

6 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

7 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

8 (8) For fiscal year 2023, an amount that equals 

9 the difference between— 

10 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

11 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

12 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

13 Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left 

14 Behind Act of 2001; and 

15 (B) $37,165,463,000 or the full amount 

16 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

17 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

18 (9) For fiscal year 2024, an amount that equals 

19 the difference between— 

20 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

21 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

22 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

23 Act of 1965; and 


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1 (B) $41,838,368,000 or the full amount 

2 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

3 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

4 (10) For fiscal year 2025, an amount that 

5 equals the difference between— 

6 (A) the amount appropriated for fiscal 

7 year 2015 for programs under part A of title I 

8 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

9 Act of 1965; and 

10 (B) $47,098,809,000 or the full amount 

11 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 

12 for those programs, whichever is higher. 

13 SEC. 4. MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 

14 DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. 

15 Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 

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

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car20 rying out this part, other than section 619, there are 

21 authorized to be appropriated— 

22 ‘‘(A) $12,872,421,000 or 17.7 percent of 

23 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

24 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2016, and 

25 there are hereby appropriated $1,374,573,000 


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1 or 1.6 percent of the amount determined under 

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

3 year 2016, which shall become available for ob4 ligation on July 1, 2016, and shall remain 

5 available through September 30, 2017; 

6 ‘‘(B) $14,411,326,000 or 19.4 percent of 

7 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

8 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2017, and 

9 there are hereby appropriated $2,913,478,000 

10 or 3.3 percent of the amount determined under 

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

12 year 2017, which shall become available for ob13 ligation on July 1, 2017, and shall remain 

14 available through September 30, 2018; 

15 ‘‘(C) $16,134,207,000 or 21.2 percent of 

16 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

17 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2018, and 

18 there are hereby appropriated $4,636,359,000 

19 or 5.1 percent of the amount determined under 

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

21 year 2018, which shall become available for ob22 ligation on July 1, 2018, and shall remain 

23 available through September 30, 2019; 

24 ‘‘(D) $18,063,059,000 or 23.2 percent of 

25 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 


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1 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2019, and 

2 there are hereby appropriated $6,565,211,000 

3 or 7.1 percent of the amount determined under 

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

5 year 2019, which shall become available for ob6 ligation on July 1, 2019, and shall remain 

7 available through September 30, 2020; 

8 ‘‘(E) $20,222,507,000 or 25.4 percent of 

9 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

10 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2020, and 

11 there are hereby appropriated $8,724,659,000 

12 or 9.3 percent of the amount determined under 

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

14 year 2020, which shall become available for ob15 ligation on July 1, 2020, and shall remain 

16 available through September 30, 2021; 

17 ‘‘(F) $22,640,117,000 or 27.8 percent of 

18 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

19 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2021, and 

20 there are hereby appropriated $11,142,269,000 

21 or 11.7 percent of the amount determined 

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

23 fiscal year 2021, which shall become available 

24 for obligation on July 1, 2021, and shall remain 

25 available through September 30, 2022; 


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1 ‘‘(G) $25,346,755,000 or 30.5 percent of 

2 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

3 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2022, and 

4 there are hereby appropriated $13,848,907,000 

5 or 14.4 percent of the amount determined 

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

7 fiscal year 2022, which shall become available 

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

9 available through September 30, 2023; 

10 ‘‘(H) $28,376,972,000 or 33.4 percent of 

11 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

12 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2023, and 

13 there are hereby appropriated $16,879,124,000 

14 or 17.3 percent of the amount determined 

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

16 fiscal year 2023, which shall become available 

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

18 available through September 30, 2024; 

19 ‘‘(I) $31,769,453,000 or 36.5 percent of 

20 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

21 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2024, and 

22 there are hereby appropriated $20,271,605,000 

23 or 20.4 percent of the amount determined 

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

25 fiscal year 2024, which shall become available 


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

2 available through September 30, 2025; and 

3 ‘‘(J) $35,567,506,000 or 40 percent of the 

4 amount determined under paragraph (2), 

5 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2025 and 

6 each subsequent fiscal year, and there are here7 by appropriated $35,567,506,000 or 40 percent 

8 of the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

9 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2025 and 

10 each subsequent fiscal year, which— 

11 ‘‘(i) shall become available for obliga12 tion with respect to fiscal year 2025 on 

13 July 1, 2025, and shall remain available 

14 through September 30, 2026; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) shall become available for obliga16 tion with respect to each subsequent fiscal 

17 year on July 1 of that fiscal year and shall 

18 remain available through September 30 of 

19 the succeeding fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—With respect to each subpara21 graph of paragraph (1), the amount determined 

22 under this paragraph is the product of— 

23 ‘‘(A) the total number of children with dis24 abilities in all States who— 


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1 ‘‘(i) received special education and re2 lated services during the last school year 

3 that concluded before the first day of the 

4 fiscal year for which the determination is 

5 made; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) were aged— 

7 ‘‘(I) 3 through 5 (with respect to 

8 the States that were eligible for 

9 grants under section 619); and 

10 ‘‘(II) 6 through 21; and 

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

12 public elementary schools and secondary schools 

13 in the United States.’’. 

14 SEC. 5. OFFSET. 

15 The amounts appropriated by this Act and the 

16 amendments made by this Act shall be expended con17 sistent with pay-as-you-go requirements. 

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