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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3213 

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 

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. 

SMITH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. REED, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. KAINE, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BOOKER, 

Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WYDEN, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. PETERS) 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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 

2 DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. 

3 Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 

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

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car8 rying out this part, other than section 619, there are 

9 authorized to be appropriated— 

10 ‘‘(A) $15,537,429,000 or 15.4 percent of 

11 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

12 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2022, and 

13 there are hereby appropriated $2,599,972,000 

14 or 2.6 percent of the amount determined under 

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

16 year 2022, which shall become available for ob17 ligation on July 1, 2022, and shall remain 

18 available through September 30, 2023; 

19 ‘‘(B) $17,443,989,000 or 16.9 percent of 

20 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

21 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2023, and 

22 there are hereby appropriated $3,463,597,000 

23 or 3.4 percent of the amount determined under 

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

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1 ligation on July 1, 2023, and shall remain 

2 available through September 30, 2024; 

3 ‘‘(C) $19,584,498,000 or 18.5 percent of 

4 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

5 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2024, and 

6 there are hereby appropriated $4,649,809,000 

7 or 4.4 percent of the amount determined under 

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

9 year 2024, which shall become available for ob10 ligation on July 1, 2024, and shall remain 

11 available through September 30, 2025; 

12 ‘‘(D) $21,987,664,000 or 20.3 percent of 

13 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

14 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2025, and 

15 there are hereby appropriated $6,242,273,000 

16 or 5.8 percent of the amount determined under 

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

18 year 2025, which shall become available for ob19 ligation on July 1, 2025, and shall remain 

20 available through September 30, 2026; 

21 ‘‘(E) $24,685,716,000 or 22.3 percent of 

22 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

23 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2026, and 

24 there are hereby appropriated $8,380,125,000 

25 or 7.6 percent of the amount determined under 


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

2 year 2026, which shall become available for ob3 ligation on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 

4 available through September 30, 2027; 

5 ‘‘(F) $27,714,840,000 or 24.5 percent of 

6 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

7 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2027, and 

8 there are hereby appropriated $11,250,146,000 

9 or 10.0 percent of the amount determined 

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

11 fiscal year 2027, which shall become available 

12 for obligation on July 1, 2027, and shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2028; 

14 ‘‘(G) $31,115,660,000 or 26.9 percent of 

15 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

16 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2028, and 

17 there are hereby appropriated $15,103,092,000 

18 or 13.1 percent of the amount determined 

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

20 fiscal year 2028, which shall become available 

21 for obligation on July 1, 2028, and shall remain 

22 available through September 30, 2029; 

23 ‘‘(H) $34,933,787,000 or 29.6 percent of 

24 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

25 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2029, and 


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1 there are hereby appropriated $20,275,592,000 

2 or 17.2 percent of the amount determined 

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

4 fiscal year 2029, which shall become available 

5 for obligation on July 1, 2029, and shall remain 

6 available through September 30, 2030; 

7 ‘‘(I) $39,220,426,000 or 32.4 percent of 

8 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

9 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2030, and 

10 there are hereby appropriated $27,219,569,000 

11 or 22.5 percent of the amount determined 

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

13 fiscal year 2030, which shall become available 

14 for obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain 

15 available through September 30, 2031; and 

16 ‘‘(J) $49,436,259,000 or 40.0 percent of 

17 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 

18 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031 and 

19 each subsequent fiscal year, and there are here20 by appropriated $49,436,259,000 or 40.0 per21 cent of the amount determined under para22 graph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 

23 2031 and each subsequent fiscal year, which— 

24 ‘‘(i) shall become available for obliga25 tion with respect to fiscal year 2031 on 


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1 July 1, 2031, and shall remain available 

2 through September 30, 2032; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) shall become available for obliga4 tion with respect to each subsequent fiscal 

5 year on July 1 of that fiscal year and shall 

6 remain available through September 30 of 

7 the succeeding fiscal year. 

8 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—With respect to each subpara9 graph of paragraph (1), the amount determined 

10 under this paragraph is the product of— 

11 ‘‘(A) the total number of children with dis12 abilities in all States who— 

13 ‘‘(i) received special education and re14 lated services during the last school year 

15 that concluded before the first day of the 

16 fiscal year for which the determination is 

17 made; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) were aged— 

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

20 the States that were eligible for 

21 grants under section 619); and 

22 ‘‘(II) 6 through 21; and 


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

2 public elementary schools and secondary schools 

3 in the United States.’’. 

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