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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 526 

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full 

funding for assistance for education of all children with disabilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 17, 2007 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 

CONYERS, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. GENE

GREEN of Texas, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. PLATTS, 

Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 

WEINER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mr. HARE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 

ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. WYNN, and 

Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

to provide full funding for assistance for education of 

all children with disabilities. 

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 ‘‘Full Funding for 

5 IDEA Now Act.’’ 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to attain the Federal Gov3 ernment’s goal under part B of the Individuals with Dis4 abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) of pro5 viding 40 percent of the national current average per pupil 

6 expenditure to assist States and local educational agencies 

7 with the excess costs of educating children with disabilities 

8 and to make such funding mandatory. 

9 SEC. 3. AMOUNT OF GRANT FOR STATES UNDER PART B OF 

10 THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDU11 CATION ACT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 611(a) of the Individuals 

13 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(a)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MAX17 IMUM’’ and inserting ‘‘MINIMUM’’; 

18 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

19 (A)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘maximum’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘minimum’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘may receive’’ and in23 serting ‘‘is entitled to receive’’; and 

24 (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘fis25 cal years 2005 and 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

26 year 2006’’; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) NO INDIVIDUAL ENTITLEMENT.—Para4 graph (2) shall not be interpreted to entitle any indi5 vidual to assistance under any State program, 

6 project, or activity funded under this part.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 611 of the 

8 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

9 1411) is amended as follows: 

10 (1) In the heading— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘AUTHORIZATION;’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘ENTITLEMENT;’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘; AUTHORIZATION OF

14 APPROPRIATIONS’’. 

15 (2) In subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

17 ‘‘From the amount appropriated for any fiscal 

18 year under subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘From 

19 the amount available for any fiscal year to 

20 carry out this part (other than section 619)’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘From 

23 the amount appropriated for any fiscal year 

24 under subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘From the 


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1 amount available for any fiscal year to carry 

2 out this part (other than section 619)’’. 

3 (3) In subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘the 

4 amounts appropriated’’ and inserting ‘‘the amounts 

5 available’’. 

6 (4) In subsection (d)(3)(B)— 

7 (A) in clause (ii)— 

8 (i) in subclause (I)(bb), by striking 

9 ‘‘the amount appropriated under sub10 section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount 

11 available to carry out this part’’; 

12 (ii) in subclause (II)(bb), by striking 

13 ‘‘appropriated for’’ and inserting ‘‘available 

14 to carry out’’; and 

15 (iii) in subclause (III)(bb), by striking 

16 ‘‘appropriated for’’ and inserting ‘‘available 

17 to carry out’’; and 

18 (B) in clause (iii)(II), by striking ‘‘appro19 priated’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’. 

20 (5) In subsection (h)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘appro21 priated under subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘avail22 able to carry out this part (other than section 619)’’. 

23 (6) By striking subsection (i). 

24 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

25 for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 


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1 U.S.C. 1400(b)) is amended in the item relating to section 

2 611 to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 611. Entitlement; allotment; use of funds.’’. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section apply with respect to fiscal years beginning 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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