The Senate version of the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was introduced, but little action was taken. The House continues to pass separate portions of the act. The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act passed the Senate. However there was no time for the House to act on the bill. Each federal agency is to determine where the cuts should be made.
Discretionary programs are either level funded or slightly reduced.
Section 407 of HR 1180, which would have limited school based health services for low income children with disabilities was NOT in the final bill. The Senate passed the bill by Unanimous Consent on November 8. However, efforts to move it through the House before adjournment failed. To date, conferees meeting to reconcile the differences between S. 254, the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act and H.R. 1501, the Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act have been unable to come to agreement on the issue of gun control. Proposals to suspend or expel without further services students with disabilities who bring a gun or weapon to school are still in the bills.