I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 821 
To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
provide full Federal funding of such part. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. FERGUSON, and Ms. HOOLEY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Everyone Deserves Un-
conditional Access to Education (EDUCATE) Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO IDEA. 
Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this part, other than section 619, there are 
authorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(A) $12,068,264,000 or 19 percent of the 
amount 
determined 
under 
paragraph 
(2), 
whichever is less, for fiscal year 2008, and 
there are hereby appropriated $1,500,029,000 
or 2.4 percent of the amount determined under 
paragraph (2), whichever is less, for fiscal year 
2008, which shall become available for obliga-
tion on July 1, 2008, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2009; 
‘‘(B) $13,781,789,000 or 21.2 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is less, for fiscal year 2009, and 
there are hereby appropriated $3,209,117,000 
or 4.9 percent of the amount determined under 
paragraph (2), whichever is less, for fiscal year 
2009, which shall become available for obliga-
tion on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010; 
‘‘(C) $15,738,479,000 or 23.5 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is less, for fiscal year 2010, and 
there are hereby appropriated $5,156,400,000 
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or 7.7 percent of the amount determined under 
paragraph (2), whichever is less, for fiscal year 
2010, which shall become available for obliga-
tion on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2011; 
‘‘(D) $17,972,975,000 or 26.2 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is less, for fiscal year 2011, and 
there are hereby appropriated $7,375,074,000 
or 10.7 percent of the amount determined 
under paragraph (2), whichever is less, for fis-
cal year 2011, which shall become available for 
obligation on July 1, 2011, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2012; 
‘‘(E) $20,524,716,000 or 29.1 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is less, for fiscal year 2012, and 
there are hereby appropriated $9,902,965,000 
or 14 percent of the amount determined under 
paragraph (2), whichever is less, for fiscal year 
2012, which shall become available for obliga-
tion on July 1, 2012, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2013; 
‘‘(F) $23,438,744,000 or 32.4 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
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