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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1080 
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in order to limit 
the penalties to a State that does not meet its maintenance of effort 
level of funding to a one-time penalty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2015 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico (for himself and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN 
GRISHAM of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
in order to limit the penalties to a State that does 
not meet its maintenance of effort level of funding to 
a one-time penalty, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘IDEA MOE Adjust-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IDEA PENALTY LIMITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 611(d) of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(A) DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.—In any 
case where a State’s allocation under this sub-
section 
is 
reduced 
pursuant 
to 
section 
612(a)(18)(B), the Secretary shall distribute to 
all other States that were not subject to a re-
duction in allocation under such section, the 
amount by which any State’s allocation under 
this subsection was reduced under such section, 
in accordance with subclauses (II) and (III) of 
paragraph (3)(A)(i) and without regard to 
paragraphs (A)(i)(I) and (B) of paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS BY STATES.—Each 
State that receives additional funds under sub-
paragraph (A) shall allocate such funds to local 
educational agencies in accordance with sub-
section (f). 
‘‘(C) NO
CONSIDERATION
FOR
FUTURE 
YEARS
ALLOCATION.—In 
calculating 
the 
amounts for allocations under this subsection 
for fiscal year 2013 and all subsequent years, 
the Secretary, when determining the amount a 
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State received under this subsection for a pre-
ceding fiscal year, shall not consider— 
‘‘(i) any amount by which a State’s 
allocation for fiscal year 2012 or any sub-
sequent year is reduced pursuant to sec-
tion 612(a)(18); and 
‘‘(ii) any amount by which a State’s 
allocation increased, pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), as a result of a State’s reduc-
tion in allocation for fiscal year 2012 or 
any subsequent year.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF REDUCTION OVER MULTI-YEAR 
PERIOD.—Subparagraph (B) of section 612(a)(18) of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1412(a)(18)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION OF FUNDS FOR FAILURE 
TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT.—In any case where a 
State fails to comply with the requirement of 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, the State 
shall be subject to a reduction of the State’s al-
location of funds under section 611 by the 
amount by which the State fails to meet the re-
quirement. The Secretary shall carry out such 
reduction, in accordance with section 611(d)(5), 
by— 
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‘‘(i) reducing the State’s allocation 
under section 611 for the following fiscal 
year by the entire amount of the reduction; 
or 
‘‘(ii) applying the reduction to the 
State’s allocations under such section over 
a multi-year period of not more than 5 
consecutive fiscal years, until the entire 
amount of the reduction has been ap-
plied.’’. 
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