I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6770 
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide parity 
for outlying areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Ms. BORDALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
to provide parity for outlying areas, 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 Parity for Out-
lying Areas Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN 
WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION; ALLOTMENT; USE OF FUNDS; 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 611 of 
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the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1411) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘not 
more than 1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘not less 
than 1 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B), and re-
designating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(B); and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘or 
$35,000, whichever is greater’’. 
(b) PRESCHOOL GRANTS.—Section 619 of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall allocate the amount’’ and inserting 
‘‘After reserving funds for payments to the outlying 
areas under subsection (h)(1) for a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall allocate the remaining amount’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) 
as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) OUTLYING AREAS.— 
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‘‘(1) FUNDS RESERVED.—From the amount ap-
propriated under subsection (k) for each fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of the IDEA 
Parity for Outlying Areas Act, the Secretary shall 
reserve not less than 1 percent, which shall be used 
to provide assistance to the outlying areas in accord-
ance with their respective populations of children 
aged 3 through 5 and their relative populations of 
all children aged 3 through 5 who are living in pov-
erty, in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(2) FIRST AWARD YEAR.—For the first fiscal 
year the Secretary provides assistance to outlying 
areas under this section, subsection (c)(2)(B)(iii) 
shall not apply to outlying areas. 
‘‘(3) 
APPLICATION
OF
RESERVATION
FOR 
STATE ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (d) shall be applied 
to outlying areas by substituting ‘for the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of the 
IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act’ for ‘for fiscal 
year 1997’. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For each fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of enactment of the IDEA Parity 
for Outlying Areas Act, each use of the term ‘State’ 
in this section shall be deemed to refer to a State 
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or outlying area, as appropriate to carry out this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND TOD-
DLERS WITH DISABILITIES. 
Section 643(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1443(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘AREAS.—’’ and all that follows 
through 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—From’’ 
inserting 
‘‘AREAS.—From’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘not more than 1 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not less than 1 percent’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 4. STATE PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 
(a) PURPOSE; DEFINITION
OF PERSONNEL; PRO-
GRAM AUTHORITY.—Section 651 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1451) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$160,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$160,000’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 654 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1454) is 
amended by striking subsection (e). 
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