I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 823
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 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. OTTER, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, and Ms. WATSON) 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 full funding for assistance for education of 
all children with disabilities.
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 ‘‘Full Funding for 
IDEA Now Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to attain the Federal Gov-
ernment’s goal under part B of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) of pro-
viding 40 percent of the national current average per pupil 
expenditure to assist States and local educational agencies 
with the excess costs of educating children with disabilities 
and to make such funding mandatory.
SEC. 3. AMOUNT OF GRANT FOR STATES UNDER PART B OF 
THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDU-
CATION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 611(a) of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(a)) is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) 
MINIMUM
AMOUNTS.—The 
minimum 
amount of the grant a State is entitled to receive 
under this section for a fiscal year is—
‘‘(A) the number of children with disabil-
ities in the State who are receiving special edu-
cation and related services—
‘‘(i) aged 3 through 5 if the State is 
eligible for a grant under section 619; and 
‘‘(ii) aged 6 through 21; multiplied by
carry out this part (other than section 619), the 
Secretary shall use’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) or 
subsection (e), as the case may be’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); 
(D) in subsection (e)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PERMA-
NENT’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘subsection (j)’’ 
the following: ‘‘(as such subsection was in 
effect on the day before the date of the en-
actment of the Full Funding for IDEA 
Now Act of 2003)’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3)(B)—
(I) in clause (ii)—
(aa) in subclause (I)(bb), by 
striking ‘‘amount appropriated under
subsection (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘amount 
available to carry out this part (other 
than section 619)’’; 
(bb) in subclause (II)(bb), by 
striking ‘‘appropriated’’ and inserting 
‘‘available’’; and 
(cc) in subclause (III)(bb), by 
striking ‘‘appropriated’’ and inserting 
‘‘available’’; and 
(II) in clause (iii)(II), by striking ‘‘ap-
propriated’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’; 
(E) in subsection (g)—
(i) in paragraph (2)—
(I) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(II) by striking ‘‘(B) PERMANENT 
PROCEDURE.—’’; 
(III) by redesignating clauses (i) and 
(ii) and subclauses (I) and (II) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and clauses (i) and 
(ii), respectively; and 
(IV) in subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(I) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘appro-
priated’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’; 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘appro-
priated’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’; and 
(F) in subsection (i)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘appro-
priated under subsection (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘avail-
able to carry out this part (other than section 619)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
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