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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 737
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 27, 2001
Mr. BASS (for himself, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. JOHN-
SON of Connecticut, Mr. HORN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. GOODE, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. ENGLISH, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr.
HOLT, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. SAXTON, and Mr.
OSBORNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 ‘‘Mandatory IDEA Full
Funding Act of 2001’’.
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 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
actment of the Mandatory IDEA Full
Funding Act of 2001)’’; 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, 2001.
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