Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers Act
Bill: S.72 | Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD)
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act
This bill provides funding through FY2031 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.

To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and 
 Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities 
                             Education Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Our Promise to America's 
Children and Teachers Act'' or the ``Keep Our PACT Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Children are our Nation's future and greatest treasure.
            (2) A high-quality education is the surest way for every 
        child to reach his or her full potential.
            (3) The coronavirus pandemic has amplified the deep funding 
        inequities that exist in our education system.
            (4) Part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) helps address 
        inequity in education in school districts across the United 
        States to provide a high-quality education to every student.
            (5) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
        U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) guarantees all children with disabilities 
        a first-rate education.
            (6) The amendments made to such Act by the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
        446; 118 Stat. 2647) committed Congress to providing 40 percent 
        of the national current average per-pupil expenditure for 
        students with disabilities.
            (7) A promise made must be a promise kept.

SEC. 3. MANDATORY FUNDING OF PART A OF TITLE I OF ESEA.

    (a) Definition of Fiscal Year 2021 Part A of Title I 
Appropriation.--In this section, the term ``fiscal year 2021 part A of 
title I appropriation'' means the amount appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for programs under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
    (b) Funding.--There are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
            (1) for fiscal year 2022, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $18,325,069,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (2) for fiscal year 2023, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $20,306,717,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (3) for fiscal year 2024, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $22,502,657,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (4) for fiscal year 2025, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $24,936,064,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (5) for fiscal year 2026, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $27,632,615,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (6) for fiscal year 2027, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $30,620,768,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (7) for fiscal year 2028, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $33,932,056,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (8) for fiscal year 2029, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $37,601,422,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater;
            (9) for fiscal year 2030, an amount that equals the 
        difference between--
                    (A) the fiscal year 2021 part A of title I 
                appropriation; and
                    (B) $41,667,588,000 or the full amount authorized 
                to be appropriated for the fiscal year for those 
                programs, whichever is greater; and
            (10) for fiscal year 2031, $46,173,464,000 or the full 
        amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year for 
        those programs, whichever is greater.

SEC. 4. MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES 
              EDUCATION ACT.

    Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i) Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out this 
        part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be 
        appropriated--
                    ``(A) $14,723,530,000 or 15.3 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2022, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $1,786,072,756 or 1.9 percent of the amount determined 
                under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 
                year 2022, which shall become available for obligation 
                on July 1, 2022, and shall remain available through 
                September 30, 2023;
                    ``(B) $16,756,178,000 or 17.0 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2023, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $3,818,720,700 or 3.9 percent of the amount determined 
                under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 
                year 2023, which shall become available for obligation 
                on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available through 
                September 30, 2024;
                    ``(C) $19,069,442,000 or 18.9 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2024, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $6,131,984,620 or 6.1 percent of the amount determined 
                under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 
                year 2024, which shall become available for obligation 
                on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available through 
                September 30, 2025;
                    ``(D) $21,702,062,000 or 21.1 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2025, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $8,764,604,783 or 8.5 percent of the amount determined 
                under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 
                year 2025, which shall become available for obligation 
                on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available through 
                September 30, 2026;
                    ``(E) $24,698,127,000 or 23.4 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2026, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $11,760,669,721 or 11.2 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2026, which shall become available for 
                obligation on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available 
                through September 30, 2027;
                    ``(F) $28,107,812,000 or 26.1 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2027, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $15,170,354,582 or 14.1 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2027, which shall become available for 
                obligation on July 1, 2027, and shall remain available 
                through September 30, 2028;
                    ``(G) $31,988,218,000 or 29.0 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2028, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $19,050,761,411 or 17.3 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2028, which shall become available for 
                obligation on July 1, 2028, and shall remain available 
                through September 30, 2029;
                    ``(H) $36,404,332,000 or 32.3 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2029, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $23,466,875,446 or 20.8 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2029, which shall become available for 
                obligation on July 1, 2029, and shall remain available 
                through September 30, 2030;
                    ``(I) $41,430,110,000 or 35.9 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2030, and there are hereby appropriated 
                $28,492,653,417 or 24.7 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2030, which shall become available for 
                obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain available 
                through September 30, 2031; and
                    ``(J) $47,149,719,000 or 40 percent of the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, 
                for fiscal year 2031 and each subsequent fiscal year, 
                and there are hereby appropriated $47,149,719,000 or 40 
                percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
                whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031 and each 
                subsequent fiscal year, which--
                            ``(i) shall become available for obligation 
                        with respect to fiscal year 2031 on July 1, 
                        2031, and shall remain available through 
                        September 30, 2032; and
                            ``(ii) shall become available for 
                        obligation with respect to each subsequent 
                        fiscal year on July 1 of that fiscal year and 
                        shall remain available through September 30 of 
                        the succeeding fiscal year.
            ``(2) Amount.--With respect to each subparagraph of 
        paragraph (1), the amount determined under this paragraph is 
        the product of--
                    ``(A) the total number of children with 
                disabilities in all States who--
                            ``(i) received special education and 
                        related services during the last school year 
                        that concluded before the first day of the 
                        fiscal year for which the determination is 
                        made; and
                            ``(ii) were aged--
                                    ``(I) 3 through 5 (with respect to 
                                the States that were eligible for 
                                grants under section 619); and
                                    ``(II) 6 through 21; and
                    ``(B) the average per-pupil expenditure in public 
                elementary schools and secondary schools in the United 
                States.''.
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