To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to clarify the maintenance of effort requirement for local educational agencies.

Bill: 114-hr-1226
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2015-03-03
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Intergovernmental relations

Special education

State and local finance

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to allow local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive federal assistance for the education of disabled children under the Act to reduce their spending for the education of such children if that reduction is attributable to reductions in their spending for employment related benefits for special education personnel.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1226 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2015 Mr. Ribble 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 clarify the maintenance of effort requirement for local educational agencies.

1. Exception to maintenance of effort requirement for local educational agencies Section 613(a)(2)(B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1413(a)(2)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (iii)(III), by striking or at the end; (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (v) the reduction of expenditures for employment related benefits provided to special education personnel such as pay, retirement contributions, annual and sick leave, and health and life insurance. . 2. Effective date The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect beginning fiscal year 2016.