119-hr2598

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2598 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2598

 To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
 provide full Federal funding of such part.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 2, 2025

 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bost, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Craig, 
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Balint, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, 
 Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, 
 Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crow, Ms. Dean of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Escobar, 
Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Ms. 
 Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Himes, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Mannion, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Mrs. 
 McClain, Ms. McClellan, Mr. McGarvey, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Morelle, Mr. 
 Moulton, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. 
 Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Riley of New York, 
 Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
 Simon, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. 
Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Wilson 
 of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
 provide full Federal funding of such part.

 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 ``IDEA Full Funding Act''.

SEC. 2. 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) $16,661,928,000 or 11.6 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2026, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $6,425,048,000 or 4.5 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;
 ``
        (B) $19,531,844,000 or 13.4 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2027, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $8,372,932,000 or 5.7 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;
 ``
            (C) $22,896,084,000 or 15.3 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2028, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $10,911,357,000 or 7.3 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;
 ``
            (D) $26,839,795,000 or 17.6 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2029, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $14,219,357,000 or 9.3 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;
 ``
        (E) $31,462,786,000 or 20.2 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2030, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $18,530,244,000 or 11.9 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;
 ``
        (F) $36,882,058,000 or 23.1 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2031, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $24,148,064,000 or 15.2 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2031, which shall become available for 
 obligation on July 1, 2031, and shall remain available 
 through September 30, 2032;
 ``
        (G) $43,234,768,000 or 26.5 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2032, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $31,469,041,000 or 19.3 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2032, which shall become available for 
 obligation on July 1, 2032, and shall remain available 
 through September 30, 2033;
 ``
        (H) $50,681,693,000 or 30.4 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2033, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $41,009,521,000 or 24.6 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2033, which shall become available for 
 obligation on July 1, 2033, and shall remain available 
 through September 30, 2034;
 ``
            (I) $59,411,305,000 or 34.9 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2034, and there are hereby appropriated 
 $53,442,392,000 or 31.4 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2034, which shall become available for 
 obligation on July 1, 2034, and shall remain available 
 through September 30, 2035; and
 ``
        (J) $69,644,540,000 or 40.0 percent of the amount 
 determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, 
 for fiscal year 2035 and each subsequent fiscal year, 
 and there are hereby appropriated $69,644,540,000 or 
 40.0 percent of the amount determined under paragraph

    (2) , whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and 
 each subsequent fiscal year, which--
 ``
            (i) shall become available for obligation 
 with respect to fiscal year 2035 on July 1, 
 2035, and shall remain available through 
 September 30, 2036; 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.''.

SEC. 3. OFFSETS.

 The amounts appropriated in 

section 611
            (i) of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411
            (i) ), as amended by 

section 2 
of this Act, shall be expended consistent with cut-as-you-go 
requirements.
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