S.Amdt. 1136

SA 1136. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CUTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
cut critical education programs, including programs under

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the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002, and the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
subsection (a).
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