S. 1159

IDEA Full Funding Act

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1159

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 19, 2007

Mr. Hagel (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Warner, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lieberman, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

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

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the IDEA Full Funding Act.

2.

Amendments to IDEA

Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read as follows:

(i)

Funding

For the purpose of carrying out this part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be appropriated—

(1)

$12,144,803,000 for fiscal year 2008, and there are hereby appropriated $1,361,842,000 for fiscal year 2008, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 30, 2009;

(2)

$13,987,521,000 for fiscal year 2009, and there are hereby appropriated $3,204,560,000 for fiscal year 2009, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 2010;

(3)

$15,957,362,000 for fiscal year 2010, and there are hereby appropriated $5,174,401,000 for fiscal year 2010, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 2011;

(4)

$18,292,338,000 for fiscal year 2011, and there are hereby appropriated $7,509,377,000 for fiscal year 2011, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2011, and shall remain available through September 30, 2012;

(5)

$20,848,085,000 for fiscal year 2012, and there are hereby appropriated $10,065,124,000 for fiscal year 2012, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2012, and shall remain available through September 30, 2013;

(6)

$23,772,812,000 for fiscal year 2013, and there are hereby appropriated $12,989,851,000 for fiscal year 2013, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2013, and shall remain available through September 30, 2014;

(7)

$27,075,420,000 for fiscal year 2014, and there are hereby appropriated $16,292,459,000 for fiscal year 2014, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015;

(8)

$30,837,945,000 for fiscal year 2015, and there are hereby appropriated $20,054,984,000 for fiscal year 2015, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016; and

(9)

an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amounts of the grants all States may receive under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year, and, there are hereby appropriated for each such year an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amounts of the grants all States may receive under subsection (a)(2)(B) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made minus $10,782,961,000, which shall become available for obligation on July 1 of the fiscal year for which the determination is made and shall remain available through September 30 of the succeeding year.

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