H.R. 10113 – New IDEA Act

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The bill updates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to broaden and clarify the definitions of learning and language disorders. It adds developmental language disorder, spectrum disorders, and specific references to dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia, and it creates a new requirement that schools provide equal access to accommodations for children from low‑income families and those with limited English proficiency.

Key Provisions

Adds “developmental language disorder” to the definition of language impairments.
Inserts “spectrum disorders” after autism in the list of recognized conditions.
Specifies dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia as examples of specific learning disabilities and provides brief definitions for each.
Rewords language to include “language or communication development.”
Reorders the phrase “listen, think” to “think, listen.”
Expands the list of included disorders to cover various reading, math, writing, perceptual, and brain‑injury related disabilities.
Clarifies disorders that are NOT considered learning problems, such as those stemming from visual, hearing, motor, intellectual, emotional, instructional, or limited‑English issues.
Creates a new Section 608A requiring local education agencies to ensure accommodations are equally accessible to eligible children who are low‑income or have limited English proficiency.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

August 17, 2026

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Introduced in House

August 17, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

August 17, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued August 17, 2026

I

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10113

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 17, 2026

Mrs. Houchin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To make certain revisions to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the New Improvements to Definitions for Educational Access Act or the New IDEA Act.

2.

Revisions to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) is amended—

(1)

in section 602—

(A)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

in subparagraph (A)—

(I)

by inserting (including developmental language disorder) after language impairments;

(II)

by inserting spectrum disorders after autism; and

(III)

by inserting (including dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia, which relate to difficulties in reading, math, and writing) after specific learning disabilities; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (B)(i) by inserting language or before communication development; and

(B)

in paragraph (30)—

(i)

in subparagraph (A), by striking listen, think and inserting think, listen; and

(ii)

by amending subparagraphs (B) and (C) to read as follows:

(B)

Disorders included

Such term includes such conditions as word-level reading disabilities, reading comprehension disabilities, math calculation disabilities, math problem-solving and reasoning disabilities, written expression disabilities, perceptual disabilities, and brain injury. Alternative terms for commonly recognized specific learning disabilities include—

(i)

dyslexia, characterized by significant and unexpected difficulties in reading and spelling words accurately and with automaticity, typically associated with weakness in phonological processing (the appreciation of individual sounds of spoken language);

(ii)

dyscalculia, characterized by significant and unexpected difficulties in math calculation skills and understanding numbers and math facts, typically associated with weakness in fundamental number representation and processing; and

(iii)

dysgraphia, characterized by significant and unexpected difficulties in automatic formation of letters or numbers and the production of legible or coherent writing, typically associated with weakness in storing and automatically retrieving letters and numbers.

(C)

Disorders not included

Such term does not include a learning problem that is primarily the result of—

(i)

visual, hearing, or motor disabilities;

(ii)

intellectual disability;

(iii)

emotional disturbance;

(iv)

a lack of appropriate instruction in reading, including in the essential components of reading instruction (as defined in section 203 of the Adult Education and Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272));

(v)

lack of appropriate instruction in math; or

(vi)

limited English proficiency.

; and

(2)

by inserting after section 608, the following:

608A.

Provision of accommodations and services

In determining eligibility for, or providing, an accommodation or service under this title, a local educational agency or other agency shall provide equal access, to the accommodation or service, to all eligible children, including eligible children who are—

(1)

children living in low-income households; and

(2)

children with limited proficiency in English.

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