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OR HJM1

JM

Official Source

Status

Failed

6/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which guarantees free appropriate public education for students with disabilities
  • Federal government committed in 1975 to pay 40 percent of average per pupil expenditure for special education under IDEA
  • Congress has never met this funding commitment since the law's enactment in 1975
  • Recent federal budgets have funded IDEA at only approximately 13 percent of average per pupil expenditure
  • Congressional Research Service reported the nationwide IDEA funding shortfall was approximately $24 billion in the 2021-2022 school year

Legislative Description

Urging Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Last Action

In committee upon adjournment.

6/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Education1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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