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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2333
To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or other-
wise restructure any office within the Department of Education that
administers or enforces programs under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH25, 2025
Mr. M
ANNION(for himself, Mrs. HAYES, and Mrs. MCBATH) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Workforce
A BILL
To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, con-
solidate, or otherwise restructure any office within the
Department of Education that administers or enforces
programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Students 4
with Disabilities Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
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(1) Section 1402 of the Individuals with Dis-1
abilities Education Act explicitly states that the Of-2
fice of Special Education Programs shall be housed 3
within the Department of Education and tasked with 4
administering and carrying out programs and activi-5
ties concerning the education of children with dis-6
abilities. 7
(2) The executive branch does not have the uni-8
lateral authority to alter this statutory framework. 9
This Act reaffirms Congress’s intent and ensures 10
compliance with existing statute. 11
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION. 12
None of the funds made available by Acts making ap-13
propriations may be used to— 14
(1) eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restruc-15
ture any office within the Department of Education 16
that administers or enforces programs under the In-17
dividuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 18
1400 et seq.); 19
(2) terminate, reassign, or alter the responsibil-20
ities of any personnel of any such office; or 21
(3) contract with, or delegate to, any entity out-22
side of the Department of Education to administer 23
or enforce such programs. 24
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