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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 869
55 To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
66 Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 JANUARY31, 2025
99 Ms. L
1010 EEof Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
1111 Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
1212 mittee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
1313 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
1414 the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
1515 A BILL
1616 To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary
1717 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individ-
1818 uals with Disabilities Education Act.
1919 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2020 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2121 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2222 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Our Promise to 4
2323 America’s Children and Teachers Act’’ or the ‘‘Keep Our 5
2424 PACT Act’’. 6
2525 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7
2626 Congress finds the following: 8
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3030 (1) Children are our Nation’s future and great-1
3131 est treasure. 2
3232 (2) A high-quality education is the surest way 3
3333 for every child to reach his or her full potential. 4
3434 (3) Part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-5
3535 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 6
3636 seq.) helps address inequity in education in school 7
3737 districts across the United States to provide a high- 8
3838 quality education to every student. 9
3939 (4) The Individuals with Disabilities Education 10
4040 Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) guarantees all children 11
4141 with disabilities a first-rate education. 12
4242 (5) The amendments made to such Act by the 13
4343 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement 14
4444 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–446; 118 Stat. 2647) 15
4545 committed Congress to providing 40 percent of the 16
4646 national current average per-pupil expenditure for 17
4747 students with disabilities. 18
4848 (6) A promise made must be a promise kept. 19
4949 SEC. 3. MANDATORY FUNDING OF PART A OF TITLE I OF 20
5050 ESEA. 21
5151 (a) D
5252 EFINITION OFFISCALYEAR2025 PARTA OF 22
5353 T
5454 ITLEI APPROPRIATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘fis-23
5555 cal year 2025 part A of title I appropriation’’ means the 24
5656 amount appropriated for fiscal year 2025 for programs 25
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6060 under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 1
6161 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 2
6262 (b) F
6363 UNDING.—There are appropriated, out of any 3
6464 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 4
6565 (1) for fiscal year 2026, an amount that equals 5
6666 the difference between— 6
6767 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 7
6868 appropriation; and 8
6969 (B) $20,509,878,000 or the full amount 9
7070 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 10
7171 for those programs, whichever is greater; 11
7272 (2) for fiscal year 2027, an amount that equals 12
7373 the difference between— 13
7474 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 14
7575 appropriation; and 15
7676 (B) $22,853,242,000 or the full amount 16
7777 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 17
7878 for those programs, whichever is greater; 18
7979 (3) for fiscal year 2028, an amount that equals 19
8080 the difference between— 20
8181 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 21
8282 appropriation; and 22
8383 (B) $25,464,349,000 or the full amount 23
8484 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 24
8585 for those programs, whichever is greater; 25
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8989 (4) for fiscal year 2029, an amount that equals 1
9090 the difference between— 2
9191 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 3
9292 appropriation; and 4
9393 (B) $28,373,788,000 or the full amount 5
9494 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 6
9595 for those programs, whichever is greater; 7
9696 (5) for fiscal year 2030, an amount that equals 8
9797 the difference between— 9
9898 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 10
9999 appropriation; and 11
100100 (B) $31,615,646,000 or the full amount 12
101101 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 13
102102 for those programs, whichever is greater; 14
103103 (6) for fiscal year 2031, an amount that equals 15
104104 the difference between— 16
105105 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 17
106106 appropriation; and 18
107107 (B) $35,227,904,000 or the full amount 19
108108 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 20
109109 for those programs, whichever is greater; 21
110110 (7) for fiscal year 2032, an amount that equals 22
111111 the difference between— 23
112112 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 24
113113 appropriation; and 25
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117117 (B) $39,252,882,000 or the full amount 1
118118 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 2
119119 for those programs, whichever is greater; 3
120120 (8) for fiscal year 2033, an amount that equals 4
121121 the difference between— 5
122122 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 6
123123 appropriation; and 7
124124 (B) $43,737,735,000 or the full amount 8
125125 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 9
126126 for those programs, whichever is greater; 10
127127 (9) for fiscal year 2034, an amount that equals 11
128128 the difference between— 12
129129 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 13
130130 appropriation; and 14
131131 (B) $48,735,007,000 or the full amount 15
132132 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 16
133133 for those programs, whichever is greater; and 17
134134 (10) for fiscal year 2035, $54,303,244,000 or 18
135135 the full amount authorized to be appropriated for 19
136136 the fiscal year for those programs, whichever is 20
137137 greater. 21
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141141 SEC. 4. MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 1
142142 DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. 2
143143 Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 3
144144 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read 4
145145 as follows: 5
146146 ‘‘(i) F
147147 UNDING.— 6
148148 ‘‘(1) I
149149 N GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-7
150150 rying out this part, other than section 619, there are 8
151151 authorized to be appropriated— 9
152152 ‘‘(A) $16,661,928,000 or 11.6 percent of 10
153153 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 11
154154 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2026, and 12
155155 there are hereby appropriated $6,425,048,000 13
156156 or 4.5 percent of the amount determined under 14
157157 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 15
158158 year 2026, which shall become available for ob-16
159159 ligation on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 17
160160 available through September 30, 2027; 18
161161 ‘‘(B) $19,531,844,000 or 13.4 percent of 19
162162 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 20
163163 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2027, and 21
164164 there are hereby appropriated $8,372,932,000 22
165165 or 5.7 percent of the amount determined under 23
166166 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 24
167167 year 2027, which shall become available for ob-25
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171171 ligation on July 1, 2027, and shall remain 1
172172 available through September 30, 2028; 2
173173 ‘‘(C) $22,896,084,000 or 15.3 percent of 3
174174 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 4
175175 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2028, and 5
176176 there are hereby appropriated $10,911,357,000 6
177177 or 7.3 percent of the amount determined under 7
178178 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 8
179179 year 2028, which shall become available for ob-9
180180 ligation on July 1, 2028, and shall remain 10
181181 available through September 30, 2029; 11
182182 ‘‘(D) $26,839,795,000 or 17.6 percent of 12
183183 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 13
184184 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2029, and 14
185185 there are hereby appropriated $14,219,357,000 15
186186 or 9.3 percent of the amount determined under 16
187187 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 17
188188 year 2029, which shall become available for ob-18
189189 ligation on July 1, 2029, and shall remain 19
190190 available through September 30, 2030; 20
191191 ‘‘(E) $31,462,786,000 or 20.2 percent of 21
192192 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 22
193193 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2030, and 23
194194 there are hereby appropriated $18,530,244,000 24
195195 or 11.9 percent of the amount determined 25
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199199 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 1
200200 fiscal year 2030, which shall become available 2
201201 for obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain 3
202202 available through September 30, 2031; 4
203203 ‘‘(F) $36,882,058,000 or 23.1 percent of 5
204204 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 6
205205 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031, and 7
206206 there are hereby appropriated $24,148,064,000 8
207207 or 15.2 percent of the amount determined 9
208208 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 10
209209 fiscal year 2031, which shall become available 11
210210 for obligation on July 1, 2031, and shall remain 12
211211 available through September 30, 2032; 13
212212 ‘‘(G) $43,234,768,000 or 26.5 percent of 14
213213 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 15
214214 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2032, and 16
215215 there are hereby appropriated $31,469,041,000 17
216216 or 19.3 percent of the amount determined 18
217217 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 19
218218 fiscal year 2032, which shall become available 20
219219 for obligation on July 1, 2032, and shall remain 21
220220 available through September 30, 2033; 22
221221 ‘‘(H) $50,681,693,000 or 30.4 percent of 23
222222 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 24
223223 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2033, and 25
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227227 there are hereby appropriated $41,009,521,000 1
228228 or 24.6 percent of the amount determined 2
229229 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 3
230230 fiscal year 2033, which shall become available 4
231231 for obligation on July 1, 2033, and shall remain 5
232232 available through September 30, 2034; 6
233233 ‘‘(I) $59,411,305,000 or 34.9 percent of 7
234234 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 8
235235 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2034, and 9
236236 there are hereby appropriated $53,442,392,000 10
237237 or 31.4 percent of the amount determined 11
238238 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 12
239239 fiscal year 2034, which shall become available 13
240240 for obligation on July 1, 2034, and shall remain 14
241241 available through September 30, 2035; and 15
242242 ‘‘(J) $69,644,540,000 or 40 percent of the 16
243243 amount determined under paragraph (2), 17
244244 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and 18
245245 each subsequent fiscal year, and there are here-19
246246 by appropriated $69,644,540,000 or 40 percent 20
247247 of the amount determined under paragraph (2), 21
248248 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and 22
249249 each subsequent fiscal year, which— 23
250250 ‘‘(i) shall become available for obliga-24
251251 tion with respect to fiscal year 2035 on 25
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255255 July 1, 2034, and shall remain available 1
256256 through September 30, 2036; and 2
257257 ‘‘(ii) shall become available for obliga-3
258258 tion with respect to each subsequent fiscal 4
259259 year on July 1 of that fiscal year and shall 5
260260 remain available through September 30 of 6
261261 the succeeding fiscal year. 7
262262 ‘‘(2) A
263263 MOUNT.—With respect to each subpara-8
264264 graph of paragraph (1), the amount determined 9
265265 under this paragraph is the product of— 10
266266 ‘‘(A) the total number of children with dis-11
267267 abilities in all States who— 12
268268 ‘‘(i) received special education and re-13
269269 lated services during the last school year 14
270270 that concluded before the first day of the 15
271271 fiscal year for which the determination is 16
272272 made; and 17
273273 ‘‘(ii) were aged— 18
274274 ‘‘(I) 3 through 5 (with respect to 19
275275 the States that were eligible for 20
276276 grants under section 619); and 21
277277 ‘‘(II) 6 through 21; and 22
278278 ‘‘(B) the average per-pupil expenditure in 23
279279 public elementary schools and secondary schools 24
280280 in the United States.’’. 25
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284284 SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 1
285285 (a) I
286286 NGENERAL.—The amounts provided by the 2
287287 amendments made by this Act are designated as an emer-3
288288 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statu-4
289289 tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 5
290290 (b) D
291291 ESIGNATION IN HOUSE ANDSENATE.—The 6
292292 amendments made by this Act are designated as being for 7
293293 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) 8
294294 of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent reso-9
295295 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 10
296296 establishing fiscal year 2026 through 2035 budget en-11
297297 forcement in the House of Representatives. 12
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