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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION S. 343
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
88 JANUARY30, 2025
99 Mr. V
1010 ANHOLLEN(for himself, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. REED, Mr.
1111 M
1212 URPHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.
1313 M
1414 ERKLEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HEINRICH,
1515 Ms. S
1616 MITH, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. BENNET) intro-
1717 duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
1818 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
1919 A BILL
2020 To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary
2121 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individ-
2222 uals with Disabilities Education Act.
2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2424 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2525 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2626 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Our Promise to 4
2727 America’s Children and Teachers Act’’ or the ‘‘Keep Our 5
2828 PACT Act’’. 6
2929 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7
3030 Congress finds the following: 8
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3434 (1) Children are our Nation’s future and great-1
3535 est treasure. 2
3636 (2) A high-quality education is the surest way 3
3737 for every child to reach his or her full potential. 4
3838 (3) Part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-5
3939 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 6
4040 seq.) helps address inequity in education in school 7
4141 districts across the United States to provide a high- 8
4242 quality education to every student. 9
4343 (4) The Individuals with Disabilities Education 10
4444 Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) guarantees all children 11
4545 with disabilities a first-rate education. 12
4646 (5) The amendments made to such Act by the 13
4747 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement 14
4848 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–446; 118 Stat. 2647) 15
4949 committed Congress to providing 40 percent of the 16
5050 national current average per-pupil expenditure for 17
5151 students with disabilities. 18
5252 (6) A promise made must be a promise kept. 19
5353 SEC. 3. MANDATORY FUNDING OF PART A OF TITLE I OF 20
5454 ESEA. 21
5555 (a) D
5656 EFINITION OFFISCALYEAR2025 PARTA OF 22
5757 T
5858 ITLEI APPROPRIATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘fis-23
5959 cal year 2025 part A of title I appropriation’’ means the 24
6060 amount appropriated for fiscal year 2025 for programs 25
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6464 under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 1
6565 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 2
6666 (b) F
6767 UNDING.—There are appropriated, out of any 3
6868 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 4
6969 (1) for fiscal year 2026, an amount that equals 5
7070 the difference between— 6
7171 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 7
7272 appropriation; and 8
7373 (B) $20,509,878,000 or the full amount 9
7474 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 10
7575 for those programs, whichever is greater; 11
7676 (2) for fiscal year 2027, an amount that equals 12
7777 the difference between— 13
7878 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 14
7979 appropriation; and 15
8080 (B) $22,853,242,000 or the full amount 16
8181 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 17
8282 for those programs, whichever is greater; 18
8383 (3) for fiscal year 2028, an amount that equals 19
8484 the difference between— 20
8585 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 21
8686 appropriation; and 22
8787 (B) $25,464,349,000 or the full amount 23
8888 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 24
8989 for those programs, whichever is greater; 25
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9393 (4) for fiscal year 2029, an amount that equals 1
9494 the difference between— 2
9595 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 3
9696 appropriation; and 4
9797 (B) $28,373,788,000 or the full amount 5
9898 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 6
9999 for those programs, whichever is greater; 7
100100 (5) for fiscal year 2030, an amount that equals 8
101101 the difference between— 9
102102 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 10
103103 appropriation; and 11
104104 (B) $31,615,646,000 or the full amount 12
105105 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 13
106106 for those programs, whichever is greater; 14
107107 (6) for fiscal year 2031, an amount that equals 15
108108 the difference between— 16
109109 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 17
110110 appropriation; and 18
111111 (B) $35,227,904,000 or the full amount 19
112112 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 20
113113 for those programs, whichever is greater; 21
114114 (7) for fiscal year 2032, an amount that equals 22
115115 the difference between— 23
116116 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 24
117117 appropriation; and 25
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121121 (B) $39,252,882,000 or the full amount 1
122122 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 2
123123 for those programs, whichever is greater; 3
124124 (8) for fiscal year 2033, an amount that equals 4
125125 the difference between— 5
126126 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 6
127127 appropriation; and 7
128128 (B) $43,737,735,000 or the full amount 8
129129 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 9
130130 for those programs, whichever is greater; 10
131131 (9) for fiscal year 2034, an amount that equals 11
132132 the difference between— 12
133133 (A) the fiscal year 2025 part A of title I 13
134134 appropriation; and 14
135135 (B) $48,735,007,000 or the full amount 15
136136 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 16
137137 for those programs, whichever is greater; and 17
138138 (10) for fiscal year 2035, $54,303,244,000 or 18
139139 the full amount authorized to be appropriated for 19
140140 the fiscal year for those programs, whichever is 20
141141 greater. 21
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145145 SEC. 4. MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 1
146146 DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. 2
147147 Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 3
148148 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read 4
149149 as follows: 5
150150 ‘‘(i) F
151151 UNDING.— 6
152152 ‘‘(1) I
153153 N GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-7
154154 rying out this part, other than section 619, there are 8
155155 authorized to be appropriated— 9
156156 ‘‘(A) $16,661,928,000 or 11.6 percent of 10
157157 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 11
158158 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2026, and 12
159159 there are hereby appropriated $6,425,048,000 13
160160 or 4.5 percent of the amount determined under 14
161161 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 15
162162 year 2026, which shall become available for ob-16
163163 ligation on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 17
164164 available through September 30, 2027; 18
165165 ‘‘(B) $19,531,844,000 or 13.4 percent of 19
166166 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 20
167167 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2027, and 21
168168 there are hereby appropriated $8,372,932,000 22
169169 or 5.7 percent of the amount determined under 23
170170 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 24
171171 year 2027, which shall become available for ob-25
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175175 ligation on July 1, 2027, and shall remain 1
176176 available through September 30, 2028; 2
177177 ‘‘(C) $22,896,084,000 or 15.3 percent of 3
178178 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 4
179179 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2028, and 5
180180 there are hereby appropriated $10,911,357,000 6
181181 or 7.3 percent of the amount determined under 7
182182 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 8
183183 year 2028, which shall become available for ob-9
184184 ligation on July 1, 2028, and shall remain 10
185185 available through September 30, 2029; 11
186186 ‘‘(D) $26,839,795,000 or 17.6 percent of 12
187187 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 13
188188 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2029, and 14
189189 there are hereby appropriated $14,219,357,000 15
190190 or 9.3 percent of the amount determined under 16
191191 paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal 17
192192 year 2029, which shall become available for ob-18
193193 ligation on July 1, 2029, and shall remain 19
194194 available through September 30, 2030; 20
195195 ‘‘(E) $31,462,786,000 or 20.2 percent of 21
196196 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 22
197197 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2030, and 23
198198 there are hereby appropriated $18,530,244,000 24
199199 or 11.9 percent of the amount determined 25
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203203 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 1
204204 fiscal year 2030, which shall become available 2
205205 for obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain 3
206206 available through September 30, 2031; 4
207207 ‘‘(F) $36,882,058,000 or 23.1 percent of 5
208208 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 6
209209 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031, and 7
210210 there are hereby appropriated $24,148,064,000 8
211211 or 15.2 percent of the amount determined 9
212212 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 10
213213 fiscal year 2031, which shall become available 11
214214 for obligation on July 1, 2031, and shall remain 12
215215 available through September 30, 2032; 13
216216 ‘‘(G) $43,234,768,000 or 26.5 percent of 14
217217 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 15
218218 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2032, and 16
219219 there are hereby appropriated $31,469,041,000 17
220220 or 19.3 percent of the amount determined 18
221221 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 19
222222 fiscal year 2032, which shall become available 20
223223 for obligation on July 1, 2032, and shall remain 21
224224 available through September 30, 2033; 22
225225 ‘‘(H) $50,681,693,000 or 30.4 percent of 23
226226 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 24
227227 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2033, and 25
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231231 there are hereby appropriated $41,009,521,000 1
232232 or 24.6 percent of the amount determined 2
233233 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 3
234234 fiscal year 2033, which shall become available 4
235235 for obligation on July 1, 2033, and shall remain 5
236236 available through September 30, 2034; 6
237237 ‘‘(I) $59,411,305,000 or 34.9 percent of 7
238238 the amount determined under paragraph (2), 8
239239 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2034, and 9
240240 there are hereby appropriated $53,442,392,000 10
241241 or 31.4 percent of the amount determined 11
242242 under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 12
243243 fiscal year 2034, which shall become available 13
244244 for obligation on July 1, 2034, and shall remain 14
245245 available through September 30, 2035; and 15
246246 ‘‘(J) $69,644,540,000 or 40 percent of the 16
247247 amount determined under paragraph (2), 17
248248 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and 18
249249 each subsequent fiscal year, and there are here-19
250250 by appropriated $69,644,540,000 or 40 percent 20
251251 of the amount determined under paragraph (2), 21
252252 whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and 22
253253 each subsequent fiscal year, which— 23
254254 ‘‘(i) shall become available for obliga-24
255255 tion with respect to fiscal year 2035 on 25
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259259 July 1, 2034, and shall remain available 1
260260 through September 30, 2036; and 2
261261 ‘‘(ii) shall become available for obliga-3
262262 tion with respect to each subsequent fiscal 4
263263 year on July 1 of that fiscal year and shall 5
264264 remain available through September 30 of 6
265265 the succeeding fiscal year. 7
266266 ‘‘(2) A
267267 MOUNT.—With respect to each subpara-8
268268 graph of paragraph (1), the amount determined 9
269269 under this paragraph is the product of— 10
270270 ‘‘(A) the total number of children with dis-11
271271 abilities in all States who— 12
272272 ‘‘(i) received special education and re-13
273273 lated services during the last school year 14
274274 that concluded before the first day of the 15
275275 fiscal year for which the determination is 16
276276 made; and 17
277277 ‘‘(ii) were aged— 18
278278 ‘‘(I) 3 through 5 (with respect to 19
279279 the States that were eligible for 20
280280 grants under section 619); and 21
281281 ‘‘(II) 6 through 21; and 22
282282 ‘‘(B) the average per-pupil expenditure in 23
283283 public elementary schools and secondary schools 24
284284 in the United States.’’. 25
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288288 SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 1
289289 (a) I
290290 NGENERAL.—The amounts provided by the 2
291291 amendments made by this Act are designated as an emer-3
292292 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statu-4
293293 tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 5
294294 (b) D
295295 ESIGNATION IN HOUSE ANDSENATE.—The 6
296296 amendments made by this Act are designated as being for 7
297297 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) 8
298298 of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent reso-9
299299 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 10
300300 establishing fiscal year 2026 through 2035 budget en-11
301301 forcement in the House of Representatives. 12
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