[House Report 108-79]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
108th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 108-79
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1350, IMPROVING EDUCATION RESULTS
FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 2003
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April 29, 2003.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 206]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 206, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1350, the
Improving Education Results for Children with Disabilities Act
of 2003, under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and
the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against
consideration of the bill.
The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the
Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as an
original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in
this report. The rule provides that the amendments printed in
this report shall be considered only in the order printed in
this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
The rule waives all points of order against the amendments
printed in this report. The rule provides one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill in the rule includes a waiver of clause 4(a) of rule
XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report)
which is necessary because the Committee on Education and the
Workforce did not file its report (H. Rept. 108-77) until
Tuesday, April 29, 2003, and the bill may be considered by the
House as early as Wednesday, April 30, 2003.
COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed
below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 55
Date: April 29, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 1350, Improving Educational Results for
Children with Disabilities Act of 2003.
Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Woolsey which fully funds part B grants to
states over six years, and makes all new funding mandatory.
Results: Defeated 3 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea;
Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 56
Date: April 29, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 1350, Improving Educational Results for
Children with Disabilities Act of 2003.
Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Bass which creates a discretionary--mandatory
hybrid funding obligation requiring increases above the FY03
$8.9 billion funding level to be mandatory, while allowing the
appropriators to have discretion over the first $8.9 billion
year after year; Provides communities increased flexibility for
budgeting the federal increase if the community is in
compliance with IDEA mandates.
Results: Defeated 3 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea;
Dreier--Nay.
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE
(Summaries derived from information provided by sponsors.)
1. Castle/Boehner--Manager's Amendment. Makes several
conforming and consolidating changes to a series of GAO reports
that were added during the consideration of the bill in the
Education and Workforce Committee. Increases the amount of
funds that the State can reserve out of its State-level
activities for programs designed to serve children with
disabilities with high-cost special education and related
services needs. Makes a clarifying change to reflect the
updated authorization levels that were modified by the FY 2004
Budget Resolution--this level reflects the increased funding
the FY 2004 Budget Resolution included for IDEA Part B State
Grants. Makes a clarifying change to ensure that evaluations
are provided to children in the language and form designed to
obtain useful information--this change reflects longstanding
terminology used throughout the implementing regulations and
elsewhere in the Act. Makes a change to the issues that can be
raised at dues process hearings to ensure that parents and
local educational agencies both have a fair opportunity to
understand the issues being raised at the hearing in order to
resolve the dispute more effectively. Adds language to the
section prohibiting the Federal control of curriculum to ensure
it is the exact language as present in the No Child Left Behind
act, which ensures that there continues to be local control
over the curriculum. Makes changes in the Part D programs to
ensure that the needs of limited English proficient children
with disabilities are met through the training of school
personnel and effective data collection. Modifies the section
regarding support for captioning programs to enable news
programs to be captioned until 2006, which is when Federal
Communications Commission requirements require all news
programs to be captioned. Makes several clarifying and
technical conforming amendments. (10 minutes)
2. Vitter--Adds a provision in Part A (GAO Review)
mandating that the review will include recommendations to
reduce or eliminate the excessive paperwork burdens for
teachers, related services providers, parents and school
administrators; Amends Part B (GAO Report) to require a GAO
report be submitted 2 years after the date of enactment and
submitted every 2 years thereafter. (10 minutes)
3. Bradley--Strikes the current Part B set-aside funds of
$500,000 and replace it with $750,000. Strikes the
parenthetical provision that references the inflationary
adjustment, in order to provide more opportunity for
administrative growth in small states. (10 minutes)
4. Davis, Susan (CA)--Inserts the definition of a free,
appropriate, public education, the language contained in the
Supreme Court Decision known as Rowley, which states that the
goal for a child with disabilities is the same as for all other
children--to have the educational and related services
necessary for that child to access the general curriculum. (10
minutes)
5. DeMint--Amends Part D (National Activities) to allow for
the Secretary of Education to fund the design, development, and
initial implementation of parental choice programs for students
with disabilities; Amend Part B (Assistance for Students Ages
3-21) to allow states to let federal money follow the child
along with the state money to the selected public or private
school. (20 minutes)
6. Musgrave--Allows school districts the option of offering
parents of disabled children in private schools a certificate
to be used for their child's specific special education needs.
The amount of the certificate would be equivalent to the per-
pupil proportionate IDEA dollars generated to the school
district by private school children. Certificates could be
redeemed at eligible providers that meet health, safety and
civil rights laws and are fiscally sound. (10 minutes)
7. Shadegg--Expressing the sense of Congress and finds that
students are over-identified and misidentified as students with
disabilities. Therefore students should not be classified as
being disabled without having been judged by a physician and
state health board. (10 minutes)
8. Tancredo/Graves--Redefines ``specific learning
disability'' as a disorder due to a medically detectable and
diagnosable psychological condition relying on physical and
scientific evidence. (10 minutes)
9. Kirk--Expresses the sense of Congress that providing
special needs students with a safe, and drug-free learning
environment is a laudable goal. Makes reference to random
locker searches conducted by school administrators as an
effective way to assess the gravity of the drug situation at a
particular school, as well as to indicate to students that the
use of drugs on school property will not be tolerated. (10
minutes)
10. McKeon/Woolsey--Requires that any additional increases
in federal funding, above Fiscal Year 2003 levels be passed
down directly to the local level. (10 minutes)
11. Nethercutt--Provides parents in consultation with the
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) team the ability to
decide what setting is appropriate for each child. (10 minutes)
12. Sanchez, Loretta (CA)--Would authorize the use of funds
to develop and improve programs to train school safety
personnel and first responders who work at educational
facilities in the recognition of autism. (10 minutes)
13. Wu--Amends the State Competitive Grant Program in the
bill to give priority to applications that provide for the
establishment of professional development program regarding
methods of early and appropriate identification of children
with disabilities. (10 minutes)
14. Garrett--Requires the Secretary of Education to conduct
a study within 2 years after the enactment of the act on the
cost to each state for compliance with this act. (10 minutes)
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Castle of Delaware, or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike sections 104 through 107 of the bill and insert the
following (and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 104. GAO REPORTS.
(a) Paperwork Study.--
(1) Review.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a
review of all Federal requirements under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the
requirements of a reasonable sample of State and local
educational agencies relating to such Act, to determine
which requirements result in excessive paperwork
completion burdens for teachers, related services
providers, and school administrators.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that contains the
results of the review under paragraph (1).
(b) Disability Definitions.--
(1) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a review of--
(A) variation among States in definitions,
and evaluation processes, relating to the
provision of services under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act to children
having conditions described in section
602(a)(3) of such Act using the terms
``emotional disturbance'', ``other health
impairments'', and ``specific learning
disability''; and
(B) the degree to which these definitions and
evaluation processes conform to scientific,
peer-reviewed research.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that contains the
results of the review under paragraph (1).
(c) Distance Learning Professional Development Programs.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study on existing or developing professional
development programs for special education personnel
delivered through the use of technology and distance
learning.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall submit a report containing the findings from the
study conducted under paragraph (1) to the appropriate
congressional committees.
(d) Limited English Proficient Children With Disabilities.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study on how limited English proficient students are
being served under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of the Improving Education Results for
Children With Disabilities Act of 2003, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit a report
containing the findings from the study conducted under
paragraph (1) to the appropriate congressional
committees.
(e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means the Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
In section 611(a)(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as amended by section 201 of the bill), strike
``subparagraphs (A) and (B) of''.
In section 611(e)(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as amended by section 201 of the bill), strike
``4 percent'' and insert ``40 percent''.
In section 611(i)(2) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as amended by section 201 of the bill), strike
``$13,374,398,000'' and insert ``$13,574,398,000''.
In section 614(a)(1)(D)(i)(I) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (as amended by section 204 of the
bill), strike ``602(3)(A) or 602(3)(B)'' and insert ``602(3)''.
In section 614(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (as amended by section 204 of the
bill), strike ``, to the extent practicable,''.
In section 614(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (as amended by section 204 of the
bill), add at the end before the semicolon the following: ``,
unless it is clearly not feasible to do so''.
Strike subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 615(f)(3) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (as amended by
section 205(f) of the bill), and insert the following:
``(B) Subject matter of hearing.--No party
shall be allowed to raise issues at the due
process hearing that were not raised in the
complaint, discussed during the meeting
conducted pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or
properly disclosed pursuant to paragraph (2),
unless both parties agree otherwise.''.
In section 617(b) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as amended by section 207 of the bill), after
``content,'' insert ``academic achievement standards and
assessments,''.
In section 665(c)(2) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as amended by section 401 of the bill), insert
the following:
``(G) Preparing personnel who provide
services to children with low-incidence
disabilities with limited English proficiency.
In section 665(d)(2)(B) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as amended by section 401 of the bill), add at
the end before the semicolon the following: ``, including
children with disabilities with limited English proficiency''.
In the matter preceding subclause (I) of section
666(a)(3)(C)(iii) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, strike ``backgrounds, including'' and insert
``backgrounds or are limited English proficient, including''.
In items (aa) through (dd) of section 666(a)(3)(C)(iii)(I) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, strike ``of
minority'' each place it appears and insert ``of such''.
In section 666(a)(3)(C)(iii)(II) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, strike ``children with disabilities
from minority backgrounds'' and insert ``such children with
disabilities''.
In section 675(c)(2) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, strike ``videos, or other materials with an
education based content for use in the classroom setting'' and
insert ``videos or other materials that would be appropriate
for use in the classroom setting, or news (until the end of
fiscal year 2006),''.
Strike section 402 of the bill (and conform the table of
contents accordingly).
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Vitter of Louisiana, or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 104 of the bill--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``As part of such review, the
Comptroller General shall include recommendations to
reduce or eliminate the excessive paperwork burdens
described in the preceding sentence.''; and
(2) in subsection (b), after ``Act,'' insert ``and
once every 2 years thereafter,''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bradley of New
Hampshire, or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 611(e)(2)(A)(i) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (as proposed to be amended by
section 201 of the bill)--
(1) strike ``$500,000'' and insert ``$750,000''; and
(2) strike the parenthetical provision.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Susan Davis of
California, or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 602(8)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as proposed to be amended by section 101 of the
bill), add at the end before the semicolon the following:
``that is reasonably calculated to provide educational benefit
to enable the child with a disability to access the general
curriculum''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeMint of South
Carolina, or His Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes
In section 612(a)(10)(A) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as proposed to be amended by the bill, add at
the end the following:
``(vii) Parent option program.--If a
State has established a program
described in section 664(c)(11)
(whether statewide or in limited areas
of the State) that allows a parent of a
child with a disability to use public
funds to pay some or all of the costs
of attendance at a public or private
school--
``(I) funds allocated to the
State under section 611 may be
used to supplement those public
funds, if the Federal funds are
distributed to parents who make
a genuine independent choice as
to the appropriate school for
their child;
``(II) the authorization of a
parent to exercise this option
fulfills the State's obligation
under paragraph (1) with
respect to the child during the
period in which the child is
enrolled in the selected
school; and
``(III) a private school
accepting those funds shall be
deemed, for both the programs
and services delivered to the
child, to be providing a free
appropriate public education
and to be in compliance with
section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 794).
In section 664(c)(9) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as proposed to be inserted by the bill, strike
``and'' at the end;
In section 664(c)(10) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as proposed to be inserted by the bill, strike
the period at the end and insert ``; and''.
In section 664(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as proposed to be inserted by the bill, add at
the end the following:
``(11) supporting the post-award planning and design,
and the initial implementation (which may include costs
for informing the community, acquiring necessary
equipment and supplies, and other initial operational
costs), during a period of not more than 3 years, of
State programs that allow the parent of a child with a
disability to make a genuine independent choice of the
appropriate public or private school for their child,
if the program--
``(A) requires that the child--
``(i) have been determined to be a
child with a disability in accordance
with section 614;
``(ii) have spent the prior school
year in attendance at a public
elementary or secondary school unless
the child was served under section 619
or part C during such year; and
``(iii) have in effect an
individualized education program (as
defined in section 614(d)(1)(A));
``(B) permits the parent to receive from the
eligible entity funds to be used to pay some or
all of the costs of attendance at the selected
school (which may include tuition, fees, and
transportation costs);
``(C) prohibits the selected school from
discriminating against eligible students on the
basis of race, color, or national origin; and
``(D) requires the selected school to be
academically accountable to the parent for
meeting the educational needs of the student.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Musgrave of Colorado,
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 612(a)(10)(A) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as proposed to be amended by the bill--
(1) redesignate clause (vi) as clause (vii); and
(2) insert after clause (v) the following:
``(vi) Local educational agency
option.--A local educational agency may
elect to fulfill its obligations under
this subparagraph to children with
disabilities enrolled by their parents
in private elementary and secondary
schools in the area served by the
agency by offering certificates to all
such parents for necessary special
education and related services, if--
``(I) the certificates
offered with respect to each
child have an annual aggregate
value that is equal to the
lesser of--
``(aa) the per-pupil
amount derived by
dividing the
proportionate share of
Federal funds
calculated under clause
(i)(I) by the number of
parentally-placed
children with
disabilities determined
under clause (i)(II);
and
``(bb) the actual
cost of the necessary
special education and
related services for
such child; and
``(II) the certificates may
only be redeemed by the parents
at eligible special education
and related services providers,
as determined by the local
educational agency, that--
``(aa) provide
information to the
parents and such agency
regarding the progress
of the child as a
result of the receipt
of such services in a
format and, to the
extent practicable, a
language that the
parents can understand;
``(bb) meet all
applicable Federal,
State, and local
health, safety, and
civil rights laws;
``(cc) demonstrate
that the provider has
been lawfully operating
as a business for not
less than 1 year; and
``(dd) provide
assurances to such
agency that the
provider is financially
sound, is not in
bankruptcy proceedings,
and is not the subject
of an investigation or
legal judgment
involving waste, fraud,
or abuse on the part of
the provider, or any
employee of the
provider, with respect
to funds under the
provider's control.
Clause (v)(II) shall not apply special
education and related services
furnished pursuant to such
certificates. At the discretion of the
local educational agency, and to the
extent consistent with State law, State
and local funds may be used to add to
the value of such certificates.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shadegg of Arizona, or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 204 of the bill, strike ``Section 614'' and insert
``(a) In General.--Section 614''.
In section 204 of the bill, add at the end the following:
(b) Findings; Sense of Congress.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(A) Certain of the categories of disability
that allow students to qualify for benefits
under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act have not been scientifically
established and, as a result, some children who
do not have actual learning disabilities are
classified as having disabilities under that
Act.
(B) Nearly one in eight students is now
labeled as disabled.
(C) Over one-half of those students are
classified as having learning and behavioral
challenges.
(D) Current definitions of disabilities in
the Code of Federal Regulations, particularly
the definition of ``emotional disturbance'',
are vague and ambiguous.
(E) The absence of reliable methods for
distinguishing children with a special learning
disability from children who have lower than
expected achievement leads to over-
identification and misidentification of non-
disabled students as students with
disabilities.
(F) The lack of consistently applied
diagnostic criteria for specific learning
disabilities makes it possible to diagnose
almost any low or underachieving child as a
student with a disability.
(G) The President's Commission on Excellence
in Special Education (PCESE) found in its July
1, 2002, report, ``A New Era: Revitalizing
Special Education for Children and their
Families'', that many of the current methods of
identifying children with disabilities lack
validity and, as a result, thousands of
children are misidentified every year, while
many others are not identified early enough or
at all.
(H) The President's Commission also found
that emotional and behavioral difficulties
could be prevented through classroom-based
approaches involving positive discipline and
classroom management.
(I) According to testimony from a March 13,
2003, hearing before the Subcommittee on
Education Reform of the Committee on Education
and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives, students are frequently
referred to special education because they are
not succeeding in the general education
setting, and not because they are actually
disabled.
(J) Students with controllable behavioral
problems are often classified as having
learning disabilities and therefore are not
held responsible for their own behavior.
(K) According to testimony by Secretary of
Education Rod Paige on October 4, 2001, before
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of
the House of Representatives, our educational
system fails to teach many children fundamental
skills like reading, then inappropriately
identifies some of them as having disabilities,
thus harming the educational future of those
children who are misidentified and reducing the
resources available to serve children with
disabilities.
(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress
that--
(A) students who have not been diagnosed by a
physician or other person certified by a State
health board as having a disability (as defined
under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act) should not be classified as
children with disabilities for purposes of
receiving services under that Act; and
(B) students with behavioral problems who
have not been diagnosed by a physician or other
person certified by a State health board as
having a disability should be subject to the
regular school disciplinary code.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tancredo of Colorado,
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike subparagraph (A) of section 602(27) of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (as proposed to be amended by
section 101 of the bill) and insert the following:
``(A) In general.--The term `specific
learning disability' means a disorder due to a
medically detectable and diagnosable
physiological condition relying on physical and
scientific evidence and not based on subjective
criteria.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kirk of Illinois, or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill, add the following:
TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Providing children with disabilities with a safe,
productive, and drug-free learning environment is a
laudable goal for our Nation's schools.
(2) Schools are a refuge for students, not a place
where drugs and violence are to be tolerated.
(3) Every child with a disability in the Nation
deserves access to a quality education, including a
safe and drug-free learning environment.
(4) Local educational agencies, school boards,
schools, teachers, administrators, and students all
have a responsibility to keep school facilities,
including lockers, drug-free.
(5) Random searches of student lockers to seize any
illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia has been known to
work as an effective method to address the problem of
such drugs and paraphernalia. The time of day in which
lockers are to be searched should be left to the
discretion of the local educational agency.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that
safe and drug-free schools are essential for the learning and
development of children with disabilities.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKeon of California,
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 611(f) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as proposed to be amended by section 201 of the
bill), add at the end the following:
``(4) Special rule for increased funds.--
``(A) In general.--If the amount available
for allocations to States under subsection
(d)(1) for a fiscal year is equal to or greater
than the amount allocated to States for fiscal
year 2003, then each State may retain not more
than the amount of funds it had reserved under
subsection (e)(1)(B) for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) Exception.--In any fiscal year in which
the percentage increase of the amount available
for allocations to States under subsection
(d)(1) is equal to or greater than the rate of
inflation, each State may increase its
allocation under subsection (e)(1)(B) by the
amount allowed under subsection (e)(4)(B), for
the sole purpose of making grants under
subsection (e)(4)(A).
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nethercutt of
Washington, or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 635(a)(16)(B) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (as proposed to be amended by
section 301 of the bill), add at the end before the period the
following: ``or in a setting that is most appropriate, as
determined by the parent and the individualized family service
plan team''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Loretta Sanchez of
California, or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 665(b)(2)(I) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (as proposed to be amended by
section 401 of the bill), add at the end before the period the
following: ``, including to train school safety personnel and
first responders who work at qualified educational
facilities''.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wu of Oregon, or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 654(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (as proposed to be amended by section 401 of the
bill), strike paragraph (2) and insert the following:
``(2) Priority.--The Secretary may give priority to
applications--
``(A) on the basis of need; and
``(B) that provide for the establishment of
professional development programs regarding
methods of early and appropriate identification
of children with disabilities.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garrett of New Jersey,
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of the bill the following new title:
TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. STUDY AND REPORT ON STATE COSTS UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Education shall conduct a study
on the amount of cost to States to comply with the requirements
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit
to Congress a report that contains the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).