HR 5096 IH

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide that certain funds treated as local funds under that Act shall be used to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

July 27, 2000

Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SCOTT, and Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide that certain funds treated as local funds under that Act shall be used to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

Section 613(a)(2)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1413(a)(2)(C)) is amended--

(1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and

(2) by inserting after clause (i) the following:

`(ii) If a local educational agency chooses to utilize the authority under clause (i) to treat as local funds up to 20 percent of the amount of funds the agency receives under this part that exceeds the amount it received under this part for the previous fiscal year, then the agency shall use those local funds to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, including, but not limited to, programs that address school safety, teacher quality and professional development, before and after school learning opportunities, comprehensive school reform and literacy, class size reduction, school construction and modernization, or related education programs authorized under Federal or State law.'.

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