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[Page: S2377]  GPO's PDF
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   (Ordered to lie on the table.)

   Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. VOINOVICH, and Mr. JEFFORDS) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res. 101, supra; as follows:

    In lieu of the matter to be proposed, insert the following:

   SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT .

    (a) FINDINGS.--The Senate makes the following findings:

    (1) In 1975, the Federal Government made a commitment in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) (referred to in this resolution as the ``Act'' ) to pay 40 percent of the programs described in part B of such Act .

    (2) The Act guarantees that all children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education .

    (3) In 1997, 1998, and 1999, Congress increased funding for such programs by 113 percent, but was unable to affect such increases without the help or support of the Administration.

    (4) Despite such increases in funding, Federal funding for such programs is still far short of the nearly $15,000,000,000 required to receive the originally promised funding.

    (5) The Federal Government currently pays only 12.6 percent of such funding for the programs, which represents a great disparity from the 40 percent that was originally promised under the Act .

    (6) Honoring the obligation to fund such programs at the originally promised level will allow State and local governments, some of which spend up to 19 percent of the State or local budget on special education costs, to have more flexibility to spend the local resources to meet the unique educational needs of all students in the locality.

    (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.--It is the sense of the Senate that the budgetary levels in this resolution assume that Congress' first priority should be to fully fund the programs described under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) at the originally promised level of 40% before Federal funds are appropriated for new education programs.

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