SCONRES 25
106th Congress
Senate
Education
Academic performance
Appropriations
Authorization
Balanced budgets
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of disabled students
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to disability services
Federal aid to education
Federal budgets
Secondary education
A concurrent resolution urging the Congress and the President to fully fund the Federal Government's obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Introduced: April 13, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 13, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3654-3655)
Apr 13, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Apr 13, 1999
Referred to the Committee on HELP.
Plain-English summary
Urges the Congress and the President, working within the constraints of the balanced budget agreement, to give programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) the highest priority among Federal elementary and secondary education programs by meeting the commitment to fund the maximum State grant allocation for educating children with disabilities under such Act, prior to authorizing or appropriating funds for any new education initiative, while retaining the commitment to fund existing Federal education programs that increase student achievement.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on HELP.
Committees of jurisdiction
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