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HR 2107 108th Congress House Education Appropriations Department of Education Disabled Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Secondary education Special education

Keep Our PACT Act

Introduced: May 14, 2003 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10021)
Jun 20, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
May 14, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 14, 2003
Introduced in House
May 14, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E954)
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act - Keep Our PACT Act - Makes appropriations in order to provide for the full funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA-NCLBA), and for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Makes such appropriations for ESEA-NCLBA programs in a specified amount for FY 2003, and in amounts for each of FY 2004 through 2008 which equal the difference between other appropriations and specified amounts for each of those fiscal years.

Amends IDEA to authorize and make appropriations for: (1) each of FY 2004 through 2010 in specified amounts; and (2) each subsequent fiscal year, in amounts necessary to fully fund 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for IDEA part B programs of assistance for education of all children with disabilities.

What's happening now November 19, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10021)

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