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S 939 108th Congress Senate Education Authorization Department of Education Disabled Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Intergovernmental fiscal relations Local budgets Secondary education Special education

IDEA Full-Funding Act of 2003

Introduced: April 29, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5488-5489)
Apr 29, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
IDEA Full-Funding Act of 2003 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to revise and reauthorize part B programs of education of all children with disabilities.

Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for part B for FY 2004 through 2013, and in necessary amounts for FY 2014 and thereafter. (Provides phased-in increases of funding designed to reach a promised 40 percent Federal share of funding by FY 2011.)

Makes appropriations in specified amounts for part B for FY 2004 through 2013.

Provides an exception to local educational agency (LEA) maintenance of effort requirements under part B.

Repeals certain provisions relating to LEA treatment of Federal funds as local funds under part B.

What's happening now April 29, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5488-5489)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 6, 2003
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 29, 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 29, 2003
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Apr 29, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 939: IDEA Full-Funding Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-939/
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"S. 939: IDEA Full-Funding Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-939/.
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S. 939, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-939/.
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