HR 363 109th Congress House Education Appropriations Authorization 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: January 25, 2005 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov

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Mar 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Jan 25, 2005

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.

Jan 25, 2005

Introduced in House

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 amounts for each of FY 2006 through 2011 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 2006 through 2011 in specified amounts; and (2) for FY 2012 and each subsequent fiscal year, in the amount that is the total for all States of the maximum 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 March 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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