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H.R. 4602 115th Congress House

Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017

Official title: To authorize the full funding of part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by making certain spending cuts to the Department of Defense.

Introduced: December 7, 2017 See on congress.gov
Education AppropriationsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationSpecial educationState and local finance
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Dec 7, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Dec 7, 2017
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 Latest action December 7, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017

This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize appropriations for grants to assist states in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. For FY2018-FY2022, the bill authorizes specified amounts. For FY2023 and each subsequent fiscal year, the bill authorizes amounts using a specified formula.

The bill also amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary spending limits for FY2018-FY2021. For each fiscal year, the bill decreases the limit for security spending by a specified amount and increases the limit for nonsecurity spending by the same amount. The nonsecurity spending increases are the same amounts as are authorized in the bill for additional funding under the IDEA in those fiscal years. 

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4602: Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4602/
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"H.R. 4602: Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4602/.
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H.R. 4602, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4602/.
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