Bill > HR4136

This bill, the IDEA Full Funding Act, aims to increase federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a law that ensures children with disabilities receive special education and related services. Specifically, it proposes to authorize and appropriate funds for this grant program from fiscal year 2015 through fiscal year 2023, with the amount being the greater of a set dollar figure or a percentage of a calculated amount. This calculated amount is determined by multiplying the number of children receiving special education services by the average per-pupil spending in public schools. For fiscal year 2024 and beyond, the bill mandates that the authorized and appropriated funds will be the greater of a specified amount or 40% of that calculated amount, ensuring a significant and sustained federal investment in special education services. The bill also requires that these appropriated funds be spent in accordance with "pay-as-you-go" requirements, a budgetary rule that ensures spending is offset by revenue or spending cuts elsewhere.