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January 26, 2006

IDEA full funding: New life?

Senators Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.)and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) reintroduced legislation Wednesday to meet the federal government's commitment to fund 40 percent of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The Hagel-Harkin bill would fully fund IDEA in five years through mandatory annual phased-in spending increases, until federal funding reaches $26.1 billion in Fiscal Year 2011. The bill would free up local and state funds that had previously been used to meet IDEA requirements for other important education priorities. So as the federal IDEA share grows, local school districts will have increased flexibility for all their education programs. More details here.

Posted January 26, 2006 12:48 PM | School Finance | Special Education

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