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H.R. 2333

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 2333, the Protecting Students with Disabilities Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 25, 2025 by Rep. John Mannion (D) with 39 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Mar 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 2333 has 39 co-sponsors.

hb2333/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2333 IH: Protecting Students with Disabilities Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-25
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2333  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 25, 2025   Mr. Mannion  (for himself,  Mrs. Hayes , and  Mrs. McBath ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education that administers or enforces programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Students with Disabilities Act  .
2.
Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1)
Section 1402 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act explicitly states that the Office of Special Education Programs shall be housed within the Department of Education and tasked with administering and carrying out programs and activities concerning the education of children with disabilities.
(2)
The executive branch does not have the unilateral authority to alter this statutory framework. This Act reaffirms Congress’s intent and ensures compliance with existing statute.
3.
Prohibition
None of the funds made available by Acts making appropriations may be used to—
(1)
eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education that administers or enforces programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. );
(2)
terminate, reassign, or alter the responsibilities of any personnel of any such office; or
(3)
contract with, or delegate to, any entity outside of the Department of Education to administer or enforce such programs.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-03-25
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Mar 25, 2025

hb2333/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (03/25/2025)

Protecting Students with Disabilities Act

This bill prohibits the use of appropriated funds to eliminate the Department of Education's (ED's) oversight of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (The IDEA authorizes grant programs that support special education and early intervention services for children with disabilities. Currently, the IDEA is administered by the Office of Special Education Programs in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in ED.)

Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within ED that administers or enforces programs under the IDEA.

Further, appropriated funds may not be used to (1) terminate, reassign, or alter the responsibilities of any personnel of any such office; or (2) contract with, or delegate to, any entity outside of ED to administer or enforce IDEA programs.

(On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities, calling for the closure of ED and giving authority over education to the states. Further, the Trump Administration has announced plans to transfer ED's oversight of services for students with disabilities to the Department of Health and Human Services.)

Sponsors

Rep. John Mannion (D) sponsors H.R. 2333, and 39 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2333 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Referred To · Mar 25, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2333 has taken 2 actions since Mar 25, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 25, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Mar 25, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 2333 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2333 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Protecting Students with Disabilities Act — Display Title
  • Protecting Students with Disabilities Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education that administers or enforces programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 21 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2333 in 11 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Agriculture.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSAdvocacy organizationGeorgia15—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS—District of Columbia14—
ARC OF THE UNITED STATES—District of Columbia11—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS15—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS14—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION11—
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 21.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
HEATHER SACHS115
EARL HADLEY114
JENNIFER SCULLY114
KRISTOR COWAN114
MEGAN STOCKHAUSEN114
SARAH COHEN114
MAEVE KLINE113
BONITA WILLIAMS111
BRITTANY OWENS111
CHRISTIN DRISCOLL111
DARCY MILBURN111
DEBORAH KOOLBECK111
JUAN RANGEL111
JULIE WARD111
KATY ROWLEY111
KIMBERLY TRINCA111
KIM MUSHENO111
MICHAEL NAGEL111
ROBYN LINSCOTT111
RONNY LAU111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$670K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 fourth_quarter$450K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 third_quarter$430K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Report
ARC OF THE UNITED STATESTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES2025 first_quarter$70K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS2026 second_quarter—2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS2026 first_quarter—1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS2025 fourth_quarter—4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS2025 second_quarter—2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2333 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2333’s is Education.

hr2333/policy-areas.txt
EducationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2333, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MANNION:H.R. 2333.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution[Page H1274]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com