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S. 1277

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Summary

S. 1277, the IDEA Full Funding Act, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 3, 2025 by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) with 40 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Apr 3, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


Record

Text

S. 1277 has 40 co-sponsors.

sb1277/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1277 IS: IDEA Full Funding Act
U.S. Senate
2025-04-03
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II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1277 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 3, 2025 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Reed , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Whitehouse , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Merkley , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Coons , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Murphy , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Warren , Mr. Markey , Mr. Booker , Mr. Peters , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Smith , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Warnock , Mr. Fetterman , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Kim , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Warner , and Ms. Alsobrooks ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL
To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the IDEA Full Funding Act .
2.
Mandatory funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1411(i) ) is amended to read as follows:
(i)
Funding
(1)
In general
For the purpose of carrying out this part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be appropriated—
(A)
$16,661,928,000 or 11.6 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2026, and there are hereby appropriated $6,425,048,000 or 4.5 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2026, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 2027;
(B)
$19,531,844,000 or 13.4 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2027, and there are hereby appropriated $8,372,932,000 or 5.7 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2027, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2027, and shall remain available through September 30, 2028;
(C)
$22,896,084,000 or 15.3 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2028, and there are hereby appropriated $10,911,357,000 or 7.3 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2028, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2028, and shall remain available through September 30, 2029;
(D)
$26,839,795,000 or 17.6 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2029, and there are hereby appropriated $14,219,357,000 or 9.3 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2029, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2029, and shall remain available through September 30, 2030;
(E)
$31,462,786,000 or 20.2 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2030, and there are hereby appropriated $18,530,244,000 or 11.9 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2030, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain available through September 30, 2031;
(F)
$36,882,058,000 or 23.1 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031, and there are hereby appropriated $24,148,064,000 or 15.2 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2031, and shall remain available through September 30, 2032;
(G)
$43,234,768,000 or 26.5 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2032, and there are hereby appropriated $31,469,041,000 or 19.3 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2032, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2032, and shall remain available through September 30, 2033;
(H)
$50,681,693,000 or 30.4 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2033, and there are hereby appropriated $41,009,521,000 or 24.6 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2033, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2033, and shall remain available through September 30, 2034;
(I)
$59,411,305,000 or 34.9 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2034, and there are hereby appropriated $53,442,392,000 or 31.4 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2034, which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2034, and shall remain available through September 30, 2035; and
(J)
$69,644,540,000 or 40 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and each subsequent fiscal year, and there are hereby appropriated $69,644,540,000 or 40 percent of the amount determined under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2035 and each subsequent fiscal year, which—
(i)
shall become available for obligation with respect to fiscal year 2035 on July 1, 2034, and shall remain available through September 30, 2036; and
(ii)
shall become available for obligation with respect to each subsequent fiscal year on July 1 of that fiscal year and shall remain available through September 30 of the succeeding fiscal year.
(2)
Amount
With respect to each subparagraph of paragraph (1), the amount determined under this paragraph is the product of—
(A)
the total number of children with disabilities in all States who—
(i)
received special education and related services during the last school year that concluded before the first day of the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and
(ii)
were aged—
(I)
3 through 5 (with respect to the States that were eligible for grants under section 619); and
(II)
6 through 21; and
(B)
the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States.
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Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-04-03
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

Sponsors

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) sponsors S. 1277, and 40 members have co-sponsored it, 34 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1277 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Referred To · Apr 3, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 1277 has taken 2 actions since Apr 3, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 3, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1277 has not gone to a roll call.

3 bills are related to S. 1277.

Titles

S. 1277 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • IDEA Full Funding Act — Display Title
  • IDEA Full Funding Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

14 clients hired 14 firms and 53 registered lobbyists who named S. 1277 in 54 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 Education, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Defense, Agriculture.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONMaryland16
AUTISM SPEAKSNew Jersey16
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)Virginia16
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATIONVirginia15
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESSAdvocacy organizationGeorgia15
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSESSpecialty nursingMaryland14$60K
CURE SMAIllinois14
ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDSNonprofit Illinois education association training and supporting school board membersIllinois14
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETYNew York14
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)Maryland14
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSDistrict of Columbia12
EASTERSEALS, INC.Illinois12
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNDistrict of Columbia11
ARC OF THE UNITED STATESDistrict of Columbia11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 53.

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 second_quarter$460K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$450K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 third_quarter$430K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$400K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2025 second_quarter$400K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$360K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$360K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$290K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$280K2nd Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2026 second_quarter$189K2nd Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2026 first_quarter$189K1st Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2025 fourth_quarter$189K4th Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2025 third_quarter$189K3rd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)2025 fourth_quarter$120K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
CURE SMACURE SMA2026 second_quarter$75K2nd Quarter - Report
CURE SMACURE SMA2026 first_quarter$75K1st Quarter - Report
CURE SMACURE SMA2025 fourth_quarter$75K4th Quarter - Report
CURE SMACURE SMA2025 third_quarter$75K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1277 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1277’s is Education.

s1277/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

Legislative Subjects

S. 1277 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Education programs funding to Special education.

s1277/subjects.txt
Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationSpecial education

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