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HJM016.........................................................by EDUCATION
SPECIAL EDUCATION - COST - Stating findings of the Legislature and
requesting Congress to fulfill its commitment, made in 1975 when it enacted
the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act," now known as the
"Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," to pay forty percent of the
cost for children with special educational needs.
02/01 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/19 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/25 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
02/26 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/05 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/06 To enrol
03/07 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/08 Pres signed
03/11 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 16
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth
7 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, in 1975 our country took a major step forward in promoting the
9 inclusion and equality of one of our most disenfranchised groups of citizens;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now
12 known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), reaffirmed
13 the American principle that all children deserve a free and appropriate public
14 education; and
15 WHEREAS, the federal government made a commitment to pay forty percent of
16 the cost for children with special educational needs; and
17 WHEREAS, over the years the federal appropriations have ranged from seven
18 to fifteen percent of the total cost; and
19 WHEREAS, the federal contribution has always fallen far short of the con-
20 gressional commitment to fully fund IDEA; and
21 WHEREAS, local and state budgets have been forced to absorb the shortfall;
22 and
23 WHEREAS, after twenty-five years, the magnitude of that shortfall demands
24 a new approach; and
25 WHEREAS, funding for IDEA should be moved out of the discretionary budget
26 and into mandatory spending for the federal contribution; and
27 WHEREAS, when IDEA funding nears the forty percent commitment, schools
28 will be able to free up resources for other educational programs and services.
29 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
30 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
31 the Senate concurring therein, that we urgently and respectfully request that
32 the Congress of the United States make special education funding mandatory and
33 fulfill its commitment on a long overdue promise to provide funding at the
34 forty percent level.
35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
36 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
37 Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
38 sentatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
39 State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11660C1
The purpose of this joint memorial is to urge the U.S. congress to
honor the financial commitment made in 1975 when they passed the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The federal
government made a commitment to pay 40 percent of the cost for
children with special educational needs. Over the years, the federal
appropriations have ranged from seven percent to 15 percent of the
total cost of the program.
FISCAL IMPACT
There would be greatly increased revenue for school districts who
are struggling to pay the costs of special education.
Contact
Name: Representative Donna Boe
Phone: 208-332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 16