JOINT MEMORIAL · 2009–10 SESSION

SJM 8023: Funding of IDEA costs

Petitioning Congress to fully fund forty percent of the costs of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Summary

  • Congress is asked to pass, and the President is asked to sign, federal legislation to fully fund 40 percent of the costs of IDEA. The rationale provided includes a notation that Congress has indicated in legislation that the federal government was to pay up to 40 percent of each state's excess cost of educating children with disabilities; and that in the current economic downturn the practice of the federal…

From the Senate Bill Report (SJM 8023), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2010
  2. Out of committeeFeb 5, 2010
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Filed
Prime sponsor
Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1)
Introduced
January 21, 2010 in the Senate
Last action
March 15, 2010
Companion bill
HJM 4020

Sponsors

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  4. EDU - Majority; do pass.
  5. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SJM 8023 in other sessions

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