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H.R. 869119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jan 31, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 869 would close the funding gap for Title I and IDEA starting in 2026, reaching $54B for Title I by 2035.
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HR 869 would require the federal government to fully fund Title I, which supports schools with high numbers of low-income students, and IDEA, which covers special education services. Funding increases would begin in 2026 and grow each year through 2035. The bill uses an emergency spending designation to bypass standard budget rules that limit new federal expenditures.
Students from low-income families and students with disabilities would be most directly affected, along with the public schools, teachers, aides, and administrators who serve them. States and local school districts would receive the additional federal dollars.
Both programs have been authorized at higher levels than Congress actually appropriates each year, leaving a persistent gap between promised and delivered funding. Schools have relied on local property taxes and other sources to make up the difference, and this bill would shift more of that cost to the federal government.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.