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The bill locks in and expands predictable federal funding for low-income students and special education—helping narrow gaps and improve services—but does so by increasing federal outlays and budgetary flexibility that could raise deficits, shift funds across districts, and weaken long‑term fiscal constraints.
Low-income students and high-poverty districts receive guaranteed, multi-year Title I minimum funding through FY2035, increasing federal support for programs that serve disadvantaged children.
Students with disabilities (and the schools that serve them) get larger, more predictable federal IDEA Part B funding through FY2026–FY2035+, improving special education services and supports.
States and school districts gain budget and planning certainty from multi-year funding floors and predictable authorizations, helping with staffing, program continuity, and long-term K–12 planning.
Taxpayers and the federal budget face materially higher spending and potential increases in deficits because the bill mandates or authorizes substantial appropriations and exempts amounts from offsets.
Exempting this funding from PAYGO and using emergency designations risks eroding long-term fiscal discipline and weakens budget rules that restrain future spending growth.
Mandated funding floors could crowd out other education or domestic priorities in future appropriations, reducing flexibility for states or Congress to address other needs.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Establishes statutory funding floors and appropriations to raise Title I Part A and IDEA Part B funding for FY2026–FY2035 and designates those increases as emergency requirements.
Official title: To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Introduced January 31, 2025 by Susie Lee · Last progress January 31, 2025
Provides mandatory federal funding floors and supplemental appropriations to increase and guarantee federal support for K–12 Title I Part A (schoolwide/targeted assistance for disadvantaged students) and Part B of IDEA (special education) across multiple fiscal years (FY2026–FY2035). It replaces discretionary funding with statutory authorization and appropriation floors for IDEA Part B for FY2026–FY2030 (and prescribes a continuing statutory formula thereafter), and designates the resulting increases as emergency requirements for budget enforcement and PAYGO scorekeeping purposes.