1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act”.
IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act
A BILL
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide parity for outlying areas, and for other purposes.
2. Assistance for education of all children with disabilities
Authorization; allotment; use of funds; authorization of appropriations— Section 611 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411) is amended—
in subsection (b)(1)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “not more than 1 percent” and inserting “not less than 1 percent”; and
by striking subparagraph (B), and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and
in subsection (e)(1)(A)(ii), by striking “or $35,000, whichever is greater”.
Preschool grants— Section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419) is amended—
in subsection (c)(1), by striking “The Secretary shall allocate the amount” and inserting “After reserving funds for payments to the outlying areas under subsection (h)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate the remaining amount”;
by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
“(h) Outlying areas
“(1) Funds reserved—From the amount appropriated under subsection (k) for each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 1 percent, which shall be used to provide assistance to the outlying areas in accordance with their respective populations of children aged 3 through 5 and their relative populations of all children aged 3 through 5 who are living in poverty, in accordance with this section.
“(2) First award year—For the first fiscal year the Secretary provides assistance to outlying areas under this section, subsection (c)(2)(B)(iii) shall not apply to outlying areas.
“(3) Application of reservation for State activities—Subsection (d) shall be applied to outlying areas by substituting “for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act” for “for fiscal year 1997”.
“(4) Definition—For each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act, each use of the term State in this section shall be deemed to refer to a State or outlying area, as appropriate to carry out this subsection.”
3. Allocation of funds for infants and toddlers with disabilities
Section 643(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1443(a)) is amended—
by striking “Areas.—” and all that follows through “(1) In general.—From” and inserting “Areas.—From”;
by striking “not more than 1 percent” and inserting “not less than 1 percent”; and
by striking paragraph (2).
4. State personnel development grants
Purpose; definition of personnel; program authority— Section 651 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1451) is amended—
in subsection (c)(3), by striking “$80,000” and inserting “$160,000”; and
in subsection (d)(3), by striking “$80,000” and inserting “$160,000”.
Use of funds— Section 654 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1454) is amended by striking subsection (e).