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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY GRUNDBERG
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 3681SS BY BOETTGER)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution reminding Iowa's congressional
1 5 delegation to fund the federal financial commitment to
1 6 states, localities, and children with disabilities under
1 7 the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.
1 8 WHEREAS, one of the major purposes of the federal
1 9 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act is to
1 10 ensure the availability of free appropriate public
1 11 education which emphasizes special education and
1 12 related services designed to meet the unique needs of
1 13 children with disabilities; and
1 14 WHEREAS, another purpose of the federal Act is to
1 15 assist states, localities, educational service
1 16 agencies, and federal agencies to provide this
1 17 education to all children with disabilities; and
1 18 WHEREAS, federal law has, since 1975, authorized
1 19 appropriation levels for grants to states at a maximum
1 20 amount equal to the number of children aged 3 through
1 21 21 multiplied by 40 percent of the average per pupil
1 22 expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools
1 23 in the United States; and
1 24 WHEREAS, while special education costs and
1 25 enrollments have soared, seriously impacting state and
1 26 local budgets, the actual appropriation to accomplish
1 27 the purposes set forth in the federal Act rarely
1 28 exceeds 9 percent of the national average per pupil
1 29 expenditure; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the purpose of Part B of the federal Act
2 1 is to provide federal funding for coordinated
2 2 research, demonstration projects, outreach, and
2 3 personnel-preparation activities that are linked with,
2 4 and promote, systemic change; and to improve early
2 5 intervention, educational, and transitional results
2 6 for children with disabilities; and
2 7 WHEREAS, according to figures provided by the
2 8 National Conference of State Legislatures, Iowa's
2 9 allocation for fiscal year 2000-2001 from Congress for
2 10 Part B services under the federal Act of nearly $58.9
2 11 million is only one-third of the federal financial
2 12 commitment; and
2 13 WHEREAS, the shortfall created by the unfulfilled
2 14 federal commitment shortchanges students with
2 15 disabilities and increases the budgetary hardships
2 16 faced by state and local governments; NOW THEREFORE,
2 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 18 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 19 respectfully reminds Iowa's elected Senators and
2 20 Representatives in the United States Congress to
2 21 support and pass an appropriations bill that funds the
2 22 required amount under the federal Act for the purpose
2 23 of assisting state and local governments in providing
2 24 special education and related services designed to
2 25 meet the unique needs of children with disabilities
2 26 and fulfilling the laudable purposes of the federal
2 27 Act.
2 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage, copies
2 29 of this Resolution shall be sent by the Chief Clerk of
2 30 the House of Representatives to Senator Charles E.
3 1 Grassley, Senator Tom Harkin, Representative Jim
3 2 Leach, Representative Jim Nussle, Representative
3 3 Leonard Boswell, Representative Greg Ganske, and
3 4 Representative Tom Latham.
3 5 LSB 3681HH 79
3 6 kh/gg/8.1
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