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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 496

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to modify 
     authorizations of appropriations for programs under such Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2001

 Mr. Santorum introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to modify 
     authorizations of appropriations for programs under such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Growing Resources in Educational 
Achievement for Today and Tomorrow Act'' or the ``GREATT IDEA Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to more than double the Federal 
funding authorized for programs and services under the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

    (a) Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities.--
Section 611(j) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1411(j)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this part, other than section 619, there are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            ``(1) $7,779,800,800 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(2) $9,714,403,800 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(3) $12,130,084,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
            ``(4) $15,146,471,000 for fiscal year 2005.''.
    (b) General Provisions.--Part A of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 608. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

    ``A State utilizing the proceeds of a grant received under this 
Act, shall maintain expenditures for activities carried out under this 
Act for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005 at least at a level 
equal to not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by 
such State for fiscal year 2001.''.
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