Protecting Students with Disabilities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2333 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2333

To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or
  otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education
   that administers or enforces programs under the Individuals with
          Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2025

 Mr. Mannion (for himself, Mrs. Hayes, and Mrs. McBath) introduced the
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL

To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or
  otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education
   that administers or enforces programs under the Individuals with
          Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting Students with
Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Section 1402 of the Individuals with Disabilities
        Education Act explicitly states that the Office of Special
        Education Programs shall be housed within the Department of
        Education and tasked with administering and carrying out
        programs and activities concerning the education of children
        with disabilities.
            (2) The executive branch does not have the unilateral
        authority to alter this statutory framework. This Act reaffirms
        Congress's intent and ensures compliance with existing statute.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION.

    None of the funds made available by Acts making appropriations may
be used to--
            (1) eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any
        office within the Department of Education that administers or
        enforces programs under the Individuals with Disabilities
        Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
            (2) terminate, reassign, or alter the responsibilities of
        any personnel of any such office; or
            (3) contract with, or delegate to, any entity outside of
        the Department of Education to administer or enforce such
        programs.
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