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H.R.1350 
Title: To reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] (introduced 3/19/2003)
Cosponsors: 19
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 108-446
House Reports: 108-77; Latest Conference Report: 108-779 (in Congressional Record H9895-9959)
H.R.3802
Title: To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part, to provide an exception to the local maintenance of effort requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsors: Rep Bass, Charles F. [NH-2] (introduced 2/11/2004)
Cosponsors: 3
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2004 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce
S.B.1248
Title: A bill to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Gregg, Judd [NH] (introduced 6/12/2003)
Cosponsors: 14
Latest Major Action: 11/3/2003 Senate preparation for floor.
Status: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 362.
S.B.626
Title: A bill to reduce the amount of paperwork for special education teachers, to make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes related to individualized education programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] (introduced 3/13/2003)
Cosponsors: 4
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R.464 
Title: To provide relief to teachers, administrators, and related services providers from an excessive paperwork burden, and to reduce time spent by teachers on non-instructional activities, as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Sponsor: Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] (introduced 1/29/2003)
Cosponsors: 2
Latest Major Action: 2/21/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
S.B. 608
Title: To provide relief to teachers, administrators, and related services providers from an excessive paperwork burden, and to reduce time spent by teachers on non-instructional activities, as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Sponsor: Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] (introduced 1/29/2003)
Cosponsors: 2
Latest Major Action: 2/21/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
S.B.939
Title: A bill to amend part B of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act to provide full
Federal funding of such part, to provide an exception
to the local maintenance of effort requirements,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE]
(introduced 4/29/2003)
Cosponsors: 27
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2003
Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice
and referred to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
S.B.1226
Title: A bill to coordinate efforts in
collecting and analyzing data on the incidence
and prevalence of developmental disabilities, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary
Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/10/2003)
Cosponsors: 5
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2003
Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice
and referred to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
H.R.3582
Title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to prohibit federally subsidized
discrimination in supplemental educational services,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2]
(introduced 11/21/2003)
Cosponsors: 26
Latest Major Action: 11/21/2003
Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on Education
and the Workforce.
H.R.3450
Title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through
the use of fully qualified teachers, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Wu, David [OR-1]
(introduced 11/5/2003)
Cosponsors: 20
Latest Major Action: 12/1/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3301
Title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to encourage the implementation
or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students
4 years of age or younger.
Sponsor: Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes
[DC] (introduced 10/15/2003)
Cosponsors: (none)
Latest Major Action: 11/3/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3178
Title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to prohibit interference
by certain grant recipients with a student's treatment
of his or her diabetes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15]
(introduced 9/25/2003)
Cosponsors: 114
Latest Major Action: 10/14/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3130
Title: To amend the Head Start Act to require
parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical
examinations.
Sponsor: Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1]
(introduced 9/17/2003)
Cosponsors: 25
Latest Major Action: 10/6/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3085
Title: To improve graduation rates by authorizing
the Secretary of Education to make grants to improve
adolescent literacy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15]
(introduced 9/16/2003)
Cosponsors: 32
Latest Major Action: 10/14/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3063
Title: To authorize the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, the Secretary of Education,
and the Attorney General to make 10 grants to demonstration
facilities to implement evidence-based preventive-screening
tools to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies
in school-age youth at selected facilities.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.
[CT-3] (introduced 9/10/2003)
Cosponsors: 35
Latest Major Action: 10/6/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3049
Title: To amend part A of title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
regarding adequate yearly progress and assessments.
Sponsor: Rep Strickland, Ted [OH-6]
(introduced 9/9/2003)
Cosponsors: 22
Latest Major Action: 9/22/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.3007
Title: To assist States in establishing
a universal prekindergarten program to ensure that
all children 3, 4, and 5 years old have access
to a high-quality full-day, full-calendar-year
prekindergarten education.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis
J. [OH-10] (introduced 9/4/2003)
Cosponsors: 31
Latest Major Action: 10/6/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.2762
Title: To establish a vocational and technical
education grant program.
Sponsor: Rep Pombo, Richard W.
[CA-11] (introduced 7/16/2003)
Cosponsors: 4
Latest Major Action: 8/13/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.2089
Title: To protect children and their parents
from being coerced into administering a controlled
substance in order to attend school, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Burns, Max [GA-12]
(introduced 5/14/2003)
Cosponsors: (none)
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.1576
Title: To amend the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act to establish a method to provide
outcome-based funding increases to States, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete
[CA-13] (introduced 4/2/2003)
Cosponsors: 7
Latest Major Action: 5/2/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
H.R.1398
Title: To amend the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act to fully fund 40 percent of the average
per pupil expenditure for programs under part B
of that Act.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4]
(introduced 3/20/2003)
Cosponsors: (none)
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2003
Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to
the Subcommittee on Education
Reform.
