Bill Details
S.810 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced Date
2025-02-27
Policy Area
Education
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This bill would block cuts to several major public education programs in the federal budget for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. If Congress passes a regular spending bill that gives these programs less money than they got in 2024, the bill would automatically add enough federal money to make up the difference. The goal is to keep funding steady for programs that support students with disabilities, low-income schools, English learners, homeless students, and other important school services.
- It covers a wide range of school programs, including special education, Title I aid for schools with many low-income students, support for English learners, after-school and student support programs, teacher and school improvement programs, migrant education, and homeless student services.
- If any of these programs would get less money than they received in 2024, the bill would provide extra funding to make up the shortfall.
- The added money would start 30 days after a new yearly spending law is enacted and would stay available until it is used.
- The bill also says these funding changes would not count against federal budget tracking rules meant to measure pay-as-you-go costs.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 810 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 810
To ensure that there are no reductions in funding for critical
education programs for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure that there are no reductions in funding for critical
education programs for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, 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 ``No Cuts to Public Schools Act''.
SEC. 2. MAINTAINING FUNDING FOR CERTAIN EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical education program.--The term ``critical
education program'' means each of the following:
(A) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).
(B) Part A of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et
seq.).
(C) Part B of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et
seq.).
(D) Part C of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6391 et
seq.).
(E) Part D of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6421 et
seq.).
(F) Part A of title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6611 et
seq.).
(G) Title III of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.).
(H) Part A of title IV of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.).
(I) Part B of title IV of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et
seq.).
(J) Part B of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7341 et
seq.).
(K) Part A of title VI of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.).
(L) Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).
(M) Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.).
(2) Reduction in funding.--The term ``reduction in
funding'', when used with respect to a critical education
program for a fiscal year, means the amount by which--
(A) the total amount of funding appropriated for
the critical education program for fiscal year 2024
under title III of division D of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-
47; 138 Stat. 681), which shall be determined based on
the funding allocation specified for the critical
education program in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 of such Act (Public Law 118-47;
138 Stat. 461); exceeds
(B) the total amount of funding appropriated for
the critical education program for the fiscal year for
which the determination is being made under the
applicable regular appropriation Act for such fiscal
year, which shall be determined based on the funding
allocation specified for the critical education program
in the explanatory statement regarding such regular
appropriation Act.
(3) Regular appropriation act.--The term ``regular
appropriation Act''--
(A) means an annual appropriation Act providing new
budget authority (as defined in section 3 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622)) for the programs, projects, and
activities under the jurisdiction of a subcommittee of
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate through
September 30 of a fiscal year; and
(B) includes--
(i) an Act referred to in section 105 of
title 1, United States Code;
(ii) a title, division, or other
subdivision of an Act or resolution that, if it
were a separate Act, would be an Act described
in subparagraph (A); and
(iii) a resolution or Act, or a title,
division, or other subdivision of a resolution
or Act, making continuing appropriations
through September 30 of a fiscal year.
(b) Ensuring Adequate Funding for Critical Education Programs.--
(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2025, 2026, and
2027, effective on the date that is 30 days after the date of
enactment of a regular appropriation Act appropriating funding
for all critical education programs for such fiscal year, there
is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for each critical education program an amount
equal to any reduction in funding for the critical education
program for such fiscal year.
(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1)
for a fiscal year shall remain available until expended.
(c) Budgetary Effects.--
(1) Statutory paygo scorecards.--The budgetary effects of
this section shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-
You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)).
(2) Senate paygo scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this
section shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained
for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th
Congress).
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