Keep Our PACT Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced
Summary
Locks in multi-year, mandatory federal funding for Title I and IDEA Part B, creating specific annual floors and targets. This bill would require set minimum appropriations for Part A of Title I for FY2026–2035 and define year-by-year targets and appropriated amounts for special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B.
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- Families and students: Provides steadier federal support for low-income and high-need schools. It sets Title I Part A annual floors that rise from about $20.5 billion in FY2026 to about $54.3 billion in FY2035.
- Students with disabilities and states: Creates annual "target" and "amount appropriated" figures for IDEA Part B that grow each year and reach 40% of the statute's per-pupil "amount determined" by FY2035.
- Federal budget process: Declares these amendments an emergency under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act and ties emergency-designation rules to budget enforcement for FY2026–2035.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More federal aid for high-need schools
This bill would create mandatory floor funding for Title I school aid from FY2026 to FY2035. For FY2026–FY2034, the government would cover the gap between the FY2025 Title I amount and each year’s floor or the full authorized amount. Floors would rise from about $20.5 billion (FY2026) to about $48.7 billion (FY2034). For FY2035, Title I would get $54.3 billion or the full authorized amount, whichever is higher. If enacted, this could send more money to high‑need schools and the students they serve.
More federal funding for special education
This bill would set guaranteed funding for IDEA Part B (special education) from FY2026 to FY2035. Each year, states would get either a fixed dollar amount or a share of a formula based on the number of children with disabilities and average per‑pupil costs, whichever is larger. Funding would ramp up to $69.6 billion or 40% of the formula amount by FY2035, and that level would continue in later years. Funds would generally be available starting July 1 and stay available through the next September 30 (FY2035 opens July 1, 2034 and runs through September 30, 2036).
Emergency budget label for this bill
The bill would label its funding as an emergency for federal budget rules. This would keep these costs from counting against PAYGO and some budget limits. It would not by itself give money to households; it changes how Congress scores the cost.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
NV • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
NY • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
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