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119-hr-2333119th CongressWALLET

Protecting Students with Disabilities Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]

Introduced

Summary

Locks the Office of Special Education Programs inside the Department of Education and blocks any outsourcing or structural moves that would weaken IDEA enforcement. This bill would prohibit using funds from appropriations acts to eliminate, consolidate, restructure, or transfer any Department office that administers or enforces the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It would forbid terminating, reassigning, or changing duties of staff in those offices and ban contracting with or delegating administration or enforcement of IDEA to entities outside the Department. It would codify OSEP's placement under IDEA section 1402 so the executive branch cannot unilaterally change that arrangement.

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Keep special education enforcement in Education Department

If enacted, the Department of Education could not use appropriations to close, merge, or move offices that run or enforce special education programs. It could not use those funds to terminate, reassign, or change duties of staff in those offices. It could not hire outside groups with those funds to run or enforce special education law. The bill reaffirms that the Office of Special Education Programs would stay within the Department. These limits would start upon enactment and apply to all appropriations funds.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

  • Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 4/29/2025

  • Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 5/7/2025

  • Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/5/2025

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/1/2025

  • Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/14/2025

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/21/2025

  • Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/24/2025

  • Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/24/2025

  • Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 11/25/2025

  • Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/3/2025

  • Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 2/2/2026

  • Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 2/20/2026

  • Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 2/23/2026

  • Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 5/29/2026

  • Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 6/18/2026

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 6/18/2026

  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 6/18/2026

  • Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 6/18/2026

  • Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/18/2026

  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/22/2026

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 6/22/2026

  • Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 6/23/2026

  • Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 6/29/2026

  • Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/20/2026

Roll Call Votes

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