# 119-s-1277: IDEA Full Funding Act

119-s-1277, IDEA Full Funding Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1277
- Congress: 119
- Title: IDEA Full Funding Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 40
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-24

## Summary

**This bill would convert Part B funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into a _mandatory, formula-based_ federal funding stream.** It would set a year-by-year schedule from fiscal 2026 through 2035 and beyond that ties federal dollars to the counted number of children with disabilities and the national average per-pupil expenditure.

## Cosponsors (40)

- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Guaranteed federal funding for special education: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would make federal Part B funding for special education mandatory and formula-driven. Each year the payment would be the larger of a listed dollar amount or a percent of a new base. The base would equal the number of children with disabilities served last school year. That numb…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1277 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1277)

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- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1277 (as of 2026-07-24).