Protecting Students with Disabilities Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mannion
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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Analyzed Economic Effects
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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
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 3/25/2025
McBath
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
Craig
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
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Mullin
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
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Budzinski
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
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
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