T. Gorton said "I have checked it, and, at the present time, the current funding level is just over $3 billion. The amendment proposed by the Senator from New Hampshire, [Mr. Gregg], would, over roughly a 7-year period, reach the authorized level of having us here in Congress pay for 40 percent of the cost of IDEA and would reach, I am told, something like $13 billion or $13.5 billion. It seems to me that is a little short. My own figures are, if we were to fund it at 40 percent for next year, for 1998, the cost to the Congress, to the Federal Government, would be just over $14 billion. Now, that is 40 percent. My grade school arithmetic tells me that if the cost were $14 billion at 40 percent, the cost of 100 percent funding would be $35 billion. So we have created and will continue to impose a $35 billion cost on the school districts of the United States for the implementation of the requirements that are set out in the statute." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 12, 1997

I have checked it, and, at the present time, the current funding level is just over $3 billion. The amendment proposed by the Senator from New Hampshire, [Mr. Gregg], would, over roughly a 7-year period, reach the authorized level of having us here in Congress pay for 40 percent of the cost of IDEA and would reach, I am told, something like $13 billion or $13.5 billion. It seems to me that is a little short. My own figures are, if we were to fund it at 40 percent for next year, for 1998, the cost to the Congress, to the Federal Government, would be just over $14 billion. Now, that is 40 percent. My grade school arithmetic tells me that if the cost were $14 billion at 40 percent, the cost of 100 percent funding would be $35 billion. So we have created and will continue to impose a $35 billion cost on the school districts of the United States for the implementation of the requirements that are set out in the statute.

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T. Gorton

Republican · Washington

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the funding levels for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) during Senate debate.

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