Authorization of Appropriations

• Seven-year course to fully fund IDEA (appropriations authorized)

• FY 2005 $12.3 Billion

• FY 2006 $14.6 Billion

• FY 2007 $16.9 Billion

• FY 2008 $19.2 Billion

• FY 2009 $21.5 Billion

• FY 2010 $23.8 Billion

• FY 2011 $26.1 Billion

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Speaker Notes:

Section 611

Congress authorized the appropriations of funds over a seven year period with the goal of fully funding (40 percent) IDEA by the year 2011. The actual appropriation in the first year (FY 2005) was actually $11.6 B.