Who it affects
- Local school agencies
- Low-achieving students and students in schools serving many low-income families
- Children with disabilities
- States and outlying areas
In committeeEducationGovernment spending
Keep Our PACT Act
H.R. 869 · House bill · Introduced Jan. 31, 2025
The Keep Our PACT Act would fund school grants through fiscal year 2035 and permanently authorize special education grants for children with disabilities.
At a glance
Where it stands
In committee
How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill provides funding through fiscal year 2035 for grants run by local school agencies.
- These grants fund extra education and related services for low-achieving students and others in schools serving many low-income families.
- The bill permanently authorizes grants for states and outlying areas to provide special education services to children with disabilities.
- It classifies the funding as emergency spending under federal budget rules.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill yet.
Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Lee, Susie (D-NV)
- Introduced
- Jan. 31, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 28
- Committees
- House Budget Committee; House Education and Workforce Committee
- Latest action
- Jan. 31, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement for the purposes of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and other budget enforcement procedures.
Summary on Congress.gov ↗Everyone who lobbied on this bill (0 groups)
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Lobbyists report every three months, about 20 days after each quarter ends. We have January 2025 through September 2026 reports. Newer reports will be added once filed and published. Reports for October through December 2026 are due January 20, 2027.