Protecting Students with Disabilities Act
U.S. Congress · HR2333 ·
What the bill says
Introduced 2025-03-25. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Summary (plain-language)
Protecting Students with Disabilities Act This bill prohibits the use of appropriated funds to eliminate the Department of Education's (ED's) oversight of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (The IDEA authorizes grant programs that support special education and early intervention services for children with disabilities. Currently, the IDEA is administered by the Office of Special Education Programs in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in ED.) Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within ED that administers or enforces programs under the IDEA. Further, appropriated funds may not be used to (1) terminate, reassign, or alter the responsibilities of any personnel of any such office; or (2) contract with, or delegate to, any entity outside of ED to administer or enforce IDEA programs. (On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities , calling for the closure of ED and giving authority over education to the states. Further, the Trump Administration has announced plans to transfer ED's oversight of services for students with disabilities to the Department of Health and Human Services.)
Sponsors
- John W. Mannion (primary)
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Julia Brownley
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
- Nikki Budzinski
- Judy Chu
- J. Luis Correa
- Salud O. Carbajal
- Angie Craig
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Dwight Evans
- Valerie P. Foushee
- Laura Friedman
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Jared Huffman
- Jahana Hayes
- Sara Jacobs
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Zoe Lofgren
- Ted Lieu
- Greg Landsman
- Lucy McBath
- Kevin Mullin
- Jennifer L. McClellan
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Chellie Pingree
- Jimmy Panetta
- Brittany Pettersen
- Raul Ruiz
- Emily Randall
- Brad Sherman
- Bradley Scott Schneider
- Lateefah Simon
- Mike Thompson
- Dina Titus
- Ritchie Torres
- Frederica S. Wilson
- George Whitesides
Text versions
- Introduced in House — 2025-03-25 — XML
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What politicians say
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-25 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-03-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. |
Lobbying on this bill
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Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Period | Reported quarterly amount | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS | NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS | Q2 2026 | not reported | |
| NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | Q2 2026 | $670,000 | |
| NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS | NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS | Q1 2026 | not reported |
Source: Senate LDA filings.