Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1–Assemblymen Cegavske, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Carpenter, Gibbons, Anderson, Arberry, Bache, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Goldwater, Gustavson, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus, Rawson, Wiener, Porter, Washington, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Raggio, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer and Townsend

 

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Assembly Joint RESOLUTION—Urging the President and the Congress of the United States to increase federal funding for special education to the level authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

 

   Whereas, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975,

 now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),

 was enacted by the Congress of the United States to ensure that all

 children with disabilities have available to them a free and appropriate

 public education; and

   Whereas, In 1975, Congress promised state and local governments that

 it would fund 40 percent of the costs of providing special education and

 related services to children with disabilities; and

   Whereas, Congress has never appropriated funds equivalent to the

 authorized level, has never exceeded the 15 percent level and has usually

 appropriated funding at only about the 8 percent level; and

   Whereas, The State of Nevada is committed to providing a free and

 appropriate public education to children with disabilities to meet their

 unique needs; and

   Whereas, The costs associated with serving children with disabilities

 continue to rise, and meeting those substantial costs requires a strong

 partnership between local, state and federal governmental agencies; and

   Whereas, The failure of Congress to fund special education programs

 as it promised has forced the states to utilize funding from other necessary

 local and state programs to attempt to provide these special educational

 services; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada,

 Jointly, That the Nevada Legislature hereby urges the President and

 Congress of the United States to increase federal funding for special

 education to the 40 percent level authorized by the Individuals with

 Disabilities Education Act so that the State of Nevada and other states can

 fully meet the needs of children with disabilities; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

 a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States, the Vice

 President of the United States as the presiding officer of the Senate, the

 Speaker of the House of Representatives, each member of the Nevada

 Congressional Delegation and the Superintendent of Public Instruction for

 the State of Nevada; and be it further

   Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage.

 

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