Keep Our PACT Act

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.

Other titles

the names this measure carries besides the one at the top of this page, each with the record's own label for it. The collection includes titles given to parts of a bill as well as to the whole.

A bill 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.Official Title as Introduced

Keep Our PACT ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Legislative history

S. 343·Senate·Bill·Education

Sen. Chris Van Hollen(Democratic-Maryland)·

Jan 30, 2025

SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Documents

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Bill text

Jan 30, 2025As introduced in the Senate

Plain-language summaries

Jan 30, 2025Introduced in Senate