Keep Our PACT Act

Sponsored bySen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]MD· Introduced 30 January 2025

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

30 January 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in Senate · Updated 27 March 2025

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.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
30 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
30 January 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

23 cosponsors

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Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]MD

Cosponsors

Democrat2296%
Independent14%

Democrat:Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]DE
Democrat:Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]NJ
Democrat:Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]DE
Democrat:Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]NH
Democrat:Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]NM
Democrat:Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]OR
Democrat:Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]MD
Democrat:Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]CA
Democrat:Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]MN
Democrat:Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]OR
Democrat:Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]HI
Democrat:Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]NM
Democrat:Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]IL
Democrat:Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]MA
Democrat:Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]RI
Democrat:Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]IL
Democrat:Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]MA
Democrat:Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN
Democrat:Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]CT
Democrat:Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]CT
Democrat:Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]CO
Independent:Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]VT
Democrat:Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]NJ

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Education

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AppropriationsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationSpecial education

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