<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing the President and Congress to carry through on their pledge to fund 40 <br/>
<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>percent of special education costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, in 1975 the Congress passed Public Law 94-142, the Individuals with <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Disabilities Education Act, and provided a national framework for providing free, appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>public education to all students regardless of the level or severity of disability; and  <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>WHEREAS, Congress in its initial passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Act declared its intent to fund 40 percent of special education costs; and  <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, the federal government's share of funding for special education costs in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Minnesota has never exceeded 18 percent of total special education costs; and  <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>WHEREAS, since the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the states <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>and local districts have been primarily responsible for providing funding for special education <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>services due to a lack of federal funds; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>WHEREAS, special education services are being provided to all eligible children in the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>State of Minnesota; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, many states, including Minnesota, must provide substantial state funding to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>fill the gaps left by Congress' unfunded promise; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>WHEREAS, the recent increases in federal funds for schools, including the increases in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>special education funding, have come with substantial mandates and limitations on the use of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>funds; and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>WHEREAS, Congress is now currently debating the most effective ways to improve <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>education among the states; NOW, THEREFORE, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota  that Congress should <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>speedily adhere to the goal to fund 40 percent of special education costs initially stated in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and appropriate to the state's significant, genuine <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>assistance to meet the needs of students with disabilities.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that federal maintenance of effort requirements should only <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>apply to state appropriations for special education and not to local school district subsidies for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>special education from general education funds. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the  State of Minnesota is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>the President and the Secretary of the  United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United  <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.<br/>