PRINTER'S NO. 29
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
10
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, BARRAR, GROVE, JAMES, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE,
MARKOSEK, MILLARD, NEILSON, READSHAW, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHMITT, STRUZZI AND DeLUCA, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 28, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to provide funding for
Federal mandates with respect to special education in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Unfunded Federal mandates in the area of education
have saddled schools, local communities and taxpayers with
burdens of unparalleled proportions; and
WHEREAS, Schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania rely on
State taxes and property taxes to fund these unfunded Federal
education mandates, otherwise known as cost drivers, as well as
locally desired programs; and
WHEREAS, One of the principal cost drivers for schools in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the unfunded Federal mandate
associated with educating children with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Government's prescription for helping
children with disabilities without corresponding funding raises
the risk of those children not receiving the special education
they need; and
WHEREAS, Unfunded Federal special education mandates put the
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