,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bife  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #h1 #bjae ,mr4 
,walberg 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,moolenaar1 
,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,benishek1 and ,mr4  
,bishop of ,michigan7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,individuals with ,disabilities         
,education ,act to provide certain      
exceptions to the maintenance of effort 
requirement for local educational       
agencies1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,building on ,local ,district       
,flexibility in ,,idea ,act4  #b4       
,exceptions to the maintenance of effort
 requirement for local educational      
agencies ,section #fac7;a77#b7 of the   
,individuals with ,disabilities         
,education ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4          
#adac7;a77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a77iii71 by striking     
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 and         

inserting subparagraphs 7,b71 7,c71 and 
7,e72  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b7--  7,a7
 in clause 7iii77,,iii71 by striking or 
at the end2  7,b7 in clause 7iv71 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7v7   
improved efficiencies that do not result
 in a reduction in special education    
services2 or  7vi7 the reduction of     
expenditures for employment related     
benefits provided to special education  
personnel 7such as pay1 retirement      
contributions1 annual and sick leave1   
and health and life insurance7 provided 
that such reduction of expenditures does
 not result in a reduction in special   
education services4  2 and  7#c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7,e7  
,waivers for exceptional or             
uncontrollable circumstances ,the ,state
 educational agency may waive the       
requirements of subparagraph 7,a77iii7  
for a local educational agency1 for #a  
fiscal year at a time1 if--  7i7 the    

,state educational agency determines    
that the local educational agency has   
not reduced the level of expenditures   
for the education of children with      
disabilities for such fiscal year       
disproportionately to other             
expenditures2 and  7ii7  7,i7 the ,state
 educational agency determines that     
granting a waiver would be equitable due
 to exceptional or uncontrollable       
circumstances such as a natural disaster
 or a precipitous and unforeseen decline
 in the financial resources of the local
 educational agency2 or  7,,ii7 the     
local educational agency provides clear 
and convincing evidence to the ,state   
educational agency that all children    
with disabilities have available to them
 a free appropriate public education and
 the ,state educational agency concurs  
with the evidence provided by the local 
educational agency4  4