Support increasing and ensuring adequate funding for ESEA Title I and IDEA.

Becca Balint · Vermont · Democratic

spending impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 97%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Do you support increasing and ensuring adequate funding for ESEA and IDEA to help ensure that all children receive a fair, equitable and high-quality education? Yes, I support.

Backs increased federal education funding for disadvantaged students and special education.

2022_aft-aft_vermont_candidate_questionnaire-beccabalint.pdf
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Congress.gov lists H.R.869 as introduced and referred; the CRS summary says it funds low-income-school grants through FY2035 and permanently reauthorizes IDEA grants.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The current-Congress bill directly targets increased/adequate funding for ESEA Title I-type grants and IDEA, but remained at the introduced/referred stage on the viewed record.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.869 - Keep Our PACT Act, 119th Congress (2025-2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Congress.gov's cosponsors page for H.R.869 lists Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT-At Large] with cosponsor date 10/24/2025.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Balint took concrete legislative action in her House service by cosponsoring the current-Congress Keep Our PACT Act, which supports the commitment, though the bill had not become law on the cited record.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.869 - Keep Our PACT Act, 119th Congress (2025-2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Balint took concrete same-term legislative action aligned with the promise by cosponsoring H.R.869, the Keep Our PACT Act, which would require full funding for ESEA Title I and IDEA. However, the cited record shows the bill was introduced and referred, not enacted, so the underlying funding increase/adequacy outcome has not been delivered. This merits partial credit for direct support and an effort badge, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%