I will fight to fulfill the promise to fund 40% of IDEA.

Shri Thanedar · Michigan · Democratic

spending impact 0.73 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 98%

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

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In Congress, I will fight to fulfill the promise to fund 40% of IDEA.

Commits to pushing Congress to fully fund the federal IDEA share.

Quality Education – Shri For Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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H.R.2598 is the IDEA Full Funding Act, officially titled to amend IDEA Part B to provide full Federal funding. Congress.gov lists Rep. Shri Thanedar as a cosponsor on 04/02/2025, but the latest action remains referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the bill status is Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Thanedar took concrete same-term action by cosponsoring the IDEA Full Funding Act, but the bill has not advanced beyond introduction/referral, so the 40% funding goal has not been delivered through this vehicle.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.2598 - IDEA Full Funding Act, 119th Congress
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The enacted FY2026 appropriations bill provides $15,490,264,000 for carrying out IDEA and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act, with specified funds becoming available in 2026 for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted FY2026 appropriations law funded IDEA programs but did not enact the mandatory 40% full-funding schedule sought by the IDEA Full Funding Act. No evidence found in the 2026-08-14 to 2026-08-16 lookback window shows the claim was newly delivered or reversed.

unresolved same_term A for effort

GovInfo: H.R.7148 Enrolled Bill - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was to fulfill 40% federal IDEA funding. The FY2026 appropriations provided IDEA funding but did not enact the 40% full-funding level or mandatory schedule. Thanedar did take a concrete same-term legislative step by cosponsoring H.R.2598, the IDEA Full Funding Act, but the bill remained introduced/referred and did not deliver the promised funding outcome. Under the rule for serious attempts that fail to deliver, this is not fulfilled but earns an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%