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| 5 | 5 | | ________________________________ ________________________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George |
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| 9 | 9 | | ________________________________ ________________________________ |
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| 10 | 10 | | Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau Councilmember Charles Allen |
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| 13 | 13 | | ________________________________ ________________________________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. Councilmember Christina Henderson |
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| 17 | 17 | | ________________________________ |
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| 18 | 18 | | Councilmember Brooke Pinto |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______ 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | __________________ 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | To require the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to develop a model curriculum to 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | develop students’ conflict resolution skills in accordance with the health education 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | standards; to require local education agencies to adopt, for each academic level, the 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | model curriculum or an alternative conflict resolution education program; and to require 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the District of Columbia Public Schools to receive input from local school advisory teams 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | on the adequacy of resources for conflict resolution education at each school. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | act may be cited as the “Conflict Resolution Education Amendment Act of 2023”. 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 2. Section 402 of the Healthy Schools Act of 2010, effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Law 18-209; D.C. Official Code § 38-824.02(b-2)(2)(B)), is amended as follows: 21 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) The lead-in clause of subsection 402(b-2)(2) is amended by striking the word 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | “subsection” and inserting the word “section” in its place. 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) A new subsection (b-3) is added to read as follows: 24 |
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| 48 | 48 | | “(b-3)(1) By December 31, 2024, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education 25 |
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| 49 | 49 | | shall publish a model curriculum to develop students’ conflict-resolution skills in accordance 26 |
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| 50 | 50 | | with relevant health education standards. 27 |
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| 51 | 51 | | “(2) For each academic level, the model curriculum shall include one or more 28 |
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| 52 | 52 | | alternative options to teach conflict resolution skills through workshops (including peer 29 |
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| 53 | 53 | | mediation and restorative practices), sample lesson plans for incorporation into health 30 |
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| 54 | 54 | | instructional time, and a special-subject course in conflict resolution, emotional health, peace 31 |
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| 55 | 55 | | studies, alternatives to violence, or a similar field. The content of each option shall be designed 32 |
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| 56 | 56 | | to meet or exceed the health education standards relating to conflict resolution. 33 |
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| 57 | 57 | | “(3) By September 1, 2025, each local education agency shall certify to the Office 34 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of the State Superintendent of Education that it has adopted the model curriculum or an 35 |
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| 59 | 59 | | alternative program of conflict resolution education that meets or exceeds the relevant portion of 36 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the health education standards. A local education agency may implement its conflict resolution 37 |
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| 61 | 61 | | program through employees, contractors, non-governmental organizations, or volunteers. 38 |
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| 62 | 62 | | “(4) During the budget development process for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 39 |
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| 63 | 63 | | school years, the District of Columbia Public Schools shall provide an opportunity for each local 40 |
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| 64 | 64 | | school advisory team to comment on whether additional financial or non-financial resources are 41 |
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| 65 | 65 | | necessary to provide conflict-resolution education meeting the school’s needs.”. 42 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 43 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 44 |
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| 69 | 69 | | impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 45 |
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| 70 | 70 | | approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 46 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 47 |
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| 72 | 72 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 48 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 49 |
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| 74 | 74 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 50 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 51 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Columbia Register. 52 |
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