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| 7 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 9 | | - | 25-12 |
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| 11 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 13 | | - | January 17, 2023 |
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| 14 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need |
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| 15 | | - | to permit employees of District of Columbia Public Schools to serve on the State Board of Education. |
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| 17 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 18 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “State Board of Education Membership Eligibility Second |
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| 19 | | - | Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023” . |
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| 21 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) On March 1, 2022, the Council passed the State Board of Education |
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| 22 | | - | Membership Eligibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, effective March 28, 2022 (D .C. |
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| 23 | | - | Act 24-352; 69 DCR 2627) (“emergency act”). The emergency act ensure d that District of |
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| 24 | | - | Columbia Public Schools employees who wished to run for and serve on the State Board of |
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| 25 | | - | Education were eligible to do so in the 2022 election cycle . |
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| 26 | | - | (b) On April 5 , 2022, the Council passed the State Board of Education Membership |
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| 27 | | - | Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2022, effective June 30, 2022 ( D.C. Law 24-134; 69 |
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| 28 | | - | DCR 4411) (“temporary act”). The temporary act is set to expire on February 10, 2023. |
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| 29 | | - | (c) On October 18, 2022, the Council passed the Elections Modernization Amendment |
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| 30 | | - | Act of 2021, enacted on November 21, 2022 (DC Act A24- 642; 69 DCR 14609) (“permanent |
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| 31 | | - | act”), which included a permanent version of these revisions. The permanent act is pending |
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| 32 | | - | congressional review. |
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| 33 | | - | (c) Congressional review emergency legislation is now necessary to prevent a gap in the |
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| 34 | | - | law between the expiration of the temporary act and the effective date of the permanent act. |
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| 36 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances |
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| 37 | | - | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the State Board of Education Membership Eligibility Second Congressional Review Emergency |
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| 38 | | - | Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 40 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 2 | + | ________________________________ _____________________________ ______ 1 |
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| 3 | + | Councilmember Charles Allen Councilmember Janeese Lewis George 2 |
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| 9 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 |
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| 11 | + | _______ 10 |
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| 14 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 13 |
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| 16 | + | ____________ 15 |
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| 19 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to 18 |
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| 20 | + | protect the rights of employees of District of Columbia Public Schools to serve on the State 19 |
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| 21 | + | Board of Education which will soon become permanent law. 20 |
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| 22 | + | 21 |
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| 23 | + | RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 22 |
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| 24 | + | resolution may be cited as the “State Board of Education Membership Eligibility Second 23 |
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| 25 | + | Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 24 |
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| 26 | + | Sec. 2. (a) On March 1, 2022, the Council passed the State Board of Education 25 |
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| 27 | + | Membership Eligibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, effective March 28, 2022 (D.C. 26 |
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| 28 | + | Act 24-352; 69 DCR 2627) (“emergency act”). The emergency act ensured that District of 27 |
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| 29 | + | Columbia Public Schools employees who wished to run for and serve on the State Board of 28 |
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| 30 | + | Education were eligible to do so in the 2022 election cycle. 29 |
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| 31 | + | (b) On April 5, 2022, the Council passed the State Board of Education Membership 30 |
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| 32 | + | Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2022, enacted on May 3, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-134-394; 31 |
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| 33 | + | 69 DCR 4411) (“temporary act”). The temporary act is set to expire on February 10, 2023. 32 2 |
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| 34 | + | (c) On October 18, 2022 the Council passed the Elections Modernization Amendment 33 |
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| 35 | + | Act of 2021, enacted November 21, 2022 (DC Act A24-642; 69 DCR 14609), which included a 34 |
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| 36 | + | permanent version of the revisions to eligibility of the State Board of Education. This Act has yet 35 |
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| 37 | + | to be approved by Congress. 36 |
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| 38 | + | (c) Congressional review emergency legislation is now necessary to prevent a gap in the 37 |
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| 39 | + | law between the expiration of the temporary act and the effective date of the permanent act. 38 |
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| 40 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 39 |
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| 41 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the State 40 |
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| 42 | + | Board of Education Membership Eligibility Second Congressional Review Emergency 41 |
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| 43 | + | Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. 42 |
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| 44 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 43 |
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