ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-650
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 1, 2024
To declare an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend Article
II of An Act To provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking of a school
census in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes to direct the Mayor to establish
a truancy pilot for the purpose of referring students with unexcused absences to the
Department of Human Services and documenting attendance and academic outcomes of
students receiving interventions from the Department of Human Services.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Pilot Truancy Reduction Congressional Review Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) On July 9, 2024, the Council passed the Pilot Truancy Reduction Emergency
Amendment Act of 2024, effective August 2, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-529; 71 DCR 9599)
(“emergency act”), which expires on October 21, 2024.
(b) On September 17, 2024, the Council passed the Pilot Truancy Reduction
Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading (Enrolled version of Bill 25-913)
(“temporary act”), which was transmitted to the Mayor on September 23, 2024, and is pending
transmittal to Congress.
(c) Identical emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law
between the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary act.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Pilot Truancy Reduction Congressional
Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.