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| 6 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | | - | 25-650 |
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| 10 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 12 | | - | October 1, 2024 |
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| 15 | | - | To declare an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend Article |
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| 16 | | - | II of An Act To provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking of a school |
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| 17 | | - | census in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes to direct the Mayor to establish |
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| 18 | | - | a truancy pilot for the purpose of referring students with unexcused absences to the |
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| 19 | | - | Department of Human Services and documenting attendance and academic outcomes of |
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| 20 | | - | students receiving interventions from the Department of Human Services. |
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| 21 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 22 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Pilot Truancy Reduction Congressional Review Emergency |
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| 23 | | - | Declaration Resolution of 2024”. |
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| 25 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) On July 9, 2024, the Council passed the Pilot Truancy Reduction Emergency |
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| 26 | | - | Amendment Act of 2024, effective August 2, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-529; 71 DCR 9599) |
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| 27 | | - | (“emergency act”), which expires on October 21, 2024. |
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| 28 | | - | (b) On September 17, 2024, the Council passed the Pilot Truancy Reduction |
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| 29 | | - | Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading (Enrolled version of Bill 25-913) |
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| 30 | | - | (“temporary act”), which was transmitted to the Mayor on September 23, 2024, and is pending |
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| 31 | | - | transmittal to Congress. |
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| 32 | | - | (c) Identical emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law |
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| 33 | | - | between the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary act. |
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| 35 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute |
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| 36 | | - | emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Pilot Truancy Reduction Congressional |
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| 37 | | - | Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 39 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 3 | + | _____________________ 1 |
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| 4 | + | Chairman Phil Mendelson 2 |
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| 5 | + | 3 |
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| 6 | + | 4 |
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| 7 | + | 5 |
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| 8 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6 |
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| 9 | + | 7 |
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| 10 | + | 8 |
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| 11 | + | 9 |
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| 12 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10 |
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| 13 | + | 11 |
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| 14 | + | To declare an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to direct the 12 |
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| 15 | + | Mayor to establish a truancy pilot for the purpose of referring students with unexcused 13 |
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| 16 | + | absences to the Department of Human Services and documenting attendance and 14 |
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| 17 | + | academic outcomes of students receiving interventions from the Department of Human 15 |
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| 18 | + | Services. 16 |
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| 19 | + | RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 17 |
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| 20 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Pilot Truancy Reduction Congressional Review Emergency 18 |
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| 21 | + | Declaration Resolution of 2024.” 19 |
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| 22 | + | Sec. 2. (a) On July 9, 2024, the Council passed the Pilot Truancy Reduction Emergency 20 |
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| 23 | + | Act of 2024, effective August 2, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-529) which expires on October 21, 2024. 21 |
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| 24 | + | (b) On September 17, 2024, the Council adopted the Pilot Truancy Reduction 22 |
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| 25 | + | Temporary Act of 2024 on second reading (Bill 25-913) (“temporary act”), which was 23 |
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| 26 | + | transmitted to the Mayor on September 23, 2024, and is pending transmittal to Congress. 24 |
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| 27 | + | (c) This identical emergency legislation, is necessary to prevent a gap in the law 25 |
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| 28 | + | between the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary measure. 26 |
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| 29 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 27 |
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| 30 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 28 |
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| 31 | + | “Truancy Reduction Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024” be adopted 29 |
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| 32 | + | after a single reading. 30 |
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| 33 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 31 |
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