District of Columbia Council Period 25 Status: Enacted

PR 25-0706 — Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024

Last action — Resolution R25-0483, Effective from Apr 02, 2024 Published in DC Register Page 004137

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2024. Enacted.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

53 added · 65 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated bill clarifies that the Department of Corrections (DOC) will be responsible for providing free appropriate public education to incarcerated individuals who are eligible under federal and District laws. This change emphasizes the importance of ensuring that young adults in custody receive the educational services they are entitled to, especially those with disabilities. The revisions highlight the urgency of implementing these educational provisions to better support young people in correctional facilities, fostering their potential for successful reintegration into society.

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2 _______________________ Councilmember Brooke Pinto 6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 9 ________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ________________ To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend An Act To create a Department of Corrections in the District of Columbia and the Corrections Oversight Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022 to designate the Department of Corrections as the District agency to provide a free appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and District law to certain individuals in its custody and detained in its secure facilities.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 25-483 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA April 2, 2024 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend An Act To create a Department of Corrections in the District of Columbia and the Corrections Oversight Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022 to designate the Department of Corrections as the District agency to provide a free appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and District law to certain individuals in its custody and detained in its secure facilities.
(a) There is an immediate need to designate the Department of Corrections as the District agency responsible for providing a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) and District law to eligible individuals in its custody and detained in its secure facilities.
(a) There is an immediate need to designate the Department of Corrections (“DOC”) as the District agency responsible for providing a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) and District law to eligible individuals in its custody and detained in its secure facilities.
(d) In order to ensure the continuation of appropriate special education services at DOC in school year 2023-2024, the Council passed emergency and temporary legislation in June 2023 to designate DOC as the District agency responsible for providing a FAPE to eligible individuals in DOC’s custody, with the understanding that DOC would contract with Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools to provide the services.
(d) To ensure the continuation of appropriate special education services at DOC in school year 2023-2024, the Council passed emergency and temporary legislation in June 2023 to designate DOC as the District agency responsible for providing a FAPE to eligible individuals in DOC’s custody, with the understanding that DOC would contract with Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools to provide the services.
(e) Permanent versions of the Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Amendment Act, as introduced on June 1, 2023 (Bill 25-309), as well as the Leading Education Access for Reentry and Necessary Success Amendment Act, as introduced on September 18, 2024 (Bill 25-461)—both of which would resolve the issue this legislation is aimed at—are currently pending Council review, and a public hearing on the bills was held in January 2024.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL (e) Permanent versions of the Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Amendment Act, as introduced on June 1, 2023 (Bill 25-309), as well as the Leading Education Access for Reentry and Necessary Success Amendment Act, as introduced on September 18, 2024 (Bill 25-461)—both of which would resolve the issue at which this legislation is aimed—are currently pending Council review;
a public hearing on the bills was held in January 2024.
(f) Therefore, emergency legislation is necessary to extend the designation of DOC as the as the District agency responsible for providing a FAPE to eligible individuals in DOC’s custody during school year 2023-2024, to ensure that DOC can continue its contract with Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools for the remainder of the school year.
(f) Therefore, emergency legislation is necessary to extend the designation of DOC as the as the District agency responsible for providing a FAPE to eligible individuals in DOC’s custody during school year 2023-2024 and to ensure that DOC can continue its contract with Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools for the remainder of the school year.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History

  1. Resolution R25-0483, Effective from Apr 02, 2024 Published in DC Register Page 004137

  2. Approved with Resolution Number R25-0483

  3. Final Reading

  4. Retained by the Council

  5. PR25-0706 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (13)

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Votes

Final Reading

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Total 12001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Yea
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Kenyan R. McDuffie — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Trayon White, Sr. — Yea
Vincent Gray — Not Voting
Zachary Parker — Yea

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Subjects

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