[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2546 Public Print (PP)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2546


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 1995

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
    and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
  revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
                     1996, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, (1)<DELETED>That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

     <DELETED>Federal Payment to the District of Columbia</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, $660,000,000, as au- </DELETED>
<DELETED>thorized by section 502(a) of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, as 
amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-3406.1).</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Federal Contribution to Retirement Funds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Federal contribution to the Police Officers and 
Fire Fighters', Teachers', and Judges' Retirement Funds, as authorized 
by the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act, approved November 
17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; Public Law 96-122), $52,000,000.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Division of Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the 
District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically 
provided.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Governmental Direction and Support</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Governmental direction and support, $149,793,000 and 1,465 
full-time equivalent positions (end of year) (including $118,167,000 
and 1,125 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $2,464,000 
and 5 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, $4,474,000 and 
71 full-time equivalent positions from other funds, and $24,688,000 and 
264 full-time equivalent positions from intra-District funds): 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the 
Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and $2,500 for the 
City Administrator shall be available from this appropriation for 
expenditures for official purposes: Provided further, That any program 
fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available for the 
payment of expenses of the debt management program of the District of 
Columbia: Provided further, That $29,500,000 is used for pay-as-you-go 
capital projects of which $1,500,000 shall be used for a capital needs 
assessment study, and $28,000,000 shall be used for a new financial 
management system of which $2,000,000 shall be used to develop a needs 
analysis and assessment of the existing financial management 
environment, and the remaining $26,000,000 shall be used to procure the 
necessary hardware and installation of new software, conversion, 
testing and training: Provided further, That the $26,000,000 shall not 
be obligated or expended until: (1) the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority submits a report to 
the General Accounting Office within 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act reporting the results of the needs analysis and 
assessment of the existing financial management environment, specifying 
the deficiencies in, and recommending necessary improvements to or 
replacement of the District's financial management system including a 
detailed explanation of each recommendation and its estimated cost; (2) 
the General Accounting Office reviews the Authority's report and 
forwards it along with such comments or recommendations as deemed 
appropriate on any matter contained therein to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate, the Committee on 
Governmental Reform and Oversight of the House, and the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate within 60 days from receipt of the 
report; and (3) 30 days lapse after receipt by Congress of the General 
Accounting Office's comments or recommendations.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Economic Development and Regulation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Economic development and regulation, $139,285,000 and 
1,692 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) (including 
$66,505,000 and 696 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, 
$38,792,000 and 509 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, 
$17,658,000 and 260 full-time equivalent positions from other funds, 
and $16,330,000 and 227 full-time equivalent positions from intra-
District funds): Provided, That the District of Columbia Housing 
Finance Agency, established by section 201 of the District of Columbia 
Housing Finance Agency Act, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-135; 
D.C. Code, sec. 45-2111), based upon its capability of repayments as 
determined each year by the Council of the District of Columbia from 
the Housing Finance Agency's annual audited financial statements to the 
Council of the District of Columbia, shall repay to the general fund an 
amount equal to the appropriated administrative costs plus interest at 
a rate of four percent per annum for a term of 15 years, with a 
deferral of payments for the first three years: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the foregoing provision, the obligation to repay all or 
part of the amounts due shall be subject to the rights of the owners of 
any bonds or notes issued by the Housing Finance Agency and shall be 
repaid to the District of Columbia government only from available 
operating revenues of the Housing Finance Agency that are in excess of 
the amounts required for debt service, reserve funds, and operating 
expenses: Provided further, That upon commencement of the debt service 
payments, such payments shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
District of Columbia.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Public Safety and Justice</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Public safety and justice, including purchase of 135 
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 130 for 
police-type use and five for fire-type use, without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$954,106,000 and 11,544 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) 
(including $930,889,000 and 11,365 full-time equivalent positions from 
local funds, $8,942,000 and 70 full-time equivalent positions from 
Federal funds, $5,160,000 and 4 full-time equivalent positions from 
other funds, and $9,115,000 and 105 full-time equivalent positions from 
intra-District funds): Provided, That the Metropolitan Police 
Department is authorized to replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying 
vehicles and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia is 
authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles 
annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds 
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for 
the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided 
further, That the Metropolitan Police Department shall provide 
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve the 
professionalism in the department: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, 
issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police Department's delegated 
small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government may not require the Metropolitan Police 
Department to submit to any other procurement review process, or to 
obtain the approval of or be restricted in any manner by any official 
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for purchases that 
do not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police 
Department shall employ an authorized level of sworn officers not to be 
less than 3,800 sworn officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996: Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses under the 
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, approved September 3, 1974 
(88 Stat. 1090; Public Law 93-412; D.C. Code, sec. 11-2601 et seq.), 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, shall be available for 
obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception 
in the fiscal year 1975: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
expenses under the District of Columbia Neglect Representation Equity 
Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-129; D.C. Code, sec. 
16-2304), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, shall be 
available for obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year 
since inception in the fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia Guardianship, 
Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986, 
effective February 27, 1987 (D.C. Law 6-204; D.C. Code, sec. 21-2060), 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, shall be available for 
obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception 
in fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500 for 
the Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $1,500 
for the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
and $1,500 for the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts 
shall be available from this appropriation for official purposes: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall operate and 
maintain a free, 24-hour telephone information service whereby 
residents of the area surrounding Lorton prison in Fairfax County, 
Virginia, can promptly obtain information from District of Columbia 
government officials on all disturbances at the prison, including 
escapes, riots, and similar incidents: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government shall also take steps to publicize the 
availability of the 24-hour telephone information service among the 
residents of the area surrounding the Lorton prison: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation shall be used to 
reimburse Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince William County, 
Virginia, for expenses incurred by the counties during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, in relation to the Lorton prison complex: 
Provided further, That such reimbursements shall be paid in all 
instances in which the District requests the counties to provide 
police, fire, rescue, and related services to help deal with escapes, 
fires, riots, and similar disturbances involving the prison: Provided 
further, That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia 
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with services that 
are performed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia status 
and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly 
determined and certified as due and payable for these services by the 
Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National 
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary for 
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard under the 
preceding proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the 
availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment in 
advance for emergency services involved.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Public Education System</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Public education system, including the development of 
national defense education programs, $788,983,000 and 11,670 full-time 
equivalent positions (end-of-year) (including $670,833,000 and 9,996 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $87,385,000 and 1,227 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, $21,719,000 and 234 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds, and $9,046,000 and 213 
full-time equivalent positions from intra-District funds), to be 
allocated as follows: $577,242,000 and 10,167 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $494,556,000 and 9,014 full-time equivalent 
positions from local funds, $75,786,000 and 1,058 full-time equivalent 
positions from Federal funds, $4,343,000 and 44 full-time equivalent 
positions from other funds, and $2,557,000 and 51 full-time equivalent 
positions from intra-District funds), for the public schools of the 
District of Columbia; $109,175,000 from local funds shall be allocated 
for the District of Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund; $79,269,000 and 
1,079 full-time equivalent positions (including $45,250,000 and 572 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $10,611,000 and 156 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, $16,922,000 and 189 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds, and $6,486,000 and 162 
full-time equivalent positions from intra-District funds) for the 
University of the District of Columbia; $21,062,000 and 415 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $20,159,000 and 408 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $446,000 and 6 full-time 
equivalent positions from Federal funds, $454,000 and 1 full-time 
equivalent position from other funds, and $3,000 from intra-District 
funds) for the Public Library; $2,267,000 and 9 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $1,725,000 and 2 full-time equivalent positions 
from local funds and $542,000 and 7 full-time equivalent positions from 
Federal funds) for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities; $64,000 
from local funds for the District of Columbia School of Law and a 
reduction of $96,000 for the Education Licensure Commission: Provided, 
That the public schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to 
accept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver 
education program: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the 
Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President of the University 
of the District of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall 
be available from this appropriation for expenditures for official 
purposes: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be 
available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of the District of 
Columbia at the University of the District of Columbia, unless the 
Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia adopts, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, a tuition rate schedule 
that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at a 
level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable 
public institutions of higher education in the metropolitan 
area.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Human Support Services</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Human support services, $1,845,638,000 and 6,469 full-time 
equivalent positions (end-of-year) (including $1,067,516,000 and 3,650 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $726,685,000 and 2,639 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, $46,763,000 and 66 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds, and $4,674,000 and 114 
full-time equivalent positions from intra-District funds): Provided, 
That $26,000,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available solely for District of Columbia employees' 
disability compensation: Provided further, That the District shall not 
provide free government services such as water, sewer, solid waste 
disposal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar 
services to any legally constituted private nonprofit organization (as 
defined in section 411(5) of Public Law 100-77, approved July 22, 1987) 
providing emergency shelter services in the District, if the District 
would not be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, approved July 22, 1987 (101 Stat. 
485; Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).</DELETED>

                    <DELETED>Public Works</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicles for 
use by the Council of the District of Columbia and purchase of 
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, $297,326,000 and 
1,914 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) (including 
$225,673,000 and 1,158 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, 
$2,682,000 and 32 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, 
$18,342,000 and 68 full-time equivalent positions from other funds, and 
$50,629,000 and 656 full-time equivalent positions from intra-District 
funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for 
collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of 
business.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Washington Convention Center Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For payment to the Washington Convention Center Fund, 
$5,400,000 from local funds.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Repayment of Loans and Interest</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in 
compliance with An Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, 
adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, 
approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79-648); section 1 of 
An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to 
borrow funds for capital improvement programs and to amend provisions 
of law relating to Federal Government participation in meeting costs of 
maintaining the Nation's Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 
183; Public Law 85-451; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219); section 4 of An Act to 
authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to plan, 
construct, operate, and maintain a sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles 
International Airport with the District of Columbia system, approved 
June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211; Public Law 86-515); sections 723 and 
743(f) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973, as amended (87 
Stat. 821; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-321, note; 91 Stat. 
1156; Public Law 95-131; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219, note), including 
interest as required thereby, $327,787,000 from local funds.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general 
fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, $38,678,000 from 
local funds, as authorized by section 461(a) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved 
December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Public Law 102-106; D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-321(a)).</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Short-Term Borrowing</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For short-term borrowing, $9,698,000 from local 
funds.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>      Pay Renegotiation or Reduction       in 
                         Compensation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for 
personal services in the amount of $46,409,000, by decreasing rates of 
compensation for District government employees; such decreased rates 
are to be realized for employees who are subject to collective 
bargaining agreements to the extent possible through the renegotiation 
of existing collective bargaining agreements: Provided, That, if a 
sufficient reduction from employees who are subject to collective 
bargaining agreements is not realized through renegotiating existing 
agreements, the Mayor shall decrease rates of compensation for such 
employees, notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining 
agreements.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>Rainy Day Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For mandatory unavoidable expenditures within one or 
several of the various appropriation headings of this Act, to be 
allocated to the budgets for personal services and nonpersonal services 
as requested by the Mayor and approved by the Council pursuant to the 
procedures in section 4 of the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, 
effective September 16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3-100; D.C. Code, sec. 47-363), 
$4,563,000 from local funds: Provided, That the District of Columbia 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate quarterly reports by the 15th day of the 
month following the end of the quarter showing how monies provided 
under this fund are expended with a final report providing a full 
accounting of the fund due October 15, 1996 or not later than 15 days 
after the last amount remaining in the fund is disbursed.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Incentive Buyout Program</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the purpose of funding costs associated with the 
incentive buyout program, to be apportioned by the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia within the various appropriation headings in this 
Act from which costs are properly payable, $19,000,000.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Outplacement Services</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the purpose of funding outplacement services for 
employees who leave the District of Columbia government involuntarily, 
$1,500,000.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Boards and Commissions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for 
boards and commissions under the various headings in this Act in the 
amount of $500,000.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Government Re-Engineering Program</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for 
personal and nonpersonal services in the amount of $16,000,000 within 
one or several of the various appropriation headings in this 
Act.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Personal and Nonpersonal Services Adjustments</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor 
shall adjust appropriations and expenditures for personal and 
nonpersonal services, together with the related full-time equivalent 
positions, in accordance with the direction of the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority such that 
there is a net reduction of $148,411,000, within or among one or 
several of the various appropriation headings in this Act, pursuant to 
section 208 of Public Law 104-8, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 
134).</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>Capital Outlay</DELETED>

               <DELETED>(including rescissions)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For construction projects, $168,222,000, as authorized by 
An Act authorizing the laying of water mains and service sewers in the 
District of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for 
other purposes, approved April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-
140; D.C. Code, secs. 43-1512 through 43-1519); the District of 
Columbia Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 101; 
Public Law 83-364); An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 
District of Columbia to borrow funds for capital improvement programs 
and to amend provisions of law relating to Federal Government 
participation in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation's Capital 
City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public Law 85-451; including 
acquisition of sites, preparation of plans and specifications, 
conducting preliminary surveys, erection of structures, including 
building improvement and alteration and treatment of grounds, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $105,660,000 appropriated 
under this heading in prior fiscal years is rescinded: Provided 
further, That funds for use of each capital project implementing agency 
shall be managed and controlled in accordance with all procedures and 
limitations established under the Financial Management System: Provided 
further, That all funds provided by this appropriation title shall be 
available only for the specific projects and purposes intended: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the foregoing, all 
authorizations for capital outlay projects, except those projects 
covered by the first sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1968, approved August 23, 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 
90-495; D.C. Code, sec. 7-134, note), for which funds are provided by 
this appropriation title, shall expire on September 30, 1997, except 
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated in 
whole or in part prior to September 30, 1997: Provided further, That 
upon expiration of any such project authorization the funds provided 
herein for the project shall lapse.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund, $193,398,000 and 
1,024 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) (including 
$188,221,000 and 924 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, 
$433,000 from other funds, and $4,744,000 and 100 full-time equivalent 
positions from intra-District funds), of which $41,036,000 shall be 
apportioned and payable to the debt service fund for repayment of loans 
and interest incurred for capital improvement projects.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    For construction projects, $39,477,000, as authorized by 
An Act authorizing the laying of water mains and service sewers in the 
District of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for 
other purposes, approved April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-
140; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements 
and restrictions that are applicable to general fund capital 
improvement projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay 
appropriation title shall apply to projects approved under this 
appropriation title.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, 
established by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (95 
Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law 97-91), as amended, for the purpose of 
implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and 
Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, 
effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, secs. 2-2501 et 
seq. and 22-1516 et seq.), $229,907,000 and 88 full-time equivalent 
positions (end-of-year) (including $8,099,000 and 88 full-time 
equivalent positions for administrative expenses and $221,808,000 for 
non-administrative expenses from revenue generated by the Lottery 
Board), to be derived from non-Federal District of Columbia revenues: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall identify the source of 
funding for this appropriation title from the District's own locally-
generated revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal 
sources shall be used to support the operations or activities of the 
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Cable Television Enterprise Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Cable Television Enterprise Fund, established by 
the Cable Television Communications Act of 1981, effective October 22, 
1983 (D.C. Law 5-36; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1801 et seq.), $2,469,000 and 8 
full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) (including $2,137,000 and 
8 full-time equivalent positions from local funds and $332,000 from 
other funds), of which $690,000 shall be transferred to the general 
fund of the District of Columbia.</DELETED>

                    <DELETED>Starplex Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Starplex Fund, $8,637,000 from other funds for the 
expenses incurred by the Armory Board in the exercise of its powers 
granted by An Act To Establish a District of Columbia Armory Board, and 
for other purposes, approved June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, 
sec. 2-301 et seq.) and the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, 
approved September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public Law 85-300; D.C. Code, 
sec. 2-321 et seq.): Provided, That the Mayor shall submit a budget for 
the Armory Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as required by section 
442(b) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public 
Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301(b)).</DELETED>

                <DELETED>D.C. General Hospital</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the District of Columbia General Hospital, established 
by Reorganization Order No. 57 of the Board of Commissioners, effective 
August 15, 1953, a reduction of $2,487,000 and a reduction of 180 full-
time equivalent positions in intra-District funds.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>D.C. Retirement Board</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section 121 
of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Retirement Reform Act of 
1989, approved November 17, 1989 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-711), 
$13,417,000 and 11 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) from 
the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to pay legal, 
management, investment, and other fees and administrative expenses of 
the District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the District 
of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and to the 
Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report of the 
allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall 
provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the District of 
Columbia, an item accounting of the planned use of appropriated funds 
in time for each annual budget submission and the actual use of such 
funds in time for each annual audited financial report.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Correctional Industries Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the 
District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment Act, 
approved October 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88-622), 
$10,048,000 and 66 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year) 
(including $3,415,000 and 22 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds and $6,633,000 and 44 full-time equivalent positions from intra-
District funds).</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 
$37,957,000, of which $5,400,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
general fund.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
                     Assistance Authority</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, established by section 101(a) of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104-8), 
$3,500,000.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>General Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing 
law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all 
vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act 
shall be audited before payment by the designated certifying official 
and the vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the 
designated disbursing official.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified 
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of 
expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be 
considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for said purpose 
or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively 
therefor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, 
when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for privately owned 
automobiles and motorcycles used for the performance of official duties 
at rates established by the Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall not 
exceed the maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed in 
the Federal Property Management Regulations 101-7 (Federal Travel 
Regulations).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations 
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when 
authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That the Council of the District of 
Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts may expend such funds 
without authorization by the Mayor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained 
in this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the 
provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 
78; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of public assistance without reference to the 
requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia Public 
Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. 
Code, sec. 3-205.44), and for the non-Federal share of funds necessary 
to qualify for Federal assistance under the Juvenile Delinquency 
Prevention and Control Act of 1968, approved July 31, 1968 (82 Stat. 
462; Public Law 90-445; 42 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year unless expressly so provided herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
District of Columbia government for the operation of educational 
institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for other educational 
purposes may be used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further 
partisan political activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit 
the availability of school buildings for the use of any community or 
partisan political group during non-school hours.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 110. The annual budget for the District of Columbia 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, shall be 
transmitted to the Congress no later than April 15, 1996.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the District of 
Columbia government whose name, title, grade, salary, past work 
experience, and salary history are not available for inspection by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, District of Columbia Subcommittee, the 
Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism, and the District of 
Columbia, of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly authorized 
representative: Provided, That none of the funds contained in this Act 
shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
District of Columbia government whose name and salary are not available 
for public inspection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 112. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
payments authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 
1977, effective September 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
421 et seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 113. No part of this appropriation shall be used for 
publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before Congress or any State legislature.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 114. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall 
develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay 
borrowings: Provided, That within a reasonable time after the close of 
each quarter, the Mayor shall report to the Council of the District of 
Columbia and the Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress 
compared with projections.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 115. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital 
projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from the Council 
of the District of Columbia, by resolution, identifying the projects 
and amounts to be financed with such borrowings.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 116. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed 
for capital projects for the operating expenses of the District of 
Columbia government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be obligated or expended by reprogramming except pursuant to advance 
approval of the reprogramming granted according to the procedure set 
forth in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
(House Report No. 96-443), which accompanied the District of Columbia 
Appropriation Act, 1980, approved October 30, 1979 (93 Stat. 713; 
Public Law 96-93), as modified in House Report No. 98-265, and in 
accordance with the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective 
September 16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3-100; D.C. Code, sec. 47-361 et 
seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, 
or other personal servants to any officer or employee of the District 
of Columbia.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 119. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as 
defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, approved October 
10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96-425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an 
Environmental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon average of 
less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 120. (a) Notwithstanding section 422(7) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization 
Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(7)), the City Administrator shall be paid, 
during any fiscal year, a salary at a rate established by the Mayor, 
not to exceed the rate established for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5315.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) For purposes of applying any provision of law limiting 
the availability of funds for payment of salary or pay in any fiscal 
year, the highest rate of pay established by the Mayor under subsection 
(a) of this section for any position for any period during the last 
quarter of calendar year 1995 shall be deemed to be the rate of pay 
payable for that position for September 30, 1995.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of 
Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 
793; Public Law 79-592; D.C. Code, sec. 5-803(a)), the Board of 
Directors of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency shall 
be paid, during any fiscal year, per diem compensation at a rate 
established by the Mayor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization 
Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall apply with respect to the 
compensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay 
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia government shall not be 
subject to the provisions of title 5 of the United States 
Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 122. The Director of the Department of Administrative 
Services may pay rentals and repair, alter, and improve rented 
premises, without regard to the provisions of section 322 of the 
Economy Act of 1932 (Public Law 72-212; 40 U.S.C. 278a), upon a 
determination by the Director, that by reason of circumstances set 
forth in such determination, the payment of these rents and the 
execution of this work, without reference to the limitations of section 
322, is advantageous to the District in terms of economy, efficiency, 
and the District's best interest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 123. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of 
Columbia the new fiscal year 1996 revenue estimates as of the end of 
the first quarter of fiscal year 1996. These estimates shall be used in 
the budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. The 
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear 
report.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 124. No sole source contract with the District of 
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or extended 
without opening that contract to the competitive bidding process as set 
forth in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices 
Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Code, 
sec. 1-1183.3), except that the District of Columbia Public Schools may 
renew or extend sole source contracts for which competition is not 
feasible or practical, provided that the determination as to whether to 
invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in accordance with 
duly promulgated Board of Education rules and procedures.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 125. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 
Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), as amended, the term ``program, 
project, and activity'' shall be synonymous with and refer specifically 
to each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any 
sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts rather 
than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided, That 
sequestration orders shall not be applied to any account that is 
specifically exempted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 
Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), as amended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 126. In the event a sequestration order is issued 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99-177), as 
amended, after the amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year involved have been paid to the District of Columbia, 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the 
Treasury, within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor from the 
Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the 
order: Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the 
order shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal 
appropriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted 
from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-
177), as amended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 127. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
the District of Columbia shall pay interest on its quarterly payments 
to the United States that are made more than 60 days from the date of 
receipt of an itemized statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons of 
amounts due for housing District of Columbia convicts in Federal 
penitentiaries for the preceding quarter.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 128. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for programs or 
functions for which a reorganization plan is required but has not been 
approved by the Council pursuant to section 422(12) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, 
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, 
sec. 1-242(12)) and the Governmental Reorganization Procedures Act of 
1981, effective October 17, 1981 (D.C. Law 4-42; D.C. Code, secs. 1-
299.1 to 1-299.7). Appropriations made by this Act for such programs or 
functions are conditioned on the approval by the Council, prior to 
October 1, 1995, of the required reorganization plans.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 129. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia 
government may accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal year 
1996 if--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of 
        the gift or donation: Provided, That the Council of the 
        District of Columbia may accept and use gifts without prior 
        approval by the Mayor; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry 
        out its authorized functions or duties.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government 
shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of 
any gift or donation under subsection (a) of this section, and shall 
make such records available for audit and public inspection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of 
the District of Columbia government'' includes an independent agency of 
the District of Columbia.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) This section shall not apply to the District of 
Columbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws and 
regulations of the District of Columbia, accept and use gifts to the 
public schools without prior approval by the Mayor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 130. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, 
expenses, or other costs associated with the offices of United States 
Senator or United States Representatives under section 4(d) of the 
District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 
1979, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
113(d)).</DELETED>

   <DELETED>prohibition against use of funds for abortions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 131. (a) In General.--Section 602(a) of the District 
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 
1-233(a), D.C. Code), as amended by section 108(b)(2) of the District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 
1995, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph 
        (9);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
        (10) and inserting ``; or''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(11) enact any act, resolution, or rule which 
        obligates or expends funds of the District of Columbia (without 
        regard to the source of such funds) for any abortion, or which 
        appropriates funds to any facility owned or operated by the 
        District of Columbia in which any abortion is performed, except 
        where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
        were carried to term, or in cases of forcible rape reported 
        within 30 days to a law enforcement agency, or cases of incest 
        reported to a law enforcement agency or child abuse agency 
        prior to the performance of the abortion.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to acts, resolutions, or rules of the Council of the 
District of Columbia which take effect in fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 1996.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 132. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be obligated or expended on any proposed change in either the use or 
configuration of, or on any proposed improvement to, the Municipal Fish 
Wharf until such proposed change or improvement has been reviewed and 
approved by Federal and local authorities including, but not limited 
to, the National Capital Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine 
Arts, and the Council of the District of Columbia, in compliance with 
applicable local and Federal laws which require public hearings, 
compliance with applicable environmental regulations including, but not 
limited to, any amendments to the Washington, D.C. urban renewal plan 
which must be approved by both the Council of the District of Columbia 
and the National Capital Planning Commission.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 133. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the 
Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and 
products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made 
available in this Act, the head of each agency of the Federal or 
District of Columbia government, to the greatest extent practicable, 
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 134. (a) No funds made available pursuant to any 
provision of this Act shall be used to implement or enforce any system 
of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples whether they are 
homosexual, lesbian, or heterosexual, including but not limited to 
registration for the purpose of extending employment, health, or 
governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis such benefits 
are extended to legally married couples.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The Health Care Benefits Expansion Act (D.C. Law 9-
114; sec. 36-140l et seq., D.C. Code) is hereby repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 135. Sections 431(f) and 433(b)(5) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, secs. 
11-1524 and title 11, App. 433), are amended to read as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (a) Section 431(f) (D.C. Code, sec. 11-1524) is 
        amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Members of the Tenure Commission shall serve without 
compensation for services rendered in connection with their official 
duties on the Commission.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (b) Section 433(b)(5) (title 11, App. 433) is 
        amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Members of the Commission shall serve 
        without compensation for services rendered in connection with 
        their official duties on the Commission.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 136. Section 451 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
1130), is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as 
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c)(1) The District may enter into multiyear contracts 
to obtain goods and services for which funds would otherwise be 
available for obligation only within the fiscal year for which 
appropriated.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) If the funds are not made available for the 
continuation of such a contract into a subsequent fiscal year, the 
contract shall be cancelled or terminated, and the cost of cancellation 
or termination may be paid from--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) appropriations originally available for the 
        performance of the contract concerned;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) appropriations currently available for 
        procurement of the type of acquisition covered by the contract, 
        and not otherwise obligated; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) funds appropriated for those 
        payments.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) No contract entered into under this section shall be 
valid unless the Mayor submits the contract to the Council for its 
approval and the Council approves the contract (in accordance with 
criteria established by act of the Council). The Council shall be 
required to take affirmative action to approve the contract within 45 
days. If no action is taken to approve the contract within 45 calendar 
days, the contract shall be deemed disapproved.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 137. The District of Columbia Real Property Tax 
Revision Act of 1974, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1051; D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-801 et seq.), is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Section 412 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-812) is 
        amended as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking 
                the third and fourth sentences and inserting the 
                following sentences in their place: ``If the Council 
                does extend the time for establishing the rates of 
                taxation on real property, it must establish those 
                rates for the tax year by permanent legislation. If the 
                Council does not establish the rates of taxation of 
                real property by October 15, and does not extend the 
                time for establishing rates, the rates of taxation 
                applied for the prior year shall be the rates of 
                taxation applied during the tax year.''.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) A new subsection (a-2) is added to 
                read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a-2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) 
of this section, the real property tax rates for taxable real property 
in the District of Columbia for the tax year beginning October 1, 1995, 
and ending September 30, 1996, shall be the same rates in effect for 
the tax year beginning October 1, 1993, and ending September 30, 
1994.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Section 413(c) (D.C. Code, sec. 47-815(c)) is 
        repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 138. Title 18 U.S.C. 1761(b) is amended by striking 
the period at the end and inserting the phrase ``or not-for-profit 
organizations.'' in its place.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 139. Within 120 days of the effective date of this 
Act, the Mayor shall submit to the Congress and the Council a report 
delineating the actions taken by the executive to effect the directives 
of the Council in this Act, including--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) negotiations with representatives of 
        collective bargaining units to reduce employee 
        compensation;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) actions to restructure existing long-term city 
        debt;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) actions to apportion the spending reductions 
        anticipated by the directives of this Act to the executive for 
        unallocated reductions; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) a list of any position that is backfilled 
        including description, title, and salary of the 
        position.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 140. The Board of Education shall submit to the 
Congress, Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia no later than 
fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each month a report that 
sets forth--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) current month expenditures and obligations, 
        year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal 
        year expenditure projections vs. budget broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, agency reporting 
        code, and object class, and for all funds, including capital 
        financing;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a breakdown of FTE positions and staff for the 
        most current pay period broken out on the basis of control 
        center, responsibility center, and agency reporting code within 
        each responsibility center, for all funds, including capital 
        funds;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) a list of each account for which spending is 
        frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control 
        center, responsibility center, detailed object, and agency 
        reporting code, and for all funding sources;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) a list of all active contracts in excess of 
        $10,000 annually, which contains; the name of each contractor; 
        the budget to which the contract is charged broken out on the 
        basis of control center, responsibility center, and agency 
        reporting code; and contract identifying codes used by the D.C. 
        Public Schools; payments made in the last month and year-to-
        date, the total amount of the contract and total payments made 
        for the contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; 
        and specific modifications made to each contract in the last 
        month;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) all reprogramming requests and reports that 
        are required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
        Education; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) changes made in the last month to the 
        organizational structure of the D.C. Public Schools, displaying 
        previous and current control centers and responsibility 
        centers, the names of the organizational entities that have 
        been changed, the name of the staff member supervising each 
        entity affected, and the reasons for the structural 
        change.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 141. The University of the District of Columbia shall 
submit to the Congress, Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia 
no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each month a 
report that sets forth--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) current month expenditures and obligations, 
        year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal 
        year expenditure projections vs. budget broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, and object class, and 
        for all funds, including capital financing;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a breakdown of FTE positions and all employees 
        for the most current pay period broken out on the basis of 
        control center and responsibility center, for all funds, 
        including capital funds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) a list of each account for which spending is 
        frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control 
        center, responsibility center, detailed object, and for all 
        funding sources;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) a list of all active contracts in excess of 
        $10,000 annually, which contains: the name of each contractor; 
        the budget to which the contract is charged broken out on the 
        basis of control center and responsibility center, and contract 
        identifying codes used by the University of the District of 
        Columbia; payments made in the last month and year-to-date, the 
        total amount of the contract and total payments made for the 
        contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; and 
        specific modifications made to each contract in the last 
        month;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) all reprogramming requests and reports that 
        have been made by the University of the District of Columbia 
        within the last month in compliance with applicable law; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) changes made in the last month to the 
        organizational structure of the University of the District of 
        Columbia, displaying previous and current control centers and 
        responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
        entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
        supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
        structural change.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 142. (a) The Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia and the University of the District of Columbia shall annually 
compile an accurate and verifiable report on the positions and 
employees in the public school system and the university, respectively. 
The annual report shall set forth--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the number of validated schedule A positions 
        in the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University 
        of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1995, fiscal year 
        1996, and thereafter on full-time equivalent basis, including a 
        compilation of all positions by control center, responsibility 
        center, funding source, position type, position title, pay 
        plan, grade, and annual salary; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a compilation of all employees in the District 
        of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District 
        of Columbia as of the preceding December 31, verified as to its 
        accuracy in accordance with the functions that each employee 
        actually performs, by control center, responsibility center, 
        agency reporting code, program (including funding source), 
        activity, location for accounting purposes, job title, grade 
        and classification, annual salary, and position control 
        number.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The annual report required by subsection (a) of this 
section shall be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor and Council of 
the District of Columbia, by not later than February 8 of each 
year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 143. (a) Not later than October 1, 1995, or within 15 
calendar days after the date of the enactment of the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996, whichever occurs later, and each 
succeeding year, the Board of Education and the University of the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the Congress, the Mayor, and 
Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the public school system and the University of the 
District of Columbia for such fiscal year that is in the total amount 
of the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted data for 
personal services and other-than-personal services, respectively, with 
anticipated actual expenditures.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this 
section shall be submitted in the format of the budget that the Board 
of Education and the University of the District of Columbia submit to 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's 
budget submission to the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-301).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 144. The Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of 
the University of the District of Columbia, the Board of Library 
Trustees, and the Board of Governors of the D.C. School of Law shall 
vote on and approve their respective annual or revised budgets before 
submission to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in 
the Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the District of 
Columbia in accordance with section 442 of the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, 
as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before submitting their 
respective budgets directly to the Council.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for 
evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employees shall be a 
non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 146. (a) No agency, including an independent agency, 
shall fill a position wholly funded by appropriations authorized by 
this Act, which is vacant on October 1, 1995, or becomes vacant between 
October 1, 1995, and September 30, 1996, unless the Mayor or 
independent agency submits a proposed resolution of intent to fill the 
vacant position to the Council. The Council shall be required to take 
affirmative action on the Mayor's resolution within 30 legislative 
days. If the Council does not affirmatively approve the resolution 
within 30 legislative days, the resolution shall be deemed 
disapproved.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) No reduction in the number of full-time equivalent 
positions or reduction-in-force due to privatization or contracting out 
shall occur if the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, established by section 101(a) of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104-8), 
disallows the full-time equivalent position reduction provided in this 
act in meeting the maximum ceiling of 35,771 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) This section shall not prohibit the appropriate 
personnel authority from filling a vacant position with a District 
government employee currently occupying a position that is funded with 
appropriated funds.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) This section shall not apply to local school-based 
teachers, school-based officers, or school-based teachers' aides; or 
court personnel covered by title 11 of the D.C Code, except chapter 
23.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 147. (a) Not later than 15 days after the end of 
every fiscal quarter (beginning October 1, 1995), the Mayor shall 
submit to the Council a report with respect to the employees on the 
capital project budget for the previous quarter.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section shall include the following information--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a list of all employees by position, title, 
        grade and step;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a job description, including the capital 
        project for which each employee is working;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the date that each employee began working on 
        the capital project and the ending date that each employee 
        completed or is projected to complete work on the capital 
        project; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) a detailed explanation justifying why each 
        employee is being paid with capital funds.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 148. The District of Columbia Government 
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 
(D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), is amended as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (a) Section 301 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-603.1) is 
        amended as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (1) A new paragraph (13A) is added to read 
                as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(13A) `Nonschool-based personnel' means any 
        employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools who is not 
        based at a local school or who does not provide direct services 
        to individual students.''.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (2) A new paragraph (15A) is added to read 
                as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(15A) `School administrators' means principals, 
        assistant principals, school program directors, coordinators, 
        instructional supervisors, and support personnel of the 
        District of Columbia Public Schools.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (b) Section 801A(b)(2) (D.C. Code, sec. 1-
        609.1(b)(2)) is amended by adding a new subparagraph (L-i) to 
        read as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(L-i) Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Board of Education shall not 
                issue rules that require or permit nonschool-based 
                personnel or school administrators to be assigned or 
                reassigned to the same competitive level as classroom 
                teachers;''</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (c) Section 2402 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.2) is 
        amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Board of Education shall not require or permit nonschool- based 
personnel or school administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the 
same competitive level as classroom teachers.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 149. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia Public 
Schools shall be--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) classified as an Educational Service 
        employee'</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) placed under the personnel authority of the 
        Board of Education; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) subject to all Board of Education 
        rules.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate 
competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not compete 
with school-based personnel for retention purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 150. The District of Columbia Government 
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 
(D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), is amended as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (a) Section 2401 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.1) is 
        amended by amending the third sentence to read as follows: ``A 
        personnel authority may establish lesser competitive areas 
        within an agency on the basis of all or a clearly identifiable 
        segment of an agency's mission or a division or major 
        subdivision of an agency.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (b) A new section 2406 is added to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``Sec. 2406. Abolishment of positions for Fiscal Year 
1996.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
regulation, or collective bargaining agreement either in effect or to 
be negotiated while this legislation is in effect for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, each agency head is authorized, within the 
agency head's discretion, to identify positions for 
abolishment.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Prior to February 1, 1996, each personnel authority 
shall make a final determination that a position within the personnel 
authority is to be abolished.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Notwithstanding any rights or procedures established 
by any other provision of this title, any District government employee, 
regardless of date of hire, who encumbers a position identified for 
abolishment shall be separated without competition or assignment 
rights, except as provided in this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) An employee effected by the abolishment of a 
position pursuant to this section who, but for this section would be 
entitled to compete for retention, shall be entitled to 1 round of 
lateral competition pursuant to Chapter 24 of the District of Columbia 
Personnel Manual, which shall be limited to positions in the employee's 
competitive level.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Each employee who is a bona fide resident of the 
District of Columbia shall have added 5 years to his or her creditable 
service for reduction-in-force purposes. For purposes of this 
subsection only, a nonresident District employee who was hired by the 
District government prior to January 1, 1980, and has not had a break 
in service since that date, or a former employee of the U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital who accepted 
employment with the District government on October 1, 1987, and has not 
had a break in service since that date, shall be considered a District 
resident.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Each employee selected for separation pursuant to 
this section shall be given written notice of at least 30 days before 
the effective date of his or her separation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Neither the establishment of a competitive area 
smaller than an agency, nor the determination that a specific position 
is to be abolished, nor separation pursuant to this section shall be 
subject to review except as follows--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) an employee may file a complaint contesting 
        a determination or a separation pursuant to title XV of this 
        Act or section 303 of the Human Rights Act of 1977, effective 
        December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-38; D.C. Code, sec. 1-2543); 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) an employee may file with the Office of 
        Employee Appeals an appeal contesting that the separation 
        procedures of subsections (d) and (f) of this section were not 
        properly applied.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) An employee separated pursuant to this section shall 
be entitled to severance pay in accordance with title XI of this Act, 
except that the following shall be included in computing creditable 
service for severance pay for employees separated pursuant to this 
section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) four years for an employee who qualified for 
        veteran's preference under this act, and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) three years for an employee who qualified 
        for residency preference under this act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(i) Separation pursuant to this section shall not affect 
an employee's rights under either the Agency Reemployment Priority 
Program or the Displaced Employee Program established pursuant to 
Chapter 24 of the District Personnel Manual.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(j) The Mayor shall submit to the Council a listing of 
all positions to be abolished by agency and responsibility center by 
March 1, 1996, or upon the delivery of termination notices to 
individual employees.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(k) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1708 or 
section 2402(d), the provisions of this act shall not be deemed 
negotiable.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(l) A personnel authority shall cause a 30-day 
termination notice to be served, no later than September 1, 1996, on 
any incumbent employee remaining in any position identified to be 
abolished pursuant to subsection (b) of this section''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 
District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996 under the caption ``Division 
of Expenses'' shall not exceed $4,867,283,000.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>requiring development of plan to close lorton correctional 
                           complex</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 152. (a) Development of Plan.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than February 15, 1996, 
        the District of Columbia shall develop a plan for closing the 
        Lorton Correctional Complex over a transition period not to 
        exceed 5 years in length.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Requirements of plan.--The plan developed by 
        the District of Columbia under paragraph (1) shall meet the 
        following requirements:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Under the plan, the Lorton 
                Correctional Complex will be closed by the expiration 
                of the transition period.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Under the plan, the District of 
                Columbia may not operate any correctional facilities on 
                the Federal property known as the Lorton Complex 
                located in Fairfax County, Virginia, after the 
                expiration of the transition period.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) The plan shall include provisions 
                specifying how and to what extent the District will 
                utilize alternative management, including the private 
                sector, for the operation of correctional facilities 
                for the District, and shall include provisions 
                describing the treatment under such alternative 
                management (including under contracts) of site 
                selection, design, financing, construction, and 
                operation of correctional facilities for the 
                District.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) The plan shall include an 
                implementation schedule, together with specific 
                performance measures and timelines to determine the 
                extent to which the District is meeting the schedule 
                during the transition period.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Under the plan, the Mayor of the 
                District of Columbia shall submit a semi-annual report 
                to the President, Congress, and the District of 
                Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
                Assistance Authority describing the actions taken by 
                the District under the plan, and in addition shall 
                regularly report to the President, Congress, and the 
                District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
                Management Assistance Authority on all significant 
                measures taken under the plan as soon as such measures 
                are taken.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Consistency With Financial Plan and Budget.--In 
developing the plan under subsection (a), the District of Columbia 
shall ensure that for each of the years during which the plan is in 
effect, the plan shall be consistent with the financial plan and budget 
for the District of Columbia for the year under subtitle A of title II 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Act of 1995.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Submission of Plan.--Upon completing the development 
of the plan under subsection (a), the District of Columbia shall submit 
the plan to the President, Congress, and the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>Prohibition Against Adoption by Unmarried Couples</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 153. (a) In General.--Section 16-302, D.C. Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``Any person'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Subject to subsection (b), any person''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following 
        subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) No person may join in a petition under this section 
unless the person is the spouse of the petitioner.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>     (b) No Effect on Petitions for Adoption Filed by 
Individual Unmarried Petitioner.--Nothing in section 16-302(b), D.C. 
Code (as added by subsection (a)) shall be construed to affect the 
ability of any unmarried person to file a petition for adoption in the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia where no other person joins 
in the petition.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>technical corrections to financial responsibility and 
                  management assistance act</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 154. (a) Requiring GSA to Provide Support Services.--
Section 103(f) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995 is amended by striking ``may 
provide'' and inserting ``shall promptly provide''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Availability of Certain Federal Benefits for 
Individuals Who Become Employed by the Authority.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Former federal employees.--Subsection (e) of 
        section 102 of such Act is amended to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Preservation of Retirement and Certain Other Rights 
of Federal Employees Who Become Employed by the Authority.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Any Federal employee who 
        becomes employed by the Authority--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) may elect, for the purposes set 
                forth in paragraph (2)(A), to be treated, for so long 
                as that individual remains continuously employed by the 
                Authority, as if such individual had not separated from 
                service with the Federal Government, subject to 
                paragraph (3); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) shall, if such employee subsequently 
                becomes reemployed by the Federal Government, be 
                entitled to have such individual's service with the 
                Authority treated, for purposes of determining the 
                appropriate leave accrual rate, as if it had been 
                service with the Federal Government.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Effect of an election.--An election made by 
        an individual under the provisions of paragraph (1)(A)--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) shall qualify such individual for 
                the treatment described in such provisions for purposes 
                of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, 
                        United States Code, as appropriate (relating to 
                        retirement), including the Thrift Savings 
                        Plan;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) chapter 87 of such title 
                        (relating to life insurance); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) chapter 89 of such title 
                        (relating to health insurance); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) shall disqualify such individual, 
                while such election remains in effect, from 
                participating in the programs offered by the government 
                of the District of Columbia (if any) corresponding to 
                the respective programs referred to in subparagraph 
                (A).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Conditions for an election to be 
        effective.--An election made by an individual under paragraph 
        (1)(A) shall be ineffective unless--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) it is made before such individual 
                separates from service with the Federal Government; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) such individual's service with the 
                Authority commences within 3 days after so separating 
                (not counting any holiday observed by the government of 
                the District of Columbia).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Contributions.--If an individual makes an 
        election under paragraph (1)(A), the Authority shall, in 
        accordance with applicable provisions of law referred to in 
        paragraph (2)(A), be responsible for making the same deductions 
        from pay and the same agency contributions as would be required 
        if it were a Federal agency.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Regulations.--Any regulations necessary to 
        carry out this subsection shall be prescribed by--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Office of Personnel Management, 
                to the extent that any program administered by the 
                Office is involved;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the appropriate office or agency of 
                the government of the District of Columbia, to the 
                extent that any program administered by such office or 
                agency is involved; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the Executive Director referred to 
                in section 8474 of title 5, United States Code, to the 
                extent that the Thrift Savings Plan is 
                involved.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Other individuals.--Section 102 of such Act is 
        further amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Federal Benefits for Others.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--The Office of Personnel 
        Management, in conjunction with each corresponding office or 
        agency of the government of the District of Columbia, shall 
        prescribe regulations under which any individual who becomes 
        employed by the Authority (under circumstances other than as 
        described in subsection (e)) may elect either--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) to be deemed a Federal employee for 
                purposes of the programs referred to in subsection 
                (e)(2)(A)(i)-(iii); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) to participate in 1 or more of the 
                corresponding programs offered by the government of the 
                District of Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Effect of an election.--An individual who 
        elects the option under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph 
        (1) shall be disqualified, while such election remains in 
        effect, from participating in any of the programs referred to 
        in the other such subparagraph.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Definition of `corresponding office or 
        agency'.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
        `corresponding office or agency of the government of the 
        District of Columbia' means, with respect to any program 
        administered by the Office of Personnel Management, the office 
        or agency responsible for administering the corresponding 
        program (if any) offered by the government of the District of 
        Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Thrift savings plan.--To the extent that the 
        Thrift Savings Plan is involved, the preceding provisions of 
        this subsection shall be applied by substituting `the Executive 
        Director referred to in section 8474 of title 5, United States 
        Code' for `the Office of Personnel Management'.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Effective date; additional election for former 
        federal employees serving on date of enactment; election for 
        employees appointed during interim period.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Effective date.--Not later than 6 
                months after the date of enactment of this Act, there 
                shall be prescribed (and take effect)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) regulations to carry out the 
                        amendments made by this subsection; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) any other regulations 
                        necessary to carry out this 
                        subsection.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Additional election for former federal 
                employees serving on date of enactment.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In general.--Any former 
                        Federal employee employed by the Authority on 
                        the effective date of the regulations referred 
                        to in subparagraph (A)(i) may, within such 
                        period as may be provided for under those 
                        regulations, make an election similar, to the 
                        maximum extent practicable, to the election 
                        provided for under section 102(e) of the 
                        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
                        and Management Assistance Act of 1995, as 
                        amended by this subsection. Such regulations 
                        shall be prescribed jointly by the Office of 
                        Personnel Management and each corresponding 
                        office or agency of the government of the 
                        District of Columbia (in the same manner as 
                        provided for in section 102(f) of such Act, as 
                        so amended).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Exception.--An election under 
                        this subparagraph may not be made by any 
                        individual who--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) is not then 
                                participating in a retirement system 
                                for Federal employees (disregarding 
                                Social Security); or</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) is then participating 
                                in any program of the government of the 
                                District of Columbia referred to in 
                                section 102(e)(2)(B) of such Act (as so 
                                amended).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Election for employees appointed 
                during interim period.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) From the federal government.--
                        Subsection (e) of section 102 of the District 
                        of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
                        Management Assistance Act of 1995 (as last in 
                        effect before the date of enactment of this 
                        Act) shall be deemed to have remained in effect 
                        for purposes of any Federal employee who 
                        becomes employed by the District of Columbia 
                        Financial Responsibility and Management 
                        Assistance Authority during the period 
                        beginning on such date of enactment and ending 
                        on the day before the effective date of the 
                        regulations prescribed to carry out 
                        subparagraph (B).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Other individuals.--The 
                        regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 
                        (f) of section 102 of the District of Columbia 
                        Financial Responsibility and Management 
                        Assistance Act of 1995 (as amended by this 
                        subsection) shall include provisions under 
                        which an election under such subsection shall 
                        be available to any individual who--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) becomes employed by 
                                the District of Columbia Financial 
                                Responsibility and Management 
                                Assistance Authority during the period 
                                beginning on the date of enactment of 
                                this Act and ending on the day before 
                                the effective date of such 
                                regulations;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) would have been 
                                eligible to make an election under such 
                                regulations had those regulations been 
                                in effect when such individual became 
                                so employed; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (III) is not then 
                                participating in any program of the 
                                government of the District of Columbia 
                                referred to in subsection (f)(1)(B) of 
                                such section 102 (as so 
                                amended).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Exemption From Liability for Claims for Authority 
Employees.--Section 104 of such Act is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``the Authority and its members'' 
        and inserting ``the Authority, its members, and its 
        employees''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and 
        inserting ``the Authority or its members or employees or the 
        District of Columbia''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Permitting Review of Emergency Legislation.--Section 
203(a)(3) of such Act is amended by striking subparagraph 
(C).</DELETED>

    <DELETED>TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL REFORM</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
School Reform Act of 1995''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2002. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Except as otherwise provided, for purposes of this 
title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 
        term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Committee on Economic and 
                Educational Opportunities of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human 
                Resources of the Senate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the Committee on Government Reform and 
                Oversight of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
                Senate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Authority.--The term ``Authority'' means the 
        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
        Assistance Authority established under section 101(a) of the 
        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
        Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Average daily attendance.--The term ``average 
        daily attendance'', when used with respect to a school and a 
        period of time, means the aggregate attendance of the school 
        during the period divided by the number of days during the 
        period on which--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the school is in session; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the pupils of the school are under the 
                guidance and direction of teachers.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Average daily membership.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Individual school.--The term ``average 
                daily membership'', when used with respect to a school 
                and a period of time, means the aggregate enrollment of 
                the school during the period divided by the number of 
                days during the period on which--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the school is in session; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the pupils of the school are 
                        under the guidance and direction of 
                        teachers.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Groups of schools.--The term ``average 
                daily membership'', when used with respect to a group 
                of schools and a period of time, means the average of 
                the average daily memberships during the period of the 
                individual schools that constitute the group.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Board of education.--The term ``Board of 
        Education'' means the Board of Education of the District of 
        Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Board of trustees.--The term ``Board of 
        Trustees'' means the governing board of a public charter 
        school, the members of which board have been selected pursuant 
        to the charter granted to the school and in a manner consistent 
        with this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Control period.--The term ``control period'' 
        means a period of time described in section 209 of the District 
        of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
        Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Core curriculum.--The term ``core curriculum'' 
        means the concepts, factual knowledge, and skills that students 
        in the District of Columbia should learn in kindergarten 
        through 12th grade in academic content areas, including, at a 
        minimum, English, mathematics, science, and history.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) District of columbia council.--The term 
        ``District of Columbia Council'' means the Council of the 
        District of Columbia established pursuant to section 401 of the 
        District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
        Reorganization Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-221).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) District of columbia government.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The term ``District of 
                Columbia government'' means the government of the 
                District of Columbia, including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) any department, agency, or 
                        instrumentality of the government of the 
                        District of Columbia;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) any independent agency of the 
                        District of Columbia established under part F 
                        of title IV of the District of Columbia Self-
                        Government and Governmental Reorganization 
                        Act;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) any other agency, board, or 
                        commission established by the Mayor or the 
                        District of Columbia Council;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) the courts of the District of 
                        Columbia;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) the District of Columbia 
                        Council; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) any other agency, public 
                        authority, or public benefit corporation that 
                        has the authority to receive monies directly or 
                        indirectly from the District of Columbia (other 
                        than monies received from the sale of goods, 
                        the provision of services, or the loaning of 
                        funds to the District of Columbia).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Exceptions.--The term ``District of 
                Columbia government'' does not include the 
                following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) The Authority.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) A public charter 
                        school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) District of columbia government retirement 
        system.--The term ``District of Columbia government retirement 
        system'' means the retirement programs authorized by the 
        District of Columbia Council or the Congress for employees of 
        the District of Columbia government.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) District of columbia public school.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The term ``District of 
                Columbia public school'' means a public school in the 
                District of Columbia that offers classes--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) at any of the grade levels 
                        from prekindergarten through the 12th grade; 
                        or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) leading to a general 
                        education diploma.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Exception.--The term does not include 
                a public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) District of columbia public schools.--The 
        term ``District of Columbia public schools'' means all schools 
        that are District of Columbia public schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (14) District-wide assessments.--The term 
        ``district-wide assessments'' means reliable and unbiased 
        student assessments administered by the Superintendent to 
        students enrolled in District of Columbia public schools and 
        public charter schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (15) Eligible applicant.--The term ``eligible 
        applicant'' means a person, including a private, public, or 
        quasi-public entity and an institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965), 
        who seeks to establish a public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (16) Eligible chartering authority.--The term 
        ``eligible chartering authority'' means any of the 
        following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The Board of Education.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Any of the following public or 
                federally-chartered universities:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Howard University.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Gallaudet 
                        University.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) American 
                        University.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) George Washington 
                        University.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) The University of the District 
                        of Columbia.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Any other entity designated by 
                enactment of a bill as an eligible chartering authority 
                by the District of Columbia Council after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (17) Facilities management.--The term ``facilities 
        management'' means the administration, construction, 
        renovation, repair, maintenance, remodeling, improvement, or 
        other oversight, of a building or real property of a District 
        of Columbia public school. The term does not include the 
        performance of any such act with respect to real property owned 
        by a public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (18) Family resource center.--The term ``family 
        resource center'' means an information desk--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) located at a school with a majority of 
                students whose family income is not greater than 185 
                percent of the poverty guidelines updated annually in 
                the Federal Register by the Department of Health and 
                Human Services under authority of section 673(2) of the 
                Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) which links students and families to 
                local resources and public and private entities 
                involved in child care, adult education, health and 
                social services, tutoring, mentoring, and job 
                training.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (19) Long-term reform plan.--The term ``long-term 
        reform plan'' means the plan submitted by the Superintendent 
        under section 2101.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (20) Mayor.--The term ``Mayor'' means the Mayor of 
        the District of Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (21) Metrobus and metrorail transit system.--The 
        term ``Metrobus and Metrorail Transit System'' means the bus 
        and rail systems administered by the Washington Metropolitan 
        Area Transit Authority.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (22) Minor student.--The term ``minor student'' 
        means an individual who--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is enrolled in a District of Columbia 
                public schools or a public charter school; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) is not beyond the age of compulsory 
                school attendance, as prescribed in section 1 of 
                article I, and section 1 of article II, of the Act of 
                February 4, 1925 (sections 31-401 and 31-402, D.C. 
                Code).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (23) Nonresident student.--The term ``nonresident 
        student'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) an individual under the age of 18 who 
                is enrolled in a District of Columbia public school or 
                a public charter school, and does not have a parent 
                residing in the District of Columbia; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) an individual who is age 18 or older 
                and is enrolled in a District of Columbia public school 
                or public charter school, and does not reside in the 
                District of Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (24) Panel.--The term ``Panel'' means the World 
        Class Schools Panel established under subtitle D.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (25) Parent.--The term ``parent'' means a person 
        who has custody of a child enrolled in a District of Columbia 
        public school or a public charter school, and who--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is a natural parent of the 
                child;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) is a stepparent of the 
                child;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) has adopted the child; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) is appointed as a guardian for the 
                child by a court of competent jurisdiction.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (26) Petition.--The term ``petition'' means a 
        written application, submitted by an eligible applicant to an 
        eligible chartering authority, to establish a public charter 
        school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (27) Promotion gate.--The term ``promotion gate'' 
        means the criteria, developed by the Superintendent and 
        approved by the Board of Education, that are used to determine 
        student promotion at different grade levels. Such criteria 
        shall include achievement on district-wide assessments that, to 
        the greatest extent practicable, measure student achievement of 
        the core curriculum.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (28) Public charter school.--The term ``public 
        charter school'' means a publicly funded school in the District 
        of Columbia that is established pursuant to subtitle B. A 
        public charter school is not a part of the District of Columbia 
        public schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (29) School.--The term ``school'' means--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a public charter school; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) any other day or residential school 
                that provides elementary or secondary education, as 
                determined under State or District of Columbia 
                law.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (30) Student with special needs.--The term 
        ``student with special needs'' has the meaning given such term 
        by the Mayor and the District of Columbia Council under section 
        2301.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (31) Superintendent.--The term ``Superintendent'' 
        means the Superintendent of the District of Columbia public 
        schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (32) Teacher.--The term ``teacher'' means any 
        person employed as a teacher by the Board of Education or by a 
        public charter school.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Subtitle A--District of Columbia Reform Plan</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2101. LONG-TERM REFORM PLAN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Plan.--The Superintendent, with the approval 
        of the Board of Education, shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees, the Mayor, the District of Columbia 
        Council, and the Authority a long-term reform plan, not later 
        than February 1, 1996. The plan shall be consistent with the 
        financial plan and budget for the District of Columbia for 
        fiscal year 1996 required under section 201 of the District of 
        Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
        of 1995 (Public Law 104-8).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Consultation.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--In developing the long-
                term reform plan, the Superintendent--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) shall consult with the Board 
                        of Education, Mayor, and District of Columbia 
                        Council, and, in a control period, with the 
                        Authority; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) shall afford the public, 
                        interested organizations, and groups an 
                        opportunity to present their views and make 
                        recommendations regarding the long-term reform 
                        plan.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Summary of recommendations.--The 
                Superintendent shall include in the long-term plan a 
                summary of the recommendations made under subparagraph 
                (A)(ii) and the response of the Superintendent to these 
                recommendations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Contents.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Areas to be addressed.--The long-term plan 
        shall describe how the District of Columbia public schools will 
        become a world-class education system which prepares students 
        for life-time learning in the 21st century and which is on a 
        par with the best education systems of other nations. The plan 
        shall include a description of how the District of Columbia 
        public schools will accomplish the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Achievement at nationally- and 
                internationally-competitive levels by students 
                attending District of Columbia public 
                schools.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The creation of a performance-oriented 
                workforce.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) The construction and repair of 
                District of Columbia public school 
                facilities.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Local school governance, 
                decentralization, autonomy, and parental choice among 
                District of Columbia public schools; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) The implementation of an efficient and 
                effective adult literacy program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Other information.--For each of the items in 
        subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1), the long-term 
        plan shall include--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a statement of measurable, objective 
                performance goals;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) a description of the measures of 
                performance to be used in determining whether the 
                Superintendent and Board of Education have met the 
                goals;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) dates by which the goals must be 
                met;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) plans for monitoring and reporting 
                progress to District of Columbia residents, the 
                appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the 
                District of Columbia Council, and the Authority; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) the title of the management employee 
                of the District of Columbia public schools most 
                directly responsible for the achievement of each goal 
                and, with respect to each such employee, the title of 
                the employee's immediate supervisor or 
                superior.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Amendments.--The Superintendent, with the approval of 
the Board of Education, shall submit any amendment to the long-term 
plan to the appropriate congressional committees. Any amendment to the 
long-term plan shall be consistent with the financial plan and budget 
for fiscal year 1996 for the District of Columbia required under 
section 201 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8).</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Subtitle B--Public Charter Schools</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2151. PROCESS FOR FILING CHARTER PETITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Existing Public School.--An eligible applicant seeking 
to convert an existing District of Columbia public school into a public 
charter school--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall prepare a petition to establish a public 
        charter school that meets the requirements of section 
        2152;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall provide a copy of the petition to--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the parents of minor students 
                attending the existing school;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) adult students attending the existing 
                school; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) employees of the existing 
                school;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) shall file the petition with an eligible 
        chartering authority for approval after the petition--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) has been signed by a majority of the 
                total number of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) parents of minor students 
                        attending the school; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) adult students attending the 
                        school; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) has been endorsed by at least a 
                majority of full-time teachers at the school; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) shall explain in the petition the relationship 
        that will exist between the public charter school and its 
        employees.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Independent or Private School.--An eligible applicant 
seeking to convert an existing independent or private school in the 
District of Columbia into a public charter school--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall prepare a petition to establish a public 
        charter school that meets the requirements of section 
        2152;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall provide a copy of the petition to--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the parents of minor students 
                attending the existing school;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) adult students attending the existing 
                school; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) employees of the existing 
                school;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) shall file the petition with an eligible 
        chartering authority for approval after the petition--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) has been signed by a majority of the 
                total number of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) parents of minor students 
                        attending the school; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) adult students attending the 
                        school; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) has been endorsed by at least a 
                majority of full-time teachers at the school; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) shall explain in the petition the relationship 
        that will exist between the public charter school and its 
        employees.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) New School.--An eligible applicant seeking to 
establish in the District of Columbia a public charter school, but not 
seeking to convert an existing public, private, or independent school 
into a public charter school, shall file with an eligible chartering 
authority for approval a petition to establish a public charter school 
that meets the requirements of section 2152.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2152. CONTENTS OF PETITION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    A petition to establish a public charter school shall 
include the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) A statement defining the mission and goals of 
        the proposed school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) A statement of the need for the proposed 
        school in the geographic area of the school site.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) A description of the proposed instructional 
        goals and methods for the school, which includes, at a 
        minimum--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the methods that will be used to 
                provide students with the knowledge, proficiency, and 
                skills needed--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) to become nationally and 
                        internationally competitive students and 
                        educated individuals in the 21st century; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) to perform competitively on 
                        any districtwide assessments; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the methods that will be used to 
                improve student self-motivation, classroom instruction, 
                and learning for all students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) A description of the plan for evaluating 
        student academic achievement of the proposed school and the 
        procedures for remedial action that will be used by the school 
        when the academic achievement of a student falls below the 
        expectations of the school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) An operating budget for the first 2 years of 
        the proposed school that is based on anticipated enrollment and 
        contains--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a description of the method for 
                conducting annual audits of the financial, 
                administrative, and programmatic operations of the 
                school;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) either--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) an identification of the site 
                        where the school will be located, including a 
                        description of any buildings on the site and 
                        any buildings proposed to be constructed on the 
                        site; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) a timetable by which a such 
                        an identification will be made;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) a description of any major contracts 
                planned, with a value equal to or exceeding $10,000, 
                for equipment and services, leases, improvements, 
                purchases of real property, or insurance; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) a timetable for commencing operations 
                as a public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) A description of the proposed rules and 
        policies for governance and operation of the school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Copies of the proposed articles of 
        incorporation and bylaws of the school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) The names and addresses of the members of the 
        proposed Board of Trustees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) A description of the student enrollment, 
        admission, suspension, and expulsion policies and procedures of 
        the proposed school, and the criteria for making decisions in 
        such areas.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) A description of the procedures the school 
        plans to follow to ensure the health and safety of students, 
        employees, and guests of the school and to comply with 
        applicable health and safety laws and regulations of the 
        Federal Government and the District of Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) An explanation of the qualifications that 
        will be required of employees of the proposed school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) An identification, and a description, of the 
        individuals and entities submitting the application, including 
        their names and addresses, and the names of the organizations 
        or corporations of which such individuals are directors or 
        officers.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2153. PROCESS FOR APPROVING OR DENYING CHARTER 
              PETITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Schedule.--An eligible chartering authority may 
establish a schedule for receiving petitions to establish a public 
charter school and shall publish any such schedule in the District of 
Columbia Register. An eligible chartering authority shall make a copy 
of any such schedule available to all interested persons upon 
request.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Public Hearing.--Not later than 45 days after a 
petition to establish a public charter school is filed with an eligible 
chartering authority, the authority shall hold a public hearing on the 
petition to gather the information that is necessary for the authority 
to make the decision to approve or deny the petition.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Notice.--Not later than 10 days prior to the scheduled 
date of a public hearing on a petition to establish a public charter 
school, an eligible chartering authority--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall publish a notice of the hearing in the 
        District of Columbia Register; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall send a written notification of the 
        hearing date to the eligible applicant who filed the 
        petition.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Approval or Denial.--Subject to subsection (i), an 
eligible chartering authority shall approve a petition to establish a 
public charter school, if--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the authority determines that the petition 
        satisfies the requirements of this subtitle; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the eligible applicant who filed the petition 
        agrees to satisfy any condition or requirement, consistent with 
        this title and other applicable law, that is set forth in 
        writing by the eligible chartering authority as an amendment to 
        the petition.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Timetable.--An eligible chartering authority shall 
approve or deny a petition to establish a public charter school not 
later than 45 days after the conclusion of the public hearing on the 
petition.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Extension.--An eligible chartering authority and an 
eligible applicant may agree to extend the 45-day time period referred 
to in subsection (e) by a period that does not exceed 30 
days.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Explanation.--If an eligible chartering authority 
denies a petition or finds it to be incomplete, the authority shall 
specify in writing the reasons for its decision and indicate, when 
appropriate, how the eligible applicant who filed the petition may 
revise the petition to satisfy the requirements for approval.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Approved Petition.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Notice.--Not later than 10 days after an 
        eligible chartering authority approves a petition to establish 
        a public charter school, the authority shall provide a written 
        notice of the approval, including a copy of the approved 
        petition and any conditions or requirements agreed to under 
        subsection (d)(2), to the eligible applicant and to the Chief 
        Financial Officer of the District of Columbia. The eligible 
        chartering authority shall publish a notice of the approval of 
        the petition in the District of Columbia Register.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Charter.--The provisions of a petition to 
        establish a public charter school that has been approved by an 
        eligible chartering authority, together with any amendments to 
        the petition containing conditions or requirements agreed to by 
        the eligible applicant under subsection (d)(2), shall be 
        considered a charter granted to the school by the 
        authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (i) Special Rules for First Year.--During the one-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, each 
eligible chartering authority--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) may approve not more than one petition filed 
        by an eligible applicant seeking to convert an existing 
        independent or private school into a public charter school; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in considering a petition to establish a 
        public charter school filed by any eligible applicant, shall 
        consider whether the school will focus on students with special 
        needs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (j) Exclusive Authority of Chartering Authority.--
Notwithstanding any other Federal law or law of the District of 
Columbia, no governmental entity, elected official, or employee of the 
District of Columbia may make, participate in making, or intervene in 
the making of, the decision to approve or deny a petition to establish 
a public charter school, except the eligible chartering authority with 
which the petition was filed.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2154. DUTIES AND POWERS OF, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS ON, 
              PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Duties.--A public charter school shall comply with--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) this subtitle;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) any other provision of law applicable to the 
        school; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) all of the terms and provisions of its 
        charter.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Powers.--A public charter school shall have all of the 
powers necessary for carrying out its charter, including the following 
powers:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) To adopt a name and corporate seal, but only 
        if the name selected includes the words ``public charter 
        school''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) To acquire real property for use as its school 
        facilities, from public or private sources.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) To receive and disburse funds for school 
        purposes.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Subject to subsection (c)(1), to secure 
        appropriate insurance and to make contracts and leases, 
        including agreements to procure or purchase services, 
        equipment, and supplies.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) To incur debt in reasonable anticipation of 
        the receipt of funds from the general fund of the District of 
        Columbia or the receipt of other Federal or private 
        funds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) To solicit and accept any grants or gifts for 
        school purposes, if the school--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) does not accept any grants or gifts 
                subject to any condition contrary to law or contrary to 
                the terms of the petition to establish the school as a 
                public charter school; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) maintains separate accounts for grants 
                or gifts for financial reporting purposes.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) To be responsible for its own operation, 
        including preparation of a budget and personnel 
        matters.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) To sue and be sued in its own name.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Prohibitions and Other Requirements.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Contracting authority.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Notice requirement.--Except in the 
                case of an emergency, with respect to any contract 
                proposed to be awarded by a public charter school and 
                having a value equal to or exceeding $10,000, the 
                school shall publish a notice of a request for 
                proposals in the District of Columbia Register not less 
                than 30 days prior to the award of the 
                contract.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Submission to authority.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Deadline for submission.--With 
                        respect to any contract described in 
                        subparagraph (A) that is awarded by a public 
                        charter school, the school shall submit to the 
                        Authority, not later than 3 days after the date 
                        on which the award is made, all bids for the 
                        contract received by the school, the name of 
                        the contractor who is awarded the contract, and 
                        the rationale for the award of the 
                        contract.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Effective date of contract.--
                        </DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) In general.--Subject 
                                to subclause (II), a contract described 
                                in subparagraph (A) shall become 
                                effective on the date that is 15 days 
                                after the date the school makes the 
                                submission under clause (i) with 
                                respect to the contract, or the 
                                effective date specified in the 
                                contract, whichever is later.</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) Exception.--A 
                                contract described in subparagraph (A) 
                                shall be considered null and void if 
                                the Authority determines, within 12 
                                days of the date the school makes the 
                                submission under clause (i) with 
                                respect to the contract, that the 
                                contract endangers the economic 
                                viability of the public charter 
                                school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Tuition.--A public charter school may not 
        charge tuition, fees, or other mandatory payments, except to 
        nonresident students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Control.--A public charter school--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall exercise exclusive control over 
                its expenditures, administration, personnel, and 
                instructional methods, within the limitations imposed 
                in this title; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be exempt from statutes, 
                policies, rules, and regulations governing District of 
                Columbia public schools established by the 
                Superintendent, Board of Education, Mayor, District of 
                Columbia Council, or Authority, except as otherwise 
                provided in this title or in the charter granted to the 
                school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Audits.--A public charter school shall be 
        subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and 
        fiduciary requirements as a District of Columbia public 
        school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Governance.--A public charter school shall be 
        governed by a Board of Trustees in a manner consistent with the 
        charter granted to the school, the provisions of this title, 
        and any other law applicable to the school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Other staff.--No employee of the District of 
        Columbia public schools may be required to accept employment 
        with, or be assigned to, a public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Other students.--No student enrolled in a 
        District of Columbia public school may be required to attend a 
        public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Taxes or bonds.--A public charter school shall 
        not levy taxes or issue bonds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) Charter revision.--A public charter school 
        seeking to revise its charter shall prepare a petition for 
        approval of the revision and file it with the eligible 
        chartering authority that granted the charter. The provisions 
        of section 2153 shall apply to such a petition in the same 
        manner as such provisions apply to a petition to establish a 
        public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Annual report.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--A public charter school 
                shall submit an annual report to the eligible 
                chartering authority that approved its charter and to 
                the Authority. The school shall permit a member of the 
                public to review any such report upon 
                request.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Contents.--A report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include the following 
                data:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Student performance on any 
                        district-wide assessments.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Grade advancement for 
                        students enrolled in the public charter 
                        school.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) Graduation rates, college 
                        admission test scores, and college admission 
                        rates, if applicable.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) Types and amounts of parental 
                        involvement.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) Official student 
                        enrollment.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) Average daily 
                        attendance.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) Average daily 
                        membership.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (viii) A financial statement 
                        audited by an independent certified public 
                        accountant.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ix) A list of all donors and 
                        grantors that have contributed monetary or in-
                        kind donations having a value equal or 
                        exceeding $500 during the year that is the 
                        subject of the report.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Nonidentifying data.--Data described 
                in subparagraph (B) that are included in an annual 
                report may not identify the individuals to whom the 
                data pertain.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) Student enrollment report.--A public charter 
        school shall report to the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
        Council annual student enrollment on a grade-by-grade basis, 
        including students with special needs, in a manner and form 
        that permits the Mayor and the District of Columbia Council to 
        comply with subtitle E.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) Census.--A public charter school shall 
        provide to the Board of Education student enrollment data 
        necessary for the Board to comply with section 3 of article II 
        of the Act of February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-404) 
        (relating to census of minors).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) Complaint resolution process.--A public 
        charter school shall establish an informal complaint resolution 
        process.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (14) Program of education.--A public charter 
        school shall provide a program of education which shall include 
        one or more of the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Pre-school.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Pre-kindergarten.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Any grade or grades from kindergarten 
                through 12th grade.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Adult community, continuing, and 
                vocational education programs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (15) Nonsectarian nature of schools.--A public 
        charter school shall be nonsectarian.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (16) Nonprofit status of school.--A public charter 
        school shall be organized under the District of Columbia 
        Nonprofit Corporation Act (D.C. Code, sec. 29-501 et 
        seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (17) Immunity from civil liability.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--A public charter school, 
                and its incorporators, Board of Trustees, officers, 
                employees, and volunteers, shall be immune from civil 
                liability, both personally and professionally, for any 
                act or omission within the scope of their official 
                duties unless the act or omission--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) constitutes gross 
                        negligence;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) constitutes an intentional 
                        tort; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) is criminal in 
                        nature.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Common law immunity preserved.--
                Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to abrogate any 
                immunity under common law of a person described in such 
                subparagraph.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2155. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A PUBLIC CHARTER 
              SCHOOL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Board of Trustees.--The members of a Board of Trustees 
of a public charter school shall be elected or selected pursuant to the 
charter granted to the school. Such a board shall have an odd number of 
members that does not exceed 7, of which--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a majority shall be residents of the District 
        of Columbia; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) at least 2 shall be a parent of a student 
        attending the school.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Eligibility.--An individual is eligible for election 
or selection to the Board of Trustees of a public charter school if the 
person--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) is a teacher or staff member who is employed 
        at the school;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is a parent of a student attending the school; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) meets the selection or election criteria set 
        forth in the charter granted to the school.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Election or Selection of Parents.--In the case of the 
first Board of Trustees of a public charter school to be elected or 
selected after the date on which the school is granted a charter, the 
election or selection of the members under subsection (a)(2) shall 
occur on the earliest practicable date after classes at the school have 
commenced. Until such date, any other members who have been elected or 
selected shall serve as an interim Board of Trustees. Such an interim 
board may exercise all of the powers, and shall be subject to all of 
the duties, of a Board of Trustees.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Fiduciaries.--The Board of Trustees of a public 
charter school shall be fiduciaries of the school and shall set overall 
policy for the school. The Board of Trustees may make final decisions 
on matters related to the operation of the school, consistent with the 
charter granted to the school, this title, and other applicable 
law.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2156. STUDENT ADMISSION, ENROLLMENT, AND 
              WITHDRAWAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Open Enrollment.--Enrollment in a public charter 
school shall be open to all students who are residents of the District 
of Columbia and, if space is available, to nonresident students who 
meet the tuition requirement in subsection (e).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Criteria for Admission.--A public charter school may 
not limit enrollment on the basis of a student's intellectual or 
athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or a student's 
disability. A public charter school may limit enrollment to specific 
grade levels or areas of focus of the school, such as mathematics, 
science, or the arts, where such a limitation is consistent with the 
charter granted to the school.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Random Selection.--If there are more applications to 
enroll in a public charter school from students who are residents of 
the District of Columbia than there are spaces available, students 
shall be admitted using a random selection process.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Admission to an Existing School.--During the 5-year 
period beginning on the date that a petition, filed by an eligible 
applicant seeking to convert an existing public, private, or 
independent school into a public charter school, is approved, the 
school shall give priority in enrollment to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) students enrolled in the school at the time 
        that the petition is granted;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the siblings of students described in 
        paragraph (1); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in the case of the conversion of an existing 
        public school, students who reside within the attendance 
        boundaries, if any, in which the school is located.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Nonresident Students.--Nonresident students shall pay 
tuition to a public charter school at the current rate established for 
District of Columbia public schools administered by the Board of 
Education for the type of program in which the student has 
enrolled.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Student Withdrawal.--A student may withdraw from a 
public charter school at any time and, if otherwise eligible, enroll in 
a District of Columbia public school administered by the Board of 
Education.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Expulsion and Suspension.--The principal of a public 
charter school may expel or suspend a student from the school based on 
criteria set forth in the charter granted to the school.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2157. EMPLOYEES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Extended Leave of Absence Without Pay.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Leave of absence from district of columbia 
        public schools.--The Superintendent shall grant, upon request, 
        an extended leave of absence, without pay, to an employee of 
        the District of Columbia public schools for the purpose of 
        permitting the employee to accept a position at a public 
        charter school for a 2-year term.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Request for extension.--At the end of a 2-year 
        term referred to in paragraph (1), an employee granted an 
        extended leave of absence without pay under the paragraph may 
        submit a request to the Superintendent for an extension of the 
        leave of absence for an additional 2-year term. The 
        Superintendent may not unreasonably withhold approval of the 
        request.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Rights upon termination of leave.--An employee 
        granted an extended leave of absence without pay for the 
        purpose described in paragraph (1) shall have the same rights 
        and benefits under law upon termination of such leave of 
        absence as an employee of the District of Columbia public 
        schools who is granted an extended leave of absence without pay 
        for any other purpose.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Retirement System.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Creditable service.--An employee of a public 
        charter school who has received a leave of absence under 
        subsection (a) shall receive creditable service, as defined in 
        section 2604 of D.C. Law 2-139, effective March 3, 1979, (D.C. 
        Code, sec. 1-627.4) and the rules established under such 
        section, for the period of the employee's employment at the 
        public charter school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Authority to establish separate system.--A 
        public charter school may establish a retirement system for 
        employees under its authority.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Election of retirement system.--A former 
        employee of the District of Columbia public schools who become 
        an employee of a public charter school within 60 after the date 
        the employee's employment with the District of Columbia public 
        schools is terminated may, at the time the employee commences 
        employment with the public charter school, elect--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to remain in a District of Columbia 
                government retirement system and continue to receive 
                creditable service for the period of their employment 
                at a public charter school; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to transfer into a retirement system 
                established by the public charter school pursuant to 
                paragraph (2) .</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Prohibited employment conditions.--No public 
        charter school may require a former employee of the District of 
        Columbia public schools to transfer to the public charter 
        school's retirement system as a condition of 
        employment.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Contributions.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Employees electing not to transfer.--
                In the case of a former employee of the District of 
                Columbia public schools who elects to remain in a 
                District of Columbia government retirement system 
                pursuant to paragraph (3)(A), the public charter school 
                that employs the person shall make the same 
                contribution to such system on behalf of the person as 
                the District of Columbia would have been required to 
                make if the person had continued to be an employee of 
                the District of Columbia public schools.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Employees electing to transfer.--In 
                the case of a former employee of the District of 
                Columbia public schools who elects to transfer into a 
                retirement system of a public charter school pursuant 
                to paragraph (3)(B), the applicable District of 
                Columbia government retirement system from which the 
                former employee is transferring shall compute the 
                employee's contribution to that system and transfer 
                this amount, to the retirement system by the public 
                charter school.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Employment Status.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, an employee of a public charter school shall not be 
considered to be an employee of the District of Columbia government for 
any purpose.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2158. REDUCED FARES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    A student attending a public charter school shall be 
eligible for reduced fares on the Metrobus and Metrorail Transit System 
on the same terms and conditions as are applicable under section 2 of 
D.C. Law 2-152, effective March 9, 1979, (D.C. Code, sec. 44-216 et 
seq.) to a student attending a District of Columbia public 
school.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2159. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICES TO 
              PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Superintendent may provide services such as facilities 
maintenance to public charter schools. All compensation for costs of 
such services shall be subject to negotiation and mutual agreement 
between a public charter school and the Superintendent.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2160. APPLICATION OF LAW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Elementary and Secondary Education Act.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Treatment as local educational agency.--For 
        any fiscal year, a public charter school shall be considered to 
        be a local educational agency for purposes of part A of title I 
        of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and 
        shall be eligible for assistance under such part, if the 
        percentage of pupils enrolled in the public charter school 
        during the preceding fiscal year who were eligible for, and 
        received, free or reduced price school lunches under the 
        National School Lunch Act is equal to or greater than the 
        lowest such percentage for any District of Columbia public 
        school that was selected to provide services under section 1113 
        of such Act for such preceding year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Allocation for fiscal years 1996 through 
        1998.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Public charter schools.--For fiscal 
                years 1996 through 1998, each public charter school 
                that is eligible to receive assistance under part A of 
                title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                of 1965 shall receive a portion of the District of 
                Columbia's total allocation under such part which bears 
                the same ratio to such total allocation as the number 
                described in subparagraph (C) bears to the number 
                described in subparagraph (D).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) District of columbia public schools.--
                For fiscal years 1996 through 1998, the District of 
                Columbia public schools shall receive a portion of the 
                District of Columbia's total allocation under part A of 
                title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                of 1965 which bears the same ratio to such total 
                allocation as the total of the numbers described in 
                clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(D) bears to the 
                aggregate total described in paragraph 
                (2)(D).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Number of eligible pupils enrolled in 
                the public charter school.--The number described in 
                this subparagraph is the number of pupils enrolled in 
                the public charter school during the preceding fiscal 
                year who were eligible for, and received, free or 
                reduced price school lunches under the National School 
                Lunch Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Aggregate number of eligible pupils.--
                The number described in this subparagraph is the 
                aggregate total of the following numbers:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) The number of pupils enrolled 
                        during the preceding fiscal year in all 
                        eligible public charter schools who were 
                        eligible for, and received, free or reduced 
                        price school lunches under the National School 
                        Lunch Act.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) The number of pupils who, 
                        during the preceding fiscal year--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) were enrolled in a 
                                District of Columbia public school 
                                selected to provide services under 
                                section 1113 of the Elementary and 
                                Secondary Education Act of 1965; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) were eligible for, 
                                and received, free or reduced price 
                                school lunches under the National 
                                School Lunch Act.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) The number of pupils who, 
                        during the preceding fiscal year--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) were enrolled in a 
                                private or independent 
                                school;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) were eligible for, 
                                and received, free or reduced price 
                                school lunches under the National 
                                School Lunch Act; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (III) resided in an 
                                attendance area of a District of 
                                Columbia public school selected to 
                                provide services under section 1113 of 
                                the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                                Act of 1965.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Allocation for fiscal year 1999 and 
        thereafter.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Calculation by secretary.--
                Notwithstanding sections 1124(a)(2), 1124(c)(2), 
                1124A(a)(4), 1125(c)(2), and 1125(d) of the Elementary 
                and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for fiscal year 
                1999 and fiscal years thereafter, the total allocation 
                under part A of title I of such Act for all local 
                educational agencies in the District of Columbia, 
                including public charter schools that are eligible to 
                receive assistance under such part, shall be calculated 
                by the Secretary of Education. In making such 
                calculation, such Secretary shall treat all such local 
                educational agencies as if they were a single local 
                educational agency for the District of 
                Columbia.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Allocation.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Public charter schools.--For 
                        fiscal year 1999 and fiscal years thereafter, 
                        each public charter school that is eligible to 
                        receive assistance under part A of title I of 
                        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                        1965 shall receive a portion of the total 
                        allocation calculated under subparagraph (A) 
                        which bears the same ratio to such total 
                        allocation as the number described in paragraph 
                        (2)(C) bears to the number described in 
                        paragraph (2)(D).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) District of columbia public 
                        schools.--For fiscal year 1999 and fiscal years 
                        thereafter, the District of Columbia public 
                        schools shall receive a portion of the total 
                        allocation calculated under subparagraph (A) 
                        which bears the same ratio to such total 
                        allocation as the total of the numbers 
                        described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of 
                        paragraph (2)(D) bears to the aggregate total 
                        described in paragraph (2)(D).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Use of esea funds.--The Board of Education may 
        not direct a public charter school in the charter school's use 
        of funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Inapplicability of certain esea provisions.--
        The following provisions of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to a public charter 
        school:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Paragraphs (5), (8), and (9) of 
                section 1112(b).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Subsection 1112(c).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Section 1113.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Section 1115A.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
                section 1116.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) Subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), 
                and (g) of section 1118.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) Section 1120.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) Subsections (a) and (c) of section 
                1120A.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (I) Section 1120B.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (J) Section 1126.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Property and Sales Taxes.--A public charter school 
shall be exempt from District of Columbia property and sales 
taxes.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2161. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ELIGIBLE CHARTERING 
              AUTHORITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Oversight.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--An eligible chartering 
        authority--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall monitor the operations of each 
                public charter school to which the authority has 
                granted a charter;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall ensure that each such school 
                complies with applicable laws and the provisions of the 
                charter granted to the school; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) shall monitor the progress of each 
                such school in meeting student academic achievement 
                expectations specified in the charter granted to the 
                school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Production of books and records.--An eligible 
        chartering authority may require a public charter school to 
        which the authority has granted a charter to produce any book, 
        record, paper, or document, if the authority determines that 
        such production is necessary for the authority to carry out its 
        functions under this title.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Fees.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Application fee.--An eligible chartering 
        authority may charge an eligible applicant a fee, not to exceed 
        $150, for processing a petition to establish a public charter 
        school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Administration fee.--In the case of an 
        eligible chartering authority that has granted a charter to an 
        public charter school, the authority may charge the school a 
        fee, not to exceed one-half of one percent of the annual budget 
        of the school, to cover the cost of undertaking the ongoing 
        administrative responsibilities of the authority with respect 
        to the school that are described in this subtitle. The school 
        shall pay the fee to the eligible chartering authority not 
        later than November 15 of each year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Immunity from Civil Liability.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--An eligible chartering authority, 
        a governing board of such an authority, and the directors, 
        officers, employees, and volunteers of such an authority, shall 
        be immune from civil liability, both personally and 
        professionally, for any act or omission within the scope of 
        their official duties unless the act or omission--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) constitutes gross 
                negligence;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) constitutes an intentional tort; 
                or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) is criminal in nature.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Common law immunity preserved.--Paragraph (1) 
        shall not be construed to abrogate any immunity under common 
        law of a person described in such paragraph.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2162. CHARTER RENEWAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Term.--A charter granted to a public charter school 
shall remain in force for a 5-year period, but may be renewed for an 
unlimited number of 5-year periods.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Application for Charter Renewal.--In the case of a 
public charter school that desires to renew its charter, the Board of 
Trustees of the school shall file an application to renew the charter 
with the eligible chartering authority that granted the charter not 
later than 120 days before the expiration of the charter. The 
application shall contain the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) A report on the progress of the public charter 
        school in achieving the goals, student academic achievement 
        expectations, and other terms of the approved 
        charter.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) All audited financial statements for the 
        public charter school for the preceding 4 years.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Approval of Charter Renewal Application.--The eligible 
chartering authority that granted a charter shall approve an 
application to renew the charter that is filed in accordance with 
subsection (b) unless the authority determines that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the school committed a material violation of 
        the conditions, terms, standards, or procedures set forth in 
        the charter; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the school failed to meet the goals and 
        student academic achievement expectations set forth in the 
        charter.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Procedures for Consideration of Charter Renewal.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Notice of right to hearing.--An eligible 
        chartering authority that has received an application to renew 
        a charter that is filed by a Board of Trustees in accordance 
        with subsection (b) shall provide to the Board written notice 
        of the right to an informal hearing on the application. The 
        eligible chartering authority shall provide the notice not 
        later than 15 days after the date on which the authority 
        received the application.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Request for hearing.--Not later than 15 days 
        after the date on which a Board of Trustees receives a notice 
        under paragraph (1), the Board may request, in writing, an 
        informal hearing on the application before the eligible 
        chartering authority.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Date and time of hearing.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Notice.--Upon receiving a timely 
                written request for a hearing under paragraph (2), an 
                eligible chartering authority shall set a date and time 
                for the hearing and shall provide reasonable notice of 
                the date and time, as well as the procedures to be 
                followed at the hearing, to the Board.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Deadline.--An informal hearing under 
                this subsection shall take place not later than 30 days 
                after an eligible chartering authority receives a 
                timely written request for the hearing under paragraph 
                (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Final decision.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Deadline.--An eligible chartering 
                authority shall render a final decision, in writing, on 
                an application to renew a charter--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) not later than 30 days after 
                        the date on which the authority provided the 
                        written notice of the right to a hearing, in 
                        the case of an application with respect to 
                        which such a hearing is not held; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) not later than 30 days after 
                        the date on which the hearing is concluded, in 
                        the case of an application with respect to 
                        which a hearing is held.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Reasons for nonrenewal.--An eligible 
                chartering authority that denies an application to 
                renew a charter shall state in its decision, in 
                reasonable detail, the grounds for the 
                denial.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Alternatives upon nonrenewal.--An eligible 
        chartering authority that denies an application to renew a 
        charter granted to a public charter school, or whose decision 
        approving such an application is reversed under section 
        2162(e), may--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) manage the school directly until 
                alternative arrangements can be made for students at 
                the school; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) place the school in a probationary 
                status that requires the school to take remedial 
                actions, to be determined by the authority, that 
                directly relate to the grounds for the 
                denial.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Judicial review.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Availability of review.--A decision by 
                an eligible chartering authority to deny an application 
                to renew a charter shall be subject to judicial 
                review.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Standard of review.--A decision by an 
                eligible chartering authority to deny an application to 
                renew a charter shall be upheld unless the decision is 
                arbitrary and capricious or clearly 
                erroneous.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Board of Education Renewal Review.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Notice of decision to renew.--An eligible 
        chartering authority, other than the Board of Education, that 
        renders a decision to approve an application to renew a charter 
        granted to a public charter school--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall provide a copy of the decision 
                to the Superintendent, the Board of Education, and the 
                school not later than 3 days after the decision is 
                rendered; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall publish the decision in the 
                District of Columbia Register not later than 5 days 
                after the decision is rendered.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Recommendation of superintendent.--Not later 
        than 30 days after an eligible chartering authority provides a 
        copy of a decision approving an application to renew a charter 
        to the Superintendent under paragraph (1), the Superintendent 
        may recommend to the Board of Education, in writing, that the 
        decision be reversed.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Standard of review by board of education.--The 
        Board of Education may concur in a recommendation of the 
        Superintendent under paragraph (2), and reverse a decision 
        approving an application to renew a charter granted to a public 
        charter school, if the Board of Education determines that--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the school failed to meet the goals 
                and student academic achievement expectations set forth 
                in the charter, in the case of a school that has a 
                student body the majority of which comprises students 
                with special needs; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the average test score for all 
                students enrolled in the school was less than the 
                average test score for all students enrolled in the 
                District of Columbia public schools on the most 
                recently administered the district-wide assessments, in 
                the case of a school that has a student body the 
                majority of which does not comprise students with 
                special needs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Procedures for reversing decision.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Notice of right to hearing.--In any 
                case in which the Board of Education is considering 
                reversing a decision approving an application to renew 
                a charter granted to a public charter school, the Board 
                of Education shall provide to the Board of Trustees of 
                the school a written notice stating in reasonable 
                detail the grounds for the proposed reversal. The 
                notice shall inform the Board of Trustees of the right 
                to an informal hearing on the proposed 
                reversal.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Request for hearing.--Not later than 
                15 days after the date on which a Board of Trustees 
                receives a notice under subparagraph (A), the Board may 
                request, in writing, an informal hearing on the 
                proposed reversal before the Board of 
                Education.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Date and time of hearing.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Notice.--Upon receiving a 
                        timely written request for a hearing under 
                        subparagraph (B), the Board of Education shall 
                        set a date and time for the hearing and shall 
                        provide reasonable notice of the date and time, 
                        as well as the procedures to be followed at the 
                        hearing, to the Board of Trustees.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Deadline.--An informal 
                        hearing under this paragraph shall take place 
                        not later than 30 days after the Board of 
                        Education receives a timely written request for 
                        the hearing under subparagraph (B).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Final decision.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Deadline.--The Board of 
                        Education shall render a final decision, in 
                        writing, on the proposed reversal--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) not later than 30 days 
                                after the date on which the Board of 
                                Education provided the written notice 
                                of the right to a hearing, in the case 
                                of a proposed reversal with respect to 
                                which such a hearing is not held; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) not later than 30 
                                days after the date on which the 
                                hearing is concluded, in the case of a 
                                proposed reversal with respect to which 
                                a hearing is held.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Reasons for reversal.--If the 
                        Board of Education reverses a decision 
                        approving an application to renew a charter, 
                        the Board of Education shall state in its 
                        decision, in reasonable detail, the grounds for 
                        the reversal.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Judicial review.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Availability of review.--A 
                        decision by the Board of Education to reverse a 
                        decision approving an application to renew a 
                        charter shall be subject to judicial 
                        review.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Standard of review.--A 
                        decision by the Board of Education to reverse a 
                        decision approving an application to renew a 
                        charter shall be upheld unless the decision is 
                        arbitrary and capricious or clearly 
                        erroneous.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2163. CHARTER REVOCATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Charter or Law Violations.--An eligible chartering 
authority that has granted a charter to a public charter school may 
revoke the charter if the authority determines that the school has 
committed a violation of applicable laws or a material violation of the 
conditions, terms, standards, or procedures set forth in the 
charter.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Fiscal Mismanagement.--An eligible chartering 
authority that has granted a charter to a public charter school shall 
revoke the charter if the authority determines that the school--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) has engaged in a pattern of nonadherence to 
        generally accepted accounting principles;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) has engaged in a pattern of fiscal 
        mismanagement; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) is no longer economically viable.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Procedures for Consideration of Revocation.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Notice of right to hearing.--An eligible 
        chartering authority that is proposing to revoke a charter 
        granted to a public charter school shall provide to the Board 
        of Trustees of the school a written notice stating in 
        reasonable detail the grounds for the proposed revocation. The 
        notice shall inform the Board of the right of the Board to an 
        informal hearing on the proposed revocation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Request for hearing.--Not later than 15 days 
        after the date on which a Board of Trustees receives a notice 
        under paragraph (1), the Board may request, in writing, an 
        informal hearing on the proposed revocation before the eligible 
        chartering authority.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Date and time of hearing.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Notice.--Upon receiving a timely 
                written request for a hearing under paragraph (2), an 
                eligible chartering authority shall set a date and time 
                for the hearing and shall provide reasonable notice of 
                the date and time, as well as the procedures to be 
                followed at the hearing, to the Board.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Deadline.--An informal hearing under 
                this subsection shall take place not later than 30 days 
                after an eligible chartering authority receives a 
                timely written request for the hearing under paragraph 
                (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Final decision.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Deadline.--An eligible chartering 
                authority shall render a final decision, in writing, on 
                the revocation of a charter--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) not later than 30 days after 
                        the date on which the authority provided the 
                        written notice of the right to a hearing, in 
                        the case of a proposed revocation with respect 
                        to which such a hearing is not held; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) not later than 30 days after 
                        the date on which the hearing is concluded, in 
                        the case of a proposed revocation with respect 
                        to which a hearing is held.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Reasons for revocation.--An eligible 
                chartering authority that revokes a charter shall state 
                in its decision, in reasonable detail, the grounds for 
                the denial.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Alternatives upon revocation.--An eligible 
        chartering authority that revokes a charter granted to a public 
        charter school may manage the school directly until alternative 
        arrangements can be made for students at the school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Judicial review.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Availability of review.--A decision by 
                an eligible chartering authority to revoke a charter 
                shall be subject to judicial review.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Standard of review.--A decision by an 
                eligible chartering authority to revoke a charter shall 
                be upheld unless the decision is arbitrary and 
                capricious or clearly erroneous.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2164. DISCONTINUANCE OF ELIGIBLE CHARTERING 
              AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Notice.--In the case of an eligible chartering 
authority that has granted a charter to a public charter school and 
that becomes unable or unwilling to continue to act in the capacity of 
an eligible chartering authority with respect to the school, the 
authority shall provide written notice of such discontinuance to the 
school, to the extent feasible, not later than the date that is 120 
days before the date on which such discontinuance takes 
effect.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Petition by School.--A public charter school that has 
been granted a charter by an eligible chartering authority that becomes 
unable or unwilling to continue to act in the capacity of an eligible 
chartering authority with respect to the school shall file a petition 
with another eligible chartering authority described in subsection 
(c)(2). The petition shall request that such other authority assume the 
powers and duties of an eligible chartering authority with respect to 
the school and the charter granted to the school. The petition shall be 
filed--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the case of a public charter school that 
        received a timely notice under subsection (a), not later than 
        120 days after such notice was received; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in the case of a public charter school that 
        did not receive a timely notice under subsection (a), not later 
        than 120 days after the date on which the eligible chartering 
        authority ceases to act in the capacity of an eligible 
        chartering authority with respect to the school.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Chartering Authorities Required to Assume Duties.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--If any of the eligible chartering 
        authorities described in paragraph (2) receives a petition 
        filed by a public charter school in accordance with subsection 
        (b), the eligible chartering authority shall grant the petition 
        and assume the powers and duties of an eligible chartering 
        authority with respect to the school and the charter granted to 
        the school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Eligible chartering authorities.--The eligible 
        chartering authorities referred to in paragraph (1) are the 
        following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The Board of Education.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Any other entity established, and 
                designated as an eligible chartering authority, by the 
                District of Columbia Council by enactment of a bill 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Interim Powers and Duties of School.--Except as 
provided in this section, the powers and duties of a public charter 
school that has been granted a charter by an eligible chartering 
authority that becomes unable or unwilling to continue to act in the 
capacity of an eligible chartering authority with respect to the school 
shall not be affected by such discontinuance, if the school satisfies 
the requirements of this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2165. FEDERAL ENTITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The following Federal agencies and 
federally-established institutions shall explore whether it is feasible 
for the agency or institution to establish one or more public charter 
schools:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Library of Congress.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The Drug Enforcement Agency.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The National Science Foundation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The Department of Justice.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The Department of Defense.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The Smithsonian Institution, including the 
        National Zoological Park, the National Museum of American 
        History, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the 
        National Gallery of Art.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Determination.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, each agency and institution listed in 
subsection (a) shall make a determination regarding whether it is 
feasible for the agency or institution to establish one or more public 
charter schools.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, any agency or institution listed in subsection 
(a) that has not filed a petition to establish a public charter school 
with an eligible chartering authority shall report to the Congress the 
reasons for the decision.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Subtitle C--Even Start</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2201. AMENDMENTS FOR EVEN START PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1002 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by striking 
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Even Start.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out 
        part B, other than Even Start programs for the District of 
        Columbia as described in paragraph (2), there are authorized to 
        be appropriated $118,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums 
        as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal 
        years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) District of columbia.--For the purpose of 
        carrying out Even Start programs in the District of Columbia as 
        described in section 1211, there are authorized to be 
        appropriated--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) for fiscal year 1996, $2,000,000 for 
                continued funding made in fiscal year 1995, and for new 
                grants, for an aggregate of 8;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) for fiscal year 1997, $3,500,000 for 
                continued funding made in fiscal year 1996 and for new 
                grants, for an aggregate of 14;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) for fiscal year 1998, $5,000,000 for 
                continued funding made in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 
                and for new grants, for an aggregate of 20 grants in 
                such fiscal year;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) for fiscal year 1999, $5,000,000 for 
                continued funding made in fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 
                1998 and for new grants, for an aggregate of 20 grants 
                in such fiscal year; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) for fiscal year 2000, $5,000,000 for 
                continued funding made in fiscal years 1996, 1997, 
                1998, and 1999 and for new grants, for an aggregate of 
                20 grants in such fiscal year or such number as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate pursuant to the 
                evaluation described in section 
                1211(i)(2).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Even Start Family Literacy Programs.--Part B of title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 1202(a)(1), by inserting ``(1)'' 
        after ``1002(b)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 1202(b), by inserting ``(1)'' after 
        ``1002(b)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 1202(d)(1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after 
                ``1002(b)''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting ``or under section 
                1211,'' after ``subsections (a), (b), and 
                (c),'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in section 1202(d)(3), by inserting ``(1)'' 
        after ``1002(b)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in section 1202(e)(4), by striking ``, the 
        District of Columbia,'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in section 1204(a), by inserting ``intensive'' 
        after ``cost of providing'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) in section 1205(4), by inserting ``, 
        intensive'' after ``high-quality'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) in section 1206(b)(1), by striking ``described 
        in subsection (a)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) by adding at the end the following new 
        section:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 1211. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EVEN START 
              INITIATIVES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) D.C. Program Authorized.--The Secretary shall 
provide grants, on a competitive basis, to assist eligible entities to 
carry out Even Start programs in the District of Columbia that build on 
the findings of the `National Evaluation of the Even Start Family 
Literacy Program', such as providing intensive services in parent 
training and adult literacy or adult education.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Definition of `Eligible''.--For the purpose of this 
section, the term `eligible entity' means a partnership composed of at 
least--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) a public school in the District of 
        Columbia;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the local educational agency in existence on 
        September 1, 1995 for the District of Columbia, any other 
        public organization, or an institution of higher education; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) a private nonprofit community-based 
        organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Uses of Funds; Cost-Sharing.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Compliance.--Each eligible entity that 
        receives funds under this section shall comply with section 
        1204(a) and 1204(b)(3), relating to the use of such 
        funds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Cost-sharing.--Each program funded under 
        this section is subject to the cost-sharing requirement of 
        section 1204(b)(1), except that the Secretary may waive that 
        requirement, in whole or in part, for any eligible entity that 
        demonstrates to the Secretary's satisfaction that such entity 
        otherwise would not be able to participate in the program under 
        this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Minimum.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (4), each eligible entity selected to receive a grant under 
        this section shall receive not more than $250,000 in any fiscal 
        year, except that the Secretary may increase such amount if the 
        Secretary determines that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) such entity needs additional funds 
                to be effective; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the increase will not reduce the 
                amount of funds available to other programs that 
                receive funds under this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Remaining funds.--If funds remain after 
        payments are made under paragraph (3) for any fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall make such remaining funds available to each 
        selected eligible entity in such fiscal year on a pro rata 
        basis.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Program Elements.--Each program assisted under this 
section shall comply with the program elements described in section 
1205, including intensive high quality instruction programs of parent 
training and adult literacy or adult education.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Eligible Participants.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Individuals eligible to 
        participate in a program under this section are--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the parent or parents of a child 
                described in subparagraph (B), or any other adult who 
                is substantially involved in the day-to-day care of the 
                child, who--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) is eligible to participate 
                        in an adult education program under the Adult 
                        Education Act; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) is attending, or is 
                        eligible by age to attend, a public school in 
                        the District of Columbia; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) any child, from birth through age 7, 
                of an individual described in subparagraph 
                (A).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Eligibility requirements.--The eligibility 
        factors described in section 1206(b) shall apply to programs 
        under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Applications.--Each eligible entity that wishes to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Selection of Grantees.--In awarding grants under 
this section, the Secretary shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) use the selection criteria described in 
        subparagraphs (A) through (F) and (H) of section 1208(a)(1); 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) give priority to applications for programs 
        that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) target services to schools in which 
                a schoolwide program is being conducted under section 
                1114 of this subtitle; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) are located in areas designated as 
                empowerment zones or enterprise communities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Duration of Programs.--The priority for subgrants 
described in section 1208(b) shall apply to grants made under this 
section, except that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) references in that section to the State 
        educational agency and to subgrants shall be read to refer to 
        the Secretary and to grants under this section, respectively; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) notwithstanding paragraph (4) of such 
        section, the Secretary shall not provide continuation funding 
        to a recipient under this section if the Secretary determines, 
        after affording the recipient notice and an opportunity for a 
        hearing, that the recipient has not made substantial progress 
        toward achieving its stated objectives and the purpose of this 
        section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(i) Technical Assistance and Evaluation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Technical assistance.--(A) The Secretary 
        shall use not more than 5 percent of the amounts authorized 
        under section 1002(b)(2) for any fiscal year to provide 
        technical assistance to eligible entities, including providing 
        funds to one or more local nonprofit organizations to provide 
        technical assistance to eligible entities in the areas of 
        community development and coalition building, and for the 
        evaluation conducted pursuant to paragraph (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) The Secretary shall allocate 5 percent of 
        the amounts authorized under section 1002(b)(2) in any fiscal 
        year to contract with the National Center for Family Literacy 
        to provide technical assistance to eligible entities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Evaluation.--(A) The Secretary shall use 
        funds available under paragraph (1)(A) to provide an 
        independent evaluation of programs under this section to 
        determine their effectiveness in providing high quality family 
        literacy services including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(i) intensive and high quality services 
                in adult literacy or adult education;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(ii) intensive and high quality services 
                in parent training;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(iii) coordination with related 
                programs;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(iv) training of related personnel in 
                appropriate skill areas; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>to determine if the grant amount provided to grantees 
        to carry out such projects is appropriate to accomplish the 
        goals of this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B)(i) Such evaluation shall be conducted by 
        individuals not directly involved in the administration of a 
        program operated with funds provided under this section. Such 
        independent evaluators and the program administrators shall 
        jointly develop evaluation criteria which provide for 
        appropriate analysis of the factors listed in subparagraph 
        (A).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(ii) In order to determine a program's 
        effectiveness in achieving its stated goals, each evaluation 
        shall contain objective measures of such goals and, whenever 
        feasible, shall obtain the specific views of program 
        participants about such programs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Economic and 
        Education Opportunities of the House of Representatives, the 
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of 
        Representatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of 
        the Senate, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate a report regarding the results of such evaluations not 
        later than March 1, 1999. The Secretary shall provide an 
        interim report by March 1, 1998.''.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Subtitle D--World Class Schools Panel; Core Curriculum; 
               Assessments; and Promotion Gates</DELETED>

          <DELETED>PART 1--WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS PANEL</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2251. ESTABLISHMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There is established a panel to be known as the ``World 
Class Schools Panel''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2252. DUTIES OF PANEL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than July 1, 1996, the Panel 
shall recommend to the Superintendent and the Board of Education the 
following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) A core curriculum for kindergarten through the 
        12th grade developed or selected by the Panel.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) District-wide assessments for measuring 
        student achievement in the curriculum developed or selected 
        under paragraph (1). Such assessments shall be developed at 
        several grade levels, including, at a minimum, the grade levels 
        with respect to which the Superintendent establishes promotion 
        gates, as required under section 2263. To the extent feasible, 
        such assessments shall, at a minimum, be designed to provide 
        information that permits the following comparisons to be 
        made:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Comparisons among individual schools 
                and individual students in the District of 
                Columbia.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Comparisons between individual schools 
                and individual students in the District of Columbia and 
                schools and students in other States and the Nation as 
                a whole.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Comparisons between individual schools 
                and individual students in the District of Columbia and 
                schools and students in other nations whose students 
                historically have scored high on international studies 
                of student achievement.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Model professional development programs for 
        teachers using the curriculum developed or selected under 
        paragraph (1).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Content.--The curriculum and assessments recommended 
under subsection (a) shall be either newly developed or existing 
materials that are judged by the Panel to be--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) ``world class'', including having a level of 
        quality and rigor that is equal to, or greater than, the level 
        of quality and rigor of analogous curricula and assessments of 
        other nations (including nations whose students historically 
        score high on international studies of student achievement); 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) appropriate for the District of Columbia 
        public schools.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Submission to Secretary.--If the curriculum, 
assessments, and model professional development programs recommended by 
the Panel are approved by the Board of Education, the Superintendent 
may submit them to the Secretary of Education as evidence of compliance 
with sections 1111, 1112, and 1119 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2253. MEMBERSHIP.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Panel shall be comprised 
of the Superintendent and 6 other members appointed as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the 
        House of Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) 2 members appointed by the majority leader of 
        the Senate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) 1 member appointed by the President.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) 1 member appointed by the Mayor who--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is a parent of a minor student 
                enrolled in a District of Columbia public school; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) is active in a parent 
                organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Expertise.--The members of the Panel appointed under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) shall be appointed from 
among individuals who are nationally recognized experts on education 
reform in the United States or who are nationally recognized experts on 
education in other nations, including the areas of curriculum, 
assessment, and teacher training.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Terms.--The term of service of each member of the 
Panel shall begin on the date of appointment of the member and shall 
end on the date of the termination of the Panel, unless the member 
resigns from the Panel or becomes incapable of continuing to serve on 
the Panel.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Chairperson.--The members of the Panel shall select a 
chairperson from among them.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Date of Appointment.--The members of the Panel shall 
be appointed not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Commencement of Duties.--The Panel may begin to carry 
out its duties under this part when 5 members of the Panel have been 
appointed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Panel shall not affect 
the powers of the Panel, but shall be filled in the same manner as the 
original appointment.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2254. CONSULTATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Panel shall conduct its work in consultation with--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) officials of the District of Columbia public 
        schools who have been identified by the Superintendent as 
        having relevant responsibilities;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the consortium established under section 
        2604(e); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) any other persons or groups the Panel deems 
        appropriate.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2255. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Meetings.--The Panel shall meet on a regular basis, as 
necessary, at the call of the chairperson or a majority of its 
members.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Voting and Final Decision.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Prohibition on proxy voting.--No individual 
        may vote, or exercise any other power of a member, by 
        proxy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Final decisions.--In making final decisions of 
        the Panel with respect to the exercise of its duties and 
        powers, the Panel shall operate on the principle of majority 
        vote.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Public Access.--The Panel shall ensure public access 
to its proceedings (other than proceedings, or portions of proceedings, 
relating to internal personnel and management matters) and make 
available to the public, at reasonable cost, transcripts of such 
proceedings.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) No Pay for Performance of Duties.--Members of the 
Commission may not be paid for the performance of duties vested in the 
Commission.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Travel Expenses.--Each member shall receive travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with 
section 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2256. GIFTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Panel may, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, accept donations of money, property, and personal services, 
except that no donations may be accepted for travel or reimbursement of 
travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of the 
Panel.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2257. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND 
              CONSULTANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Director.--The Chairperson of the Panel, without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
the appointment and compensation of officers or employees of the United 
States, shall appoint a Director to be paid at a rate not to exceed the 
rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Appointment and Pay of Employees.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Appointment.--The Director may appoint not 
        more than 6 additional employees to serve as staff to the Panel 
        without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
        Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
        service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Pay.--The employees appointed under paragraph 
        (1) may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
        and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
        Code, relating to classification and General Schedule pay 
        rates, but shall not be paid a rate that exceeds the maximum 
        rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General 
        Schedule.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Experts and Consultants.--The Panel may procure 
temporary and intermittent services of experts and consultants under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon the request of the 
Panel, the head of any department or agency of the United States may 
detail any of the personnel of such agency to the Panel to assist the 
Panel in its duties under this part.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2258. TERMINATION OF PANEL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Panel shall terminate upon the completion of its work, 
but not later than August 1, 1996.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2259. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
part $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. Such sum shall remain available 
until expended.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>PART 2--DUTIES OF BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO CORE 
         CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENTS, AND PROMOTION GATES</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2261. DEVELOPMENT OF CORE CURRICULUM AND DISTRICT-WIDE 
              ASSESSMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--If the Board of Education does not 
approve both the core curriculum and the district-wide assessments 
recommended by the Panel under section 2252, the Superintendent shall 
develop or select, with the approval of the Board of Education, an 
alternative curriculum and alternative district-wide assessments that 
satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
and subsection (b), of such section, except that the reference to the 
Panel in section 2252(b) shall be considered a reference to the 
Superintendent.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Deadline.--If the Board of Education does not approve 
both the core curriculum and the district-wide assessments recommended 
by the Panel under section 2252, the Superintendent shall meet the 
requirements of subsection (a) not later than August 1, 1996.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2262. ASSESSMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Administration of Assessments.--The Superintendent 
shall administer the assessments developed or selected under section 
2252 or 2261 to students enrolled in the District of Columbia public 
schools and public charter schools on an annual basis.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Dissemination of Information.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph 
        (2), the information derived from the assessments administered 
        under subsection (a) shall be made available, on an annual 
        basis, to the appropriate congressional committees, the 
        District of Columbia Council, the Mayor, parents, and other 
        members of the public.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Limitation.--To release any such information, 
        the Superintendent shall comply with the requirements of 
        section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C 
        1232g).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2263. PROMOTION GATES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Kindergarten through 4th Grade.--Not later than August 
1, 1996, the Superintendent shall establish and implement promotion 
gates with respect to not less than one grade level from kindergarten 
through and including the 4th grade.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) 5th through 8th Grades.--Not later than August 1, 
1997, the Superintendent shall establish and implement promotion gates 
with respect to not less than one grade level from the 5th grade 
through and including the 8th grade.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) 9th through 12th Grades.--Not later than August 1, 
1998, the Superintendent shall establish and implement promotion gates 
with respect to not less than one grade level from the 9th grade 
through and including the 12th grade.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Interim Deadline.--Not later than February 1, 1996, 
the Superintendent shall designate the grade levels with respect to 
which promotion gates will be established and implemented.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Subtitle E--Per Capita District of Columbia Public School and 
                Public Charter School Funding</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2301. ANNUAL BUDGETS FOR SCHOOLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--For fiscal year 1997 and for each 
subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall make annual payments from the 
general fund of the District of Columbia in accordance with the formula 
established under subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Formula.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Mayor and the District of 
        Columbia Council, in consultation with the Board of Education 
        and the Superintendent, shall establish a formula which 
        determines the amount--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) of the annual payment to the Board of 
                Education for the operating expenses of the District of 
                Columbia public schools, which for purposes of this 
                paragraph includes the operating expenses of the Board 
                of Education and the Office of the Superintendent; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) of the annual payment to each public 
                charter school for the operating expenses of each such 
                public charter school established in accordance with 
                subtitle B.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Formula calculation.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (3), the amount of the annual payment under paragraph 
        (1) shall be calculated by multiplying a uniform dollar amount 
        used in the formula established under such paragraph by--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the number of students calculated 
                under section 2302 that are enrolled at District of 
                Columbia public schools, in the case of the payment 
                under paragraph (1)(A); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the number of students calculated 
                under section 2302 that are enrolled at each public 
                charter school, in the case of a payment under 
                paragraph (1)(B).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 
        Mayor and the District of Columbia Council, in consultation 
        with the Board of Education and the Superintendent, may adjust 
        the formula--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to increase or decrease the amount of 
                the annual payment to the District of Columbia public 
                schools or each public charter school based on a 
                calculation of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the number of students served 
                        by such schools in certain grade levels; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the cost of educating 
                        students at such certain grade levels; 
                        and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to increase the amount of the annual 
                payment if the District of Columbia public schools or 
                each public charter school serve a high number of 
                students with special needs (as such term is defined 
                under paragraph (4)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Definition.--The Mayor and the District of 
        Columbia Council shall develop a definition of the term 
        ``students with special needs'' for purposes of carrying out 
        this title.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2302. CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) School Reporting Requirement.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than September 15 of 
        each year, beginning in fiscal year 1997, each District of 
        Columbia public school and public charter school shall submit a 
        report to the Mayor, District of Columbia Council, Board of 
        Education, the Authority, and the eligible chartering authority 
        that approved its charter, containing the information described 
        in subsection (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Special rule.--Not later than April 1 of each 
        year, beginning in 1997, each public charter school shall 
        submit a report in the same form and manner as described in 
        paragraph (1) to ensure accurate payment under section 
        2303(a)(2)(B)(ii).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Calculation of Number of Students.--Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 
October 15 of each year thereafter, the Board of Education shall 
calculate the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The number of students, including nonresident 
        students, enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 of the 
        District of Columbia public schools and in public charter 
        schools established in accordance with this title and the 
        number of students whose tuition for enrollment in other 
        schools is paid for by funds available to the District of 
        Columbia public schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The amount of fees and tuition assessed and 
        collected from the nonresident students described in paragraph 
        (1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The number of students, including nonresident 
        students, enrolled in pre-school and pre-kindergarten in the 
        District of Columbia public schools and in public charter 
        schools established in accordance with this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The amount of fees and tuition assessed and 
        collected from the nonresident students described in paragraph 
        (3).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The number of full time equivalent adult 
        students enrolled in adult, community, continuing, and 
        vocational education programs in the District of Columbia 
        public schools and in public charter schools established in 
        accordance with this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The amount of fees and tuition assessed and 
        collected from resident and nonresident adult students 
        described in paragraph (5).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The number of students, including nonresident 
        students, enrolled in non-grade level programs in District of 
        Columbia public schools and in public charter schools 
        established in accordance with this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) The amount of fees and tuition assessed and 
        collected from nonresident students described in paragraph 
        (7).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Annual Reports.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not later than October 15 of each 
year thereafter, the Board of Education shall prepare and submit to the 
Authority, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Comptroller 
General of the United States, and the appropriate congressional 
committees a report containing a summary of the most recent 
calculations made under subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Audit of Initial Calculations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the 
        United States shall conduct an audit of the initial 
        calculations described in subsection (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conduct of audit.--In conducting the audit, 
        the Comptroller General of the United States--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall provide an opinion as to the 
                accuracy of the information contained in the report 
                described in subsection (b); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall identify any material weaknesses 
                in the systems, procedures, or methodology used by the 
                Board of Education--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in determining the number of 
                        students, including nonresident students, 
                        enrolled in the District of Columbia public 
                        schools and in public charter schools 
                        established in accordance with this title and 
                        the number of students whose tuition for 
                        enrollment in other school systems is paid for 
                        by funds available to the District of Columbia 
                        public schools; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in assessing and collecting 
                        fees and tuition from nonresident 
                        students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Submission of audit.--Not later than 45 days 
        after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United 
        States receives the initial annual report from the Board of 
        Education under subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall 
        submit to the Authority, the Mayor, the District of Columbia 
        Council, and the appropriate congressional committees the audit 
        conducted under this subsection.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Comptroller General of the 
        United States $75,000 for fiscal year 1996 for the purpose of 
        carrying out this subsection.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2303. PAYMENTS TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Escrow for public charter schools.--Except as 
        provided in subsection (b), for any fiscal year, not later than 
        10 days after the date of enactment of the District of Columbia 
        Appropriations Act for such fiscal year, the Mayor shall place 
        in escrow an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts 
        determined under section 2301(b)(1)(B) for use only by District 
        of Columbia public charter schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Transfer of escrow funds.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) 1997 initial payment.--Beginning in 
                1997, not later than October 15 of each year, the Mayor 
                shall transfer, by electronic funds transfer, an amount 
                equal to 75 percent of the amount of the annual payment 
                for a public charter school determined by using the 
                formula established pursuant to section 2301(b) to a 
                bank designated by each public charter 
                school.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) 1997 final payment.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Except as provided in clause 
                        (ii), not later than May 1 of each year 
                        beginning in 1997, the Mayor shall transfer the 
                        remainder of the annual payment for a public 
                        charter school in the same manner as the 
                        initial payment was made under subparagraph 
                        (A).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Beginning in 1997, not later 
                        than March 15, if the enrollment number of a 
                        public charter school has changed from the 
                        number reported to the Mayor, District of 
                        Columbia Council, Board of Education, the 
                        Authority, and the eligible chartering 
                        authority that approved its charter as required 
                        under section 2302(a)(2), the Mayor shall 
                        increase the payment in an amount equal to 50 
                        percent of the amount provided for each student 
                        who has enrolled without another student 
                        withdrawing or dropping out, or shall reduce 
                        the payment in an amount equal to 50 percent of 
                        the amount provided for each student who has 
                        withdrawn or dropped out of school without 
                        another student replacement.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Pro rata reduction or increase in 
                payments.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) If the funds made available to 
                        the District of Columbia public schools for any 
                        fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full 
                        amount that each school is eligible to receive 
                        under this subtitle for such year, the Mayor 
                        shall ratably reduce such amounts for such 
                        year.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) If additional funds become 
                        available for making payments under this 
                        subtitle for such fiscal year, amounts that 
                        were reduced under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                        increased on the same basis as such amounts 
                        were reduced.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Unexpended funds.--Any funds that 
                remain in the escrow account for public charter schools 
                on September 30 of a fiscal year shall revert to the 
                general fund of the District of Columbia.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exception for New Schools.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Authorization.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated $200,000 for any fiscal year for the purpose of 
        carrying out this subsection.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Disbursement to mayor.--The Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall make available and disburse to the Mayor, not 
        later than August 1 of each of the years 1996 through 2000, 
        such funds as have been appropriated under paragraph 
        (1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Escrow.--The Mayor shall place in escrow, for 
        use by public charter schools, any sum disbursed under 
        paragraph (2) that has not yet been paid under paragraph 
        (4).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Payments to schools.--The Mayor shall pay to 
        public charter schools described in paragraph (5), in 
        accordance with this subsection, any sum disbursed under 
        paragraph (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Schools described.--The schools referred to in 
        paragraph (4) are public charter schools that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) did not operate as public charter 
                schools during any portion of the fiscal year preceding 
                the fiscal year for which funds are authorized to be 
                appropriated under paragraph (1); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) operated as public charter schools 
                during the fiscal year for which funds are authorized 
                to be appropriated under paragraph (1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Formula.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) 1996.--The amount of the payment to a 
                public charter school described in paragraph (5) that 
                begins operation in fiscal year 1996 shall be 
                calculated by multiplying $6,300 by 
                </DELETED>\<DELETED>1/12</DELETED>\ <DELETED>of the 
                total anticipated enrollment as set forth in the 
                petition to establish the public charter school; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) 1997 through 2000.--The amount of the 
                payment to a public charter school described in 
                paragraph (5) that begins operation in any of fiscal 
                years 1997 through 2000 shall be calculated by 
                multiplying the uniform dollar amount used in the 
                formula established under 2301(b) by 
                </DELETED>\<DELETED>1/12</DELETED>\ <DELETED>of the 
                total anticipated enrollment as set forth in the 
                petition to establish the public charter 
                school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Payment to schools.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Transfer.--On September 1 of each of 
                the years 1996 through 2000, the Mayor shall transfer, 
                by electronic funds transfer, the amount determined 
                under paragraph (6) for each public charter school from 
                the escrow account established under subsection (a) to 
                a bank designated by each such school.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Pro rata and remaining funds.--
                Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (a)(2) shall 
                apply to payments made under this subsection.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Subtitle F--School Facilities Repair and Improvement</DELETED>

              <DELETED>PART 1--SCHOOL FACILITIES</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2351. AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 1995, the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration and the 
Superintendent shall enter into a Memorandum of Agreement or 
Understanding (referred to in this subtitle as the ``Agreement'') 
authorizing, to the extent provided in this subtitle, the Administrator 
to provide technical assistance to the District of Columbia public 
schools regarding school facilities repair and improvements, including 
contracting for and supervising the repair and improvements of such 
facilities and the coordination of such efforts.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Agreement Provisions.--The Agreement shall include the 
following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) General authority.--Provisions that give the 
        Administrator authority--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to supervise and direct District of 
                Columbia public school personnel responsible for public 
                school facilities repair and improvements;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to develop, coordinate and implement a 
                systemic and comprehensive facilities revitalization 
                program, taking into account the ``Preliminary 
                Facilities Master Plan 2005'' (prepared by the 
                Superintendent's Task Force on Education Infrastructure 
                for the 21st Century) to repair and improve District of 
                Columbia public school facilities, including a list of 
                facilities and renovation schedule that prioritizes 
                facilities to be repaired and improved;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) to accept private goods and services 
                for use by District of Columbia public schools, in 
                consultation with the nonprofit corporation referred to 
                in section 2603;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) to recommend specific repair and 
                improvement projects in District of Columbia public 
                school facilities by members and units of the National 
                Guard and military reserve, consistent with section 
                2351(b)(1)(B); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) to access all District of Columbia 
                public school facilities and any records or documents 
                regarding such facilities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Cooperation.--Assurances by the Administrator 
        and the Superintendent to cooperate with each other, and with 
        the nonprofit corporation referred to in section 2603, in any 
        way necessary, to ensure implementation of the 
        Agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duration of Agreement.--The Agreement shall remain in 
effect until the agency designated pursuant to section 2352(a)(2) 
assumes responsibility for the District of Columbia public school 
facilities but shall terminate not later than 24 months after the date 
that the Agreement is signed, whichever is earlier.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2352. FACILITIES REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Program.--Not later than 24 months after the date that 
the Agreement is signed, the Mayor and the District of Columbia Council 
shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in consultation with the Administrator, the 
        Authority, the Board of Education, and the Superintendent, 
        design and implement a facilities repair, maintenance, 
        improvement, and management program; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) designate a new or existing agency or 
        authority to administer such program to repair, improve, and 
        maintain the physical condition and safety of District of 
        Columbia public school facilities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Proceeds.--Such management program shall include 
provisions that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) identify short-term funding for capital and 
        maintenance of such facilities, which may include retaining 
        proceeds from the sale or lease of a District of Columbia 
        public school facility; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) identify and designate long-term funding for 
        capital and maintenance of such facilities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Implementation.--Upon implementation of such program, 
the agency or authority created or designated pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) shall assume authority and responsibility for repair, 
maintenance, improvement, and management of District of Columbia public 
schools.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2353. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For purposes of this subtitle, the following terms have 
the following meanings:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) Facilities.--The term ``facilities'' means buildings, 
structures, and real property.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2354. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal 
years 1996 and 1997, $2,000,000 to the District of Columbia public 
schools for use by the Administrator to carry out this 
subtitle.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>PART 2--WAIVERS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2361. WAIVERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--All District of Columbia fees, all 
requirements found in the document ``The District of Columbia Public 
Schools Standard Contract Provisions'' published by the District of 
Columbia public schools for use with construction maintenance projects, 
shall be waived, for purposes of repair and improvement of the District 
of Columbia public schools for a period of 24 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Limitation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Waiver application.--A waiver under subsection 
        (a) shall apply only to contractors, subcontractors, and any 
        other groups, entities, or individuals who donate materials and 
        services to the District of Columbia public schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Insurance requirements.--Nothing in this 
        section shall be construed to waive the requirements for a 
        contractor to maintain adequate insurance coverage.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2362. APPLICATION FOR PERMITS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    An application for a permit during the 24-month period 
described in section 2311(a), required by the District of Columbia 
government for the repair or improvement of a District of Columbia 
public school shall be acted upon not later than 20 days after receipt 
of the application by the respective District of Columbia permitting 
authorities.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>Subtitle G--Department of Education ``D.C. Desk''</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2401. ESTABLISHMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There shall be established within the Office of the 
Secretary of the Department of Education a District of Columbia 
Technical Assistance Office (in this subtitle referred to as the ``D.C. 
Desk'').</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2402. DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COORDINATED 
              TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The D.C. Desk shall be administered by a Director for 
District of Columbia Coordinated Technical Assistance. The Director 
shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall not be paid at a rate 
that exceeds the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the 
General Schedule.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2403. DUTIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Director of the D.C. Desk shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) coordinate with the Superintendent a 
        comprehensive technical assistance strategy by the Department 
        of Education that supports the District of Columbia public 
        schools first year reforms and long-term plan described in 
        section 2101;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) identify all Federal grants for which the 
        District of Columbia public schools are eligible to apply to 
        support implementation of its long term plan;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) identify private and public resources 
        available to the District of Columbia public schools that are 
        consistent with the long-term plan described in section 2101; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) provide additional technical assistance as 
        assigned by the Secretary which supports reform in the District 
        of Columbia public schools.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Subtitle H--Residential School</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2451. PLAN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Superintendent may develop a plan to 
establish a residential school for the 1997-1998 school year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Requirements.--If developed, the plan for the 
residential school shall include, at a minimum--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) options for the location of the school, 
        including renovation or building of a new facility;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) financial plans for the facility, including 
        annual costs to operate the school, capital expenditures 
        required to open the facility, maintenance of facilities, and 
        staffing costs; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) staff development and training 
        plans.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2452. USE OF FUNDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Funds under this subtitle shall be used for--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) planning requirements as described in section 
        2451; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) capital costs associated with the start-up of 
        a residential school, including the purchase of real and 
        personal property and the renovation of existing 
        facilities.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2453. FUTURE FUNDING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Superintendent shall identify, not later than December 
31, 1996, in a report to the Mayor, City Council, the Authority, the 
Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Governmental Reform Committee, the House Economic and 
Educational Opportunities Committee, and the Senate Labor and Human 
Resources Committee and the Governmental Affairs Committee, non-Federal 
funding sources for operation of the residential school.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2454. GIFTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Superintendent may accept donations of money, 
property, and personal services for purposes of the establishment and 
operation of a residential school.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2455. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated to the District 
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 to carry out this subtitle for initial 
start-up expenses of a residential school in the District of Columbia, 
of which not more than $100,000 may be used to carry out section 
2451.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Subtitle I--Progress Reports and Accountability</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2501. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chairman of the District of Columbia Council shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing 
legislative and other actions the District of Columbia Council has 
taken or will take to facilitate the implementation of the reforms 
described in section 2502.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2502. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ON REFORMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than August 1, 1996, the Superintendent shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Board of 
Education, the Mayor, and the District of Columbia Council a progress 
report that includes the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The status of the approval by the Board of 
        Education of the core curriculum--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) recommended by the Panel under section 
                2252(a)(1); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) selected or developed by the 
                Superintendent under section 2261.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The status of the approval by the Board of 
        Education of the district-wide assessments for measuring 
        student achievement--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) recommended by the Panel under section 
                2252(a)(2); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) selected or developed by the 
                Superintendent under section 2261.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The status of the establishment and 
        implementation of promotion gates under section 2263.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Identification of strategies to assist 
        students who do not meet promotion gate criteria.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The status of the implementation of a policy 
        that provides rewards and sanctions for individual schools 
        based on student performance on district-wide 
        assessments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) A description of the activities carried out 
        under the program established under section 2604(e).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The status of implementation by the Board of 
        Education, after consultation with the Superintendent and 
        unions (including unions that represent teachers and unions 
        that represent principals) of a policy for performance-based 
        evaluation of principals and teachers.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) A description of how the private sector 
        partnership described in subtitle K is working collaboratively 
        with the Board of Education and the Superintendent.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) The status of implementation of policies 
        developed by the Superintendent and the Board of Education that 
        establish incentive pay awards for staff of District of 
        Columbia public schools who meet annual performance goals based 
        on district-wide assessments at individual schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) A description of how staffing decisions have 
        been revised to delegate staffing to individual schools and 
        transfer additional decisionmaking with respect to budgeting to 
        the individual school level.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) A description of, and the status of 
        implementation of, policies adopted by the Board of Education 
        that require competitive appointments for all 
        positions.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) The status of implementation of policies 
        regarding alternative teacher certification 
        requirements.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) The status of implementation of testing 
        requirements for teacher licensing renewal.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (14) The status of efforts to increase the 
        involvement of families in the education of students, 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the development of family resource 
                centers;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the expansion of Even Start programs 
                described in part B of chapter 1 of title I of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the development and implementation of 
                policies to increase parental involvement in 
                education.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (15) A description of, and the status of 
        implementation of, a policy to allow District of Columbia 
        public schools to be used after school hours as community 
        centers, including the establishment of at least one prototype 
        pilot project in one school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (16) A description of, and the status of 
        implementation of, a policy to increase the participation of 
        tutors and mentors for students, beginning not later than the 
        8th grade.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (17) A description of the status of implementation 
        of the agreement with the Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration under part 1 of subtitle E.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (18) A description of the status of the District 
        of Columbia public school central office budget and staffing 
        reductions from the level at the end of fiscal year 1995 and a 
        review of the market-based provision of services provided by 
        the central office to schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (19) The development by the Superintendent of a 
        system of parental choice among District of Columbia public 
        schools where per pupil funding follows the student (``Public 
        School Vouchers'') and adoption by the Board of 
        Education.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (20) The status of the processing of public 
        charter school petitions submitted to the Board of Education in 
        accordance with subtitle B.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (21) The status of the revision and implementation 
        by the Board of Education of the discipline policy for the 
        District of Columbia public schools in order to ensure a safe, 
        disciplined environment conducive to learning.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Subtitle J--Low-Income Scholarships</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2551. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOLARSHIP 
              CORPORATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) General Requirements.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        established a private, nonprofit corporation, to be known as 
        the ``District of Columbia Scholarship Corporation'' (referred 
        to in this subtitle as the ``Corporation''), which is not an 
        agency or establishment of the United States 
        Government.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Duties.--The Corporation shall have the 
        responsibility and authority to administer, publicize, and 
        evaluate the District of Columbia Scholarship Program, and to 
        determine student and school eligibility.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Consultation.--The Corporation shall exercise 
        its authority in a manner consistent with maximizing 
        educational choices and opportunities for the maximum number of 
        interested families, and in consultation with other school 
        scholarship programs in the District of Columbia.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Application of provisions.--The Corporation 
        shall be subject to the provisions of this Act, and, to the 
        extent consistent with this section, to the District of 
        Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act (D.C. Code, 29-501 et 
        seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Residence.--The Corporation shall have its 
        place of business in the District of Columbia and shall be 
        considered, for purposes of venue in civil actions, to be a 
        resident thereof.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Organization and Management, Board of Directors.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Membership.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The Corporation shall 
                have a Board of Directors (referred to in this subtitle 
                as the ``Board''), comprised of 7 members with 6 
                members of the Board appointed by the President not 
                later than 30 days after receipt of nominations from 
                the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
                majority leader of the Senate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) House nominations.--The President 
                shall appoint 3 of the members from a list of 9 
                individuals nominated by the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives in consultation with the minority 
                leader of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Senate nominations.--The President 
                shall appoint 3 members from a list of 9 individuals 
                nominated by the majority leader of the Senate in 
                consultation with the minority leader of the 
                Senate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Deadline.--The Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives and majority leader of the Senate shall 
                submit their nominations to the President not later 
                than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Appointee of mayor.--The Mayor shall 
                appoint 1 member not later than 60 days after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) Possible interim members.--If the 
                President does not appoint the 6 members of the Board 
                in the 30-day period described in subparagraph (A), the 
                nominees of the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
                and of the Senate, together with the appointee of the 
                Mayor, shall serve as an interim Board of Directors 
                with all the powers and other duties of the Board 
                described in this subtitle, until the President makes 
                the appointments as described in this 
                subsection.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Powers.--All powers of the Corporation shall 
        vest in and be exercised under the authority of its Board of 
        Directors.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Elections.--Members of the Board annually 
        shall elect 1 of the members to be chairperson.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Residency.--All members appointed to the Board 
        must be residents of the District of Columbia at the time of 
        appointment and while serving on the Board.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Nonemployee.--No member of the Board may be an 
        employee of the United States Government or the District of 
        Columbia government when appointed or during tenure on the 
        Board, unless the individual is on a leave of absence from such 
        a position while serving on the Board.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Incorporation.--The members of the initial 
        Board of Directors shall serve as incorporators and shall take 
        whatever steps are necessary to establish the Corporation under 
        the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act (D.C. Code 
        29-501 et seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) General term.--The term of office of each 
        member shall be 5 years, except that any member appointed to 
        fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term 
        for which the predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for 
        the remainder of such term.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Consecutive term.--No member of the Board 
        shall be eligible to serve in excess of 2 consecutive terms of 
        5 years each. A partial term shall be considered as 1 full 
        term. Any vacancy on the Board shall not affect its power, but 
        shall be filled in a manner consistent with this 
        subtitle.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) No benefit.--No part of the income or assets 
        of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of any Director, 
        officer, or employee except as salary or reasonable 
        compensation for services.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Political activity.--The Corporation may not 
        contribute to or otherwise support any political party or 
        candidate for elective public office.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) No officers.--The members of the Board shall 
        not, by reason of such membership, be considered to be officers 
        or employees of the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) Stipends.--The members of the Board, while 
        attending meetings of the Board or while engaged in duties 
        related to such meetings or other activities of the Board 
        pursuant to this subtitle, shall be entitled to a stipend. Such 
        stipend shall be at the rate of $150 per day for which the 
        Board member has been officially recorded as having worked, 
        except that no member may be paid a total stipend amount in any 
        calendar year in excess of $5,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Officers and Staff.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Executive director.--The Corporation shall 
        have an Executive Director, and such other staff, as may be 
        appointed by the Board for terms and at rates of compensation 
        to be fixed by the Board.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Annual rate.--No staff of the Corporation may 
        be compensated by the Corporation at an annual rate of pay 
        which exceeds the basic rate of pay in effect from time to time 
        for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of 
        title 5, United States Code.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Citizenship.--No individual other than a 
        citizen of the United States may be a member of the Board of 
        Directors, or staff of the Corporation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Service.--All officers and employees shall 
        serve at the pleasure of the Board.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Qualification.--No political test or 
        qualification may be used in selecting, appointing, promoting, 
        or taking other personnel actions with respect to officers, 
        agents, or employees of the Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Powers of the Corporation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Generally.--The Corporation is authorized to 
        obtain grants from, and make contracts with, individuals and 
        with private, State, and Federal agencies, organizations, and 
        institutions.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Hiring authority.--The Corporation may hire, 
        or accept the voluntary services of, consultants, experts, 
        advisory boards, and panels to aid the Corporation in carrying 
        out the purposes of this subtitle.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Financial Management and Records.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Audits.--The accounts of the Corporation shall 
        be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted 
        auditing standards by independent certified public accountants. 
        The audits shall be conducted at the place where the accounts 
        of the Corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, 
        financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, 
        things, or property belonging to or in use by the Corporation 
        and necessary to facilitate the audits shall be made available 
        to the person conducting the audit.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Report.--The report by each such independent 
        audit shall be included in the annual report to Congress 
        required by section 2602.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2552. FUNDING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Fund.--There is hereby established in the Treasury a 
fund that shall be known as the District of Columbia Scholarship Fund, 
to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Disbursement.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
make available and disburse to the corporation, at the beginning of 
each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000, such funds as have been 
appropriated to the District of Columbia Scholarship Fund for the 
fiscal year in which such disbursement is to be made.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Availability.--Funds authorized to be appropriated 
under this subtitle shall remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Uses.--Funds authorized to be appropriated under this 
subtitle shall be used by the Corporation in a prudent and financially 
responsible manner, solely for scholarships, contracts, and 
administrative costs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Authorization.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Fund--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and 
                $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 
                2000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) limitation.--Not more than $500,000 may be 
        used in any fiscal year by the Corporation for any purpose 
        other than assistance to students.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2553. SCHOLARSHIPS AUTHORIZED.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The District of Columbia Scholarship 
Corporation established under section 2501 is authorized in accordance 
with this subtitle to award scholarships to students in grades K-12--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) who are District of Columbia residents; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) whose families are at or below 185 percent of 
        the Federal poverty guidelines updated annually in the Federal 
        Register by the Department of Health and Human Services under 
        authority of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 
        Reconciliation Act of 1981.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Use of Scholarship.--A scholarship may be used only 
for--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the cost of the tuition of a private or 
        independent school located within the geographic boundaries of 
        the District of Columbia or the cost of the tuition of public, 
        private, or independent school located within Montgomery 
        County, Maryland; Prince Georges County, Maryland; Arlington 
        County, Virginia; Alexandria City, Virginia; Falls Church City, 
        Virginia; or Fairfax County, Virginia; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the cost of fees and other expenses for 
        instructional services provided to students on school grounds 
        outside of regular school hours or the cost of transportation 
        for a student enrolled in a District of Columbia public school, 
        public charter school, or independent or private school 
        participating in the tuition scholarship program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Not School Aid.--A scholarship shall be considered 
assistance to the student and shall not be considered assistance to the 
school.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2554. ELIGIBILITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--A student who is entitled to receive a 
public school education in the District of Columbia and who meets the 
requirements of section 2553(a) is eligible for a scholarship under 
subsections (c) and (d) of section 2555.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Priority in Year One.--In fiscal year 1996, priority 
shall be given to students currently enrolled in a District of Columbia 
public school or preparing to enter kindergarten in 1996.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Subsequent Priority.--In subsequent fiscal years, 
priority shall be given to scholarship recipients from the preceding 
year.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2555. SCHOLARSHIPS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Awards.--From the funds made available under this 
subtitle, the Corporation shall award scholarships and make payments, 
on behalf of the student, to participating schools as described in 
section 2559.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Notification.--Each school that enrolls scholarship 
students shall notify the Corporation--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) not later than 10 days after the date 
                that a student is enrolled, of the names, addresses, 
                and grade level of each scholarship student to the 
                Corporation; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) not later than 10 days after the date 
                of the withdrawal of any scholarship student.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Tuition Scholarship Amount.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Below poverty level.--For a student whose 
        family income is at or below the poverty level, a tuition 
        scholarship amount may not exceed the lesser of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the cost of a school's tuition; 
                or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) $3,000 in 1996 with such amount 
                adjusted in proportion to changes in the Consumer Price 
                Index of all urban consumers published by the 
                Department of Labor for each of fiscal years 1997 
                through 2000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Above poverty level.--For a student whose 
        family income is greater than the poverty level, but not more 
        than 185 percent above the poverty level, a tuition scholarship 
        amount may not exceed the lesser of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) 50 percent of the cost of a school's 
                tuition; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) $1,500 in 1996 with such amount 
                adjusted in proportion to changes in the Consumer Price 
                Index of all urban consumers published by the 
                Department of Labor for each of fiscal years 1997 
                through 2000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Fee or Transportation Scholarship Amount.--The fee or 
transportation scholarship amount may not exceed the lesser of--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) fees for instructional services provided to 
        students on school grounds outside of regular school hours or 
        the costs of transportation for students enrolled in the 
        District of Columbia public schools, public charter schools, or 
        independent or private schools participating in the tuition 
        scholarship program; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) $500 in fiscal year 1996 with such amount 
        adjusted in proportion to the changes in the Consumer Price 
        Index of all urban consumers published by the Department of 
        Labor for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Proportion of Different Types of Scholarships.--In 
each year, the Corporation shall ensure that the number of scholarships 
awarded for tuition and the number awarded for fees or transportation 
shall be equal, to the extent practicable.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Funding Shortfall.--If, after the District of Columbia 
Scholarship Corporation determines the total number of eligible 
applicants for an academic year surpasses the amount of funds available 
in a fiscal year to fund all awards for such academic year, a random 
selection process shall be used to determine which eligible applicants 
receive awards.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Exception.--Subsection (e) shall not apply to 
individuals receiving scholarship priority described in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 2554.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2556. SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY FOR TUITION 
              SCHOLARSHIPS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Application.--A school that desires to accept tuition 
scholarship students for a school year shall file an application with 
the Corporation by July 1 of the preceding school year, except that in 
fiscal year 1996, schools shall file such applications by such date as 
the Corporation shall designate for such purpose. In the application, 
the school shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) certify that it has operated during the 
        current school year with not less than 25 students,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) assure that it will comply with all applicable 
        requirements of this subtitle; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) provide the most recent financial audit, 
        completed not earlier than 3 years before the date such 
        application is filed, from an independent certified public 
        accountant using generally accepted auditing 
        standards.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Eligibility Certification.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (3), not later than 60 days after receipt of such information, 
        the Corporation shall certify the eligibility of a school to 
        participate in the tuition scholarship program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Continuation.--Eligibility shall continue in 
        subsequent years unless revoked as described in subsection 
        (d).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Exception for 1996.--In fiscal year 1996 after 
        receipt of the information described in subsection (a), the 
        Corporation shall certify the eligibility of a school to 
        participate in the tuition scholarship program at the earliest 
        practicable date.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) New Schools.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--A school that did not operate in 
        the preceding academic year may apply for a 1-year provisional 
        certification of eligibility to participate in the tuition 
        scholarship program for a single school year by providing to 
        the Corporation not later than July 1 of the preceding calendar 
        year for which such school intends to begin operations--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a list of the organization's board of 
                directors;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) letters of support from not less than 
                10 members of the community;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) a business plan;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) intended course of study;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) assurances that it will begin 
                operations with not less than 25 students; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) assurances that it will comply with 
                all applicable requirements of this subtitle.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Certification.--Not later than 60 days after 
        the date of receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 
        (1), the Corporation shall certify in writing the school's 
        provisional eligibility for the tuition scholarship program 
        unless good cause exists to deny certification.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Denial of certification.--If certification or 
        provisional certification is denied for participation in the 
        tuition scholarship program, the Corporation shall provide a 
        written explanation to the applicant school of the reasons for 
        such decision.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Revocation of Eligibility.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Upon written petition from the 
        parent of a tuition scholarship student or on the Corporation's 
        own motion, the Corporation may, after notice and hearing, 
        revoke a school's certification of eligibility for tuition 
        scholarships for the subsequent school year for good cause, 
        including a finding of a pattern of violation of program 
        requirements described in section 2557(a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Explanation.--If the eligibility of a school 
        is revoked, the Corporation shall provide a written explanation 
        for its decision to such school.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2557. TUITION SCHOLARSHIP PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              INDEPENDENT AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Independent and Private School Requirements.--
Independent and private schools participating in the tuition 
scholarship program shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) not discriminate on the basis of race, color, 
        or national origin, or on the basis of a student's disabilities 
        if the school is equipped to provide an appropriate 
        education;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) abide by all applicable health and safety 
        requirements of the District of Columbia public 
        schools;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) provide to the Corporation not later than June 
        30 of each year the most recent financial audit completed not 
        earlier than 3 years before the date the application is filed 
        from an independent certified public accountant using generally 
        accepted auditing standards;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) abide by all local regulations in effect for 
        independent or private schools;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) provide data to the Corporation as set forth 
        in section 2562, and conform to tuition requirements as set 
        forth in section 2555; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) charge tuition scholarship recipients the same 
        tuition amount as other students who are residents of the 
        District of Columbia and enrolled in the same school.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Compliance.--The Corporation may require documentation 
of compliance with the requirements of subsection (a), but neither the 
Corporation nor any governmental entity may impose additional 
requirements upon independent and private schools as a condition of 
participation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Withdrawal from Program.--Schools may withdraw from 
the tuition scholarship program at any time, refunding to the 
Corporation the proportion of any scholarship payments already received 
for the remaining days in the school year on a pro rata basis. If a 
school withdraws during an academic year, it shall permit scholarship 
students to complete the year at their own expense.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2558. CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the rights of 
students or the obligations of the District of Columbia public schools 
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2559. PAYMENTS FOR TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Proportional payment.--The Corporation shall 
        make tuition scholarship payments to participating schools not 
        later than October 15 of each year equal to half the total 
        value of the scholarships awarded to students enrolled at such 
        school, and half of such amount not later than January 15 of 
        the following calendar year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Pro rata amounts for student withdrawl.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Before payment.--If a student 
                withdraws before a tuition scholarship payment is made, 
                the school shall receive a pro rata amount based on the 
                school's tuition for the number of days the student was 
                enrolled.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) After payment.--If a student withdraws 
                after a tuition scholarship payment is made, the school 
                shall refund to the Corporation the proportion of any 
                scholarship payments already received for the remaining 
                days of the school year on a pro rata basis. Such 
                refund shall occur not later than 30 days after the 
                date of the withdrawal of a student.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Fund Transfers.--The Corporation shall make tuition 
scholarship payments to participating schools by electronic funds 
transfer. If such an arrangement is not available, the school shall 
submit an alternative proposal to the Corporation for 
approval.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2560. TUITION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION 
              PROCEDURES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Corporation shall implement a schedule and procedures 
for processing applications for the tuition scholarship program that 
includes a list of eligible schools, distribution of information to 
parents and the general public, and deadlines for steps in the 
application and award process.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2561. TUITION SCHOLARSHIP REPORTING 
              REQUIREMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--A school enrolling tuition scholarship 
students shall report not later than July 30 of each year in a manner 
prescribed by the Corporation, the following data:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Standardized test scores, if any, for 
        scholarship students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Grade advancement for scholarship 
        students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Disciplinary actions taken with respect to 
        scholarship students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Graduation, college admission test scores, and 
        college admission rates, if applicable for scholarship 
        students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Types and amounts of parental involvement 
        required for all families.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Student attendance for scholarship 
        students.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) General information on curriculum, programs, 
        facilities, credentials of personnel, and disciplinary 
        rules.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Confidentiality.--No personal identifiers may be used 
in the body of such report except that the Corporation may request such 
confidential information solely for the purpose of 
verification.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2562. FEE OR TRANSPORTATION SCHOLARSHIP PROCEDURES AND 
              CRITERIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Policies and Procedures.--The Corporation shall 
implement policies and procedures and criteria for administering 
scholarships for use with providers approved by the Corporation either 
for the cost of fees for instructional services provided to students on 
school grounds outside of regular school hours or for the costs of 
transportation for students enrolled in District of Columbia public 
schools, public charter schools, or independent or private schools 
participating in the tuition scholarship program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Information Dissemination.--The Corporation shall 
distribute information describing the policies and procedures and 
criteria developed pursuant to subsection (a), using the most efficient 
and practicable methods available, to potential applicants and other 
interested parties within the geographic boundaries of the District of 
Columbia.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2563. PROGRAM APPRAISAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Study.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall provide for an evaluation 
of the tuition scholarship program, including--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>     (1) comparison of test scores between tuition 
        scholarship students and District of Columbia public school 
        students of similar background, including by income 
        level;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) comparison of graduation rates between tuition 
        scholarship students and District of Columbia public school 
        students of similar background, including by income level; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) satisfaction of parents of scholarship 
        students.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than September 1 of 
each year, the Corporation shall submit a progress report on the 
scholarship program to the appropriate congressional 
committees.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2564. JUDICIAL REVIEW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Jurisdiction.--The United States District 
        Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction over 
        any legal challenges to the tuition scholarship program and 
        shall provide expedited review.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Protectable interests.--Parents and children 
        shall be considered to have a separate protectable interest and 
        entitled to intervene as defendants in any such 
        action.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Timely review.--The court shall render a 
        prompt decision.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Appeals.--If the tuition scholarship program or any 
part thereof is enjoined or ruled invalid, the decision is directly 
appealable to the United States Supreme Court.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Subtitle K--Partnerships With Business</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2601. PURPOSE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the purpose of this title to leverage private sector 
funds utilizing initial Federal investments in order to provide 
students and teachers within the District of Columbia public schools 
and public charter schools with access to state-of-the-art educational 
technology, to establish a regional job training and employment center, 
to strengthen workforce preparation initiatives for students within the 
District of Columbia public schools and public charter schools, and to 
coordinate private sector investments in carrying out this 
title.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2602. DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Superintendent of the District of Columbia public 
schools--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall provide a grant to a private, nonprofit 
        corporation that meets the eligibility criteria under section 
        2603 for the purposes of carrying out the duties under section 
        2604; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall establish a nonprofit organization in 
        accordance with the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation 
        Act for the purpose of carrying out the duties under section 
        2605.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2603. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PRIVATE, NONPROFIT 
              CORPORATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    A private, nonprofit corporation shall be eligible to 
receive a grant under section 2602(1) if the corporation is a national 
business organization which is incorporated in the District of Columbia 
and which--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) has a board of directors which includes 
        members who are also chief executive officers of technology-
        related corporations involved in education and workforce 
        development issues;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) has extensive practical experience with 
        initiatives that link business resources and expertise with 
        education and training systems;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) has experience in working with State and local 
        educational entities throughout the United States on the 
        integration of academic studies with workforce preparation 
        programs; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) has a nationwide structure through which 
        additional resources can be leveraged and innovative practices 
        disseminated.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2604. DUTIES OF THE PRIVATE, NONPROFIT 
              CORPORATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) District Education and Learning Technologies 
Advancement Council.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment.--The corporation shall 
        establish a council to be known as the ``District Education and 
        Learning Technologies Advancement Council'' or ``DELTA 
        Council'' (in this title referred to as the 
        ``council'').</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Membership.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The corporation shall 
                appoint members to the council. An individual shall be 
                appointed as a member to the council on the basis of 
                the commitment of the individual, or the entity which 
                the individual is representing, to providing time, 
                energy, and resources to the council.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Compensation.--Members of the council 
                shall serve without compensation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Duties.--The council--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall advise the corporation in the 
                duties of the corporation under subsections (b) through 
                (d) of this section; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall assist the corporation in 
                leveraging private sector resources for the purpose of 
                carrying out such duties of the corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Access to State-of-the-Art Educational Technology.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The corporation, in conjunction 
        with the Superintendent, students, parents, and teachers, shall 
        establish and implement strategies to ensure access to state-
        of-the-art educational technology within the District of 
        Columbia public schools and public charter schools established 
        in accordance with this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Technology assessment.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--In establishing and 
                implementing the strategies under paragraph (1), the 
                corporation, not later than 90 days after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act, shall provide for an 
                assessment of the current availability of state-of-the-
                art educational technology within the District of 
                Columbia public schools and public charter schools 
                established in accordance with this Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Conduct of assessment.--In providing 
                for the assessment under subparagraph (A), the 
                corporation--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) shall provide for on-site 
                        inspections of the state-of-the-art educational 
                        technology within a minimum sampling of 
                        District of Columbia public schools and public 
                        charter schools established in accordance with 
                        this Act; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) shall ensure proper input 
                        from students, parents, teachers, and other 
                        school officials through the use of focus 
                        groups and other appropriate 
                        mechanisms.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Results of assessment.--The 
                corporation shall ensure that the assessment carried 
                out under this paragraph provides, at a minimum, 
                necessary information on state-of-the-art educational 
                technology within the District of Columbia public 
                schools and public charter schools established in 
                accordance with this Act, including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the extent to which typical 
                        public schools within the District of Columbia 
                        have access to such state-of-the-art 
                        educational technology and training for such 
                        technology;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) how such schools are using 
                        such technology;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the need for additional 
                        technology and the need for infrastructure for 
                        the implementation of such additional 
                        technology;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) the need for computer 
                        hardware, software, training, and funding for 
                        such additional technology or infrastructure; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) the potential for computer 
                        linkages among District of Columbia public 
                        schools and public charter schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Short-term technology plan.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Based upon the results of 
                the technology assessment under paragraph (2), the 
                corporation shall develop a 3-year plan that includes 
                goals, priorities, and strategies for obtaining the 
                resources necessary to implement strategies to ensure 
                access to state-of-the-art educational technology 
                within the District of Columbia public schools and 
                public charter schools established in accordance with 
                this Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Implementation.--The corporation, in 
                conjunction with schools, students, parents, and 
                teachers, shall implement the plan developed under 
                subparagraph (A).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Long-term technology plan.--Prior to the 
        completion of the implementation of the short-term plan under 
        paragraph (3), the corporation shall develop a plan under which 
        the corporation will continue to coordinate the donation of 
        private sector resources for maintaining the continuous 
        improvement and upgrading of state-of-the-art educational 
        technology within the District of Columbia public schools and 
        public charter schools established in accordance with this 
        Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) District Employment and Learning Center.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment.--The corporation shall 
        establish a center to be known as the ``District Employment and 
        Learning Center'' or ``DEAL Center'' (in this title referred to 
        as the ``center''), which shall serve as a regional institute 
        providing job training and employment assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Duties.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Job training and employment assistance 
                program.--The center shall establish a program to 
                provide job training and employment assistance in the 
                District of Columbia.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Conduct of program.--In carrying out 
                the program established under subparagraph (A), the 
                center--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) shall provide job training and 
                        employment assistance to youths who have 
                        attained the age of 18 but have not attained 
                        the age of 26, who are residents of the 
                        District of Columbia, and who are in need of 
                        such job training and employment assistance for 
                        an appropriate period not to exceed 2 
                        years;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) shall work to establish 
                        partnerships and enter into agreements with 
                        appropriate governmental agencies of the 
                        District of Columbia to serve individuals 
                        participating in appropriate Federal programs, 
                        including programs under the Job Training 
                        Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the 
                        Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training 
                        Program under part F of title IV of the Social 
                        Security Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
                        and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
                        2301 et seq.), and the School-to-Work 
                        Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 et 
                        seq.);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) shall conduct such job 
                        training, as appropriate, through a consortia 
                        of colleges, universities, community colleges, 
                        and other appropriate providers in the District 
                        of Columbia metropolitan area;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) shall design modular training 
                        programs that allow students to enter and leave 
                        the training curricula depending on their 
                        opportunities for job assignments with 
                        employers; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) shall utilize resources from 
                        businesses to enhance work-based learning 
                        opportunities and facilitate access by students 
                        to work-based learning and work-experience 
                        through temporary work assignments with 
                        employers in the District of Columbia 
                        metropolitan area.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Compensation.--The center may provide 
                compensation to youths participating in the program 
                under this paragraph for part-time work assigned in 
                conjunction with training. Such compensation may 
                include needs-based payments and reimbursement of 
                expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Workforce Preparation Initiatives.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The corporation shall establish 
        initiatives with the District of Columbia public schools and 
        public charter schools established in accordance with this Act, 
        appropriate governmental agencies, and businesses and other 
        private entities, to facilitate the integration of rigorous 
        academic studies with workforce preparation programs in 
        District of Columbia public schools and public charter 
        schools.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conduct of initiatives.--In carrying out the 
        initiatives under paragraph (1), the corporation shall, at a 
        minimum, actively develop, expand, and promote the following 
        programs:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Career academy programs in secondary 
                schools, as established in certain District of Columbia 
                public schools, which provide a ``school-within-a-
                school'' concept, focusing on career preparation and 
                the integration of the academy programs with vocational 
                and technical curriculum.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Programs carried out in the District 
                of Columbia that are funded under the School-to-Work 
                Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 et 
                seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Professional Development Program for Teachers and 
Administrators.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Establishment of program.--The corporation 
        shall establish a consortium consisting of the corporation, 
        teachers, school administrators, and a consortium of 
        universities located in the District of Columbia (in existence 
        on the date of the enactment of this Act) for the purpose of 
        establishing a program for the professional development of 
        teachers and school administrators employed by the District of 
        Columbia public schools and public charter schools established 
        in accordance with this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conduct of program.--In carrying out the 
        program established under paragraph (1), the consortium 
        established under such paragraph, in consultation with the 
        World Class Schools Panel and the Superintendent, shall, at a 
        minimum, provide for the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Professional development for teachers 
                which is consistent with the model professional 
                development programs for teachers under section 
                402(a)(3), or is consistent with the core curriculum 
                developed by the Superintendent under section 
                411(a)(1), as the case may be, except that in fiscal 
                year 1996, such professional development shall focus on 
                curriculum for elementary grades in reading and 
                mathematics that have been demonstrated to be effective 
                for students from low-income backgrounds.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Private sector training of teachers in 
                the use, application, and operation of state-of-the-art 
                technology in education.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Training for school principals and 
                other school administrators in effective private sector 
                management practices for the purpose of site-based 
                management in the District of Columbia public schools 
                and training in the management of public charter 
                schools established in accordance with this 
                Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Other Private Sector Assistance and Coordination.--The 
corporation shall coordinate private sector involvement and voluntary 
assistance efforts in support of repairs and improvements to schools in 
the District of Columbia, including--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) private sector monetary and in-kind 
        contributions to repair and improve school building facilities 
        consistent with section 601;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the development of proposals to be considered 
        by the Superintendent for inclusion in the long-term reform 
        plan to be developed pursuant to section 101, and other 
        proposals to be submitted to the Superintendent, the Board of 
        Education, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the 
        Authority, the Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration, or the Congress; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) a program of rewards for student 
        accomplishment at participating local businesses.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2605. JOBS FOR D.C. GRADUATES PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The nonprofit organization established 
under section 2602(2) shall establish a program, to be known as the 
``Jobs for D.C. Graduates Program'', to assist the District of Columbia 
public schools and public charter schools established in accordance 
with this Act in organizing and implementing a school-to-work 
transition system with a priority on providing assistance to at-risk 
youths and disadvantaged youths.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conduct of Program.--In carrying out the program 
established under subsection (a), the nonprofit organization, 
consistent with the policies of the nationally-recognized Jobs for 
America's Graduates, Inc.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall establish performance standards for such 
        program;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall provide ongoing enhancement and 
        improvements in such program;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) shall provide research and reports on the 
        results of such program; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) shall provide pre-service and in-service 
        training of all staff.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2606. MATCHING FUNDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The corporation shall, to the extent practicable, provide 
funds, an in kind contribution, or a combination thereof, for the 
purpose of carrying out the duties of the corporation under section 
2604, as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) For fiscal year 1996, $1 for every $1 of 
        Federal funds provided under this title for section 
        2604.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) For fiscal year 1997, $3 for every $1 of 
        Federal funds provided under this title for section 
        2604.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) For fiscal year 1998, $5 for every $1 of 
        Federal funds provided under this title for section 
        2604.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2607. REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The corporation shall prepare and submit to the Congress 
on a quarterly basis, or, with respect to fiscal year 1996, on a 
biannual basis, a report which shall contain--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the activities the corporation has carried 
        out, including the duties of the corporation described in 
        section 2604, for the 3-month period ending on the date of the 
        submission of the report, or, with respect to fiscal year 1996, 
        the 6-month period ending on the date of the submission of the 
        report;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) an assessment of the use of funds or other 
        resources donated to the corporation;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the results of the assessment carried out 
        under section 2604(b)(2); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) a description of the goals and priorities of 
        the corporation for the 3-month period beginning on the date of 
        the submission of the report, or, with respect to fiscal year 
        1996, the 6-month period beginning on the date of the 
        submission of the report.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authorization.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Delta council; access to state-of-the-art 
        educational technology; workforce preparation initiatives; 
        other private sector assistance and coordination.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (a), 
        (b), (d) and (f) of section 2604 $1,000,000 for each of the 
        fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Deal center.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out section 2604(c) $2,000,000 for each 
        of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Professional development program for teachers 
        and administrators.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        carry out section 2604(e) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
        years 1996, 1997, and 1998.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Jobs for d.c. graduates program.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 2605--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
                years 1997 through 2000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until 
expended.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2609. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPPORT; SENSE OF THE 
              CONGRESS RELATING TO CONTINUATION OF 
              ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Termination of Federal Support.--The authority under 
this title to provide assistance to the corporation or any other entity 
established pursuant to this title (except for assistance to the 
nonprofit organization established under section 2602(2) for the 
purpose of carrying out section 2605) shall terminate on October 1, 
1998.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Sense of the Congress Relating to Continuation of 
Activities.--It is the sense of the Congress that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the activities of the corporation under 
        section 2604 should continue to be carried out after October 1, 
        1998, with resources made available from the private sector; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the corporation should provide oversight and 
        coordination of such activities after such date.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Subtitle L--Parent Attendance at Parent-Teacher 
                         Conferences</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2651. ESTABLISHMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Policy.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to develop and 
implement a policy requiring all residents with children attending a 
District of Columbia public school system to attend and participate in 
at least 1 parent-teacher conference every 90 days during the school 
year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Withhold Benefits.--The Mayor is authorized to 
withhold payment of benefits received under the program under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act as a condition of participation in 
these parent-teacher conferences.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2652. SUBMISSION OF PLAN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    If the Mayor elects to utilize the powers granted under 
section 2651, the Mayor shall submit to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services a plan for implementation. The plan shall include--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) plans to administer the program;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) plans to conduct evaluations on the success or 
        failure of the program;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) plans to monitor the participation of 
        parents;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) plans to withhold and reinstate benefits; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) long-term plans for the program.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2653. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Beginning on October 1, 1996 and each year thereafter, the 
District shall annually report to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and to the Congress on the progress and results of the program 
described in section 2651 of this Act.</DELETED>
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, 
namely:

                                TITLE I

                    FISCAL YEAR 1996 APPROPRIATIONS

              Federal Payment to the District of Columbia

    For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, $660,000,000, as authorized by section 502(a) of 
the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-
3406.1).

                Federal Contribution to Retirement Funds

    For the Federal contribution to the Police Officers and Fire 
Fighters', Teachers', and Judges' Retirement Funds, as authorized by 
the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act, approved November 17, 
1979 (93 Stat. 866; Public Law 96-122), $52,000,000.

                          Division of Expenses

    The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia 
for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the District of 
Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

    Governmental direction and support, $150,721,000 and 1,465 full-
time equivalent positions (end of year): Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the 
District of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall be 
available from this appropriation for expenditures for official 
purposes: Provided further, That any program fees collected from the 
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the 
debt management program of the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support the 
operations or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood 
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
shall identify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from 
its own locally-generated revenues: Provided further, That $29,500,000 
is used for a pay-as-you-go capital project of which $28,000,000 is 
available to develop and implement a new financial management 
information system and $1,500,000 is available for a needs assessment 
study: Provided further, That the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority shall have given 
prior approval to the work plan and procurement documents for necessary 
hardware and software before work on phase 3, as described in the 
Authority's August 15, 1995 report, is begun.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    Economic development and regulation, $142,711,000 and 1,692 full-
time equivalent positions (end-of-year): Provided, That the District of 
Columbia Housing Finance Agency, established by section 201 of the 
District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency Act, effective March 3, 
1979 (D.C. Law 2-135; D.C. Code, sec. 45-2111), based upon its 
capability of repayments as determined each year by the Council of the 
District of Columbia from the Housing Finance Agency's annual audited 
financial statements to the Council of the District of Columbia, shall 
repay to the general fund an amount equal to the appropriated 
administrative costs plus interest at a rate of four percent per annum 
for a term of 15 years, with a deferral of payments for the first three 
years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the foregoing provision, 
the obligation to repay all or part of the amounts due shall be subject 
to the rights of the owners of any bonds or notes issued by the Housing 
Finance Agency and shall be repaid to the District of Columbia 
government only from available operating revenues of the Housing 
Finance Agency that are in excess of the amounts required for debt 
service, reserve funds, and operating expenses: Provided further, That 
upon commencement of the debt service payments, such payments shall be 
deposited into the general fund of the District of Columbia.

                       Public Safety and Justice

    Public safety and justice, including purchase of 135 passenger-
carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 130 for police-type 
use and five for fire-type use, without regard to the general purchase 
price limitation for the current fiscal year, $960,747,000 and 11,544 
full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year): Provided, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed 
25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Fire Department of the District 
of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger-
carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged 
vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this 
appropriation for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection 
of crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department 
shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve the 
professionalism in the department: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, 
issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police Department's delegated 
small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government may not require the Metropolitan Police 
Department to submit to any other procurement review process, or to 
obtain the approval of or be restricted in any manner by any official 
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for purchases that 
do not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That $250,000 is used for the 
Georgetown Summer Detail; $200,000 is used for East of the River 
Detail; $100,000 is used for Adams Morgan Detail; and $100,000 is used 
for the Capitol Hill Summer Detail: Provided further, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department shall employ an authorized level of 
sworn officers not to be less than 3,800 sworn officers for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia shall house no more than 1,000 inmates in its community 
correctional centers, District operated or contracted, on any given 
date: Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses under the 
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, approved September 3, 1974 
(88 Stat. 1090; Public Law 93-412; D.C. Code, sec. 11-2601 et seq.), 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, shall be available for 
obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception 
in the fiscal year 1975: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
expenses under the District of Columbia Neglect Representation Equity 
Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-129; D.C. Code, sec. 
16-2304), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, shall be 
available for obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year 
since inception in the fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia Guardianship, 
Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986, 
effective February 27, 1987 (D.C. Law 6-204; D. C. Code, sec. 21-2060), 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, shall be available for 
obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception 
in fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500 for 
the Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $1,500 
for the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
and $1,500 for the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts 
shall be available from this appropriation for official purposes: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall operate and 
maintain a free, 24-hour telephone information service whereby 
residents of the area surrounding Lorton prison in Fairfax County, 
Virginia, can promptly obtain information from District of Columbia 
government officials on all disturbances at the prison, including 
escapes, fires, riots, and similar incidents: Provided further, That 
the District of Columbia government shall also take steps to publicize 
the availability of the 24-hour telephone information service among the 
residents of the area surrounding the Lorton prison: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation shall be used to 
reimburse Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince William County, 
Virginia, for expenses incurred by the counties during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, in relation to the Lorton prison complex: 
Provided further, That such reimbursements shall be paid in all 
instances in which the District requests the counties to provide 
police, fire, rescue, and related services to help deal with escapes, 
riots, and similar disturbances involving the prison: Provided further, 
That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard 
for expenses incurred in connection with services that are performed in 
emergencies by the National Guard in a militia status and are requested 
by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified 
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding 
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Provided further, 
That such sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the District 
of Columbia National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be 
available from this appropriation, and the availability of the sums 
shall be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency 
services involved.

                        Public Education System

    Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $800,080,000 and 11,670 full-time 
equivalent positions (end-of-year), to be allocated as follows: 
$585,956,000 and 10,167 full-time equivalent positions for the public 
schools of the District of Columbia; $109,175,000 shall be allocated 
for the District of Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund; $81,940,000 and 
1,079 full-time equivalent positions for the University of the District 
of Columbia; $20,742,000 and 415 full-time equivalent positions for the 
Public Library; $2,267,000 and 9 full-time equivalent positions for the 
Commission on the Arts and Humanities: Provided, That the public 
schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to accept not to 
exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education 
program: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the 
Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President of the University 
of the District of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall 
be available from this appropriation for expenditures for official 
purposes: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be 
available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of the District of 
Columbia at the University of the District of Columbia, unless the 
Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia adopts, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, a tuition rate schedule 
that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at a 
level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable 
public institutions of higher education in the metropolitan area.

                         Human Support Services

    Human support services, $1,859,622,000 and 6,469 full-time 
equivalent positions (end-of-year): Provided, That $26,000,000 of this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
solely for District of Columbia employees' disability compensation: 
Provided further, That the District shall not provide free government 
services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collection, 
utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any legally 
constituted private nonprofit organization (as defined in section 
411(5) of Public Law 100-77, approved July 22, 1987) providing 
emergency shelter services in the District, if the District would not 
be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, approved July 22, 1987 (101 Stat. 
485; Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).

                              Public Works

    Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle 
for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicles for use by 
the Council of the District of Columbia and purchase of passenger-
carrying vehicles for replacement only, $297,568,000 and 1,914 full-
time equivalent positions (end-of-year): Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or 
miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business.

             Washington Convention Center Transfer Payment

    For the Washington Convention Center Fund, $5,400,000.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in 
compliance with an Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, 
adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, 
approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79-648); section 1 of 
an Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to 
borrow funds for capital improvement programs and to amend provisions 
of law relating to Federal Government participation in meeting costs of 
maintaining the Nation's Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 
183; Public Law 85-451; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219); section 4 of an Act to 
authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to plan, 
construct, operate, and maintain a sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles 
International Airport with the District of Columbia system, approved 
June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211; Public Law 86-515); sections 723 and 
743(f) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973, as amended (87 
Stat. 821; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-321, note; 91 Stat. 
1156; Public Law 95-131; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219, note), including 
interest as required thereby, $257,787,000.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

    For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general fund 
accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, $38,678,000, as 
authorized by section 461(a) of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 
1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Public Law 102-106; D.C. Code, sec. 
47-321(a)).

             Repayment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

    For repayment of interest on short-term borrowing, $9,698,000.

             Pay Renegotiation or Reduction in Compensation

    The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for personal 
services in the amount of $46,409,000, by decreasing rates of 
compensation for District government employees; such decreased rates 
are to be realized for employees who are subject to collective 
bargaining agreements to the extent possible through the renegotiation 
of existing collective bargaining agreements.

                             Rainy Day Fund

    For mandatory unavoidable expenditures within one or several of the 
various appropriation headings of this Act, to be allocated to the 
budgets for personal services and nonpersonal services as requested by 
the Mayor and approved by the Council pursuant to the procedures in 
section 4 of the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective September 
16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3-100; D.C. Code, sec. 47-363), $4,563,000: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
quarterly reports by the 15th day of the month following the end of the 
quarter showing how monies provided under this fund are expended with a 
final report providing a full accounting of the fund due October 15, 
1995 or not later than 15 days after the last amount remaining in the 
fund is disbursed.

                        Incentive Buyout Program

    For the purpose of funding costs associated with the incentive 
buyout program, to be apportioned by the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia within the various appropriation headings in this Act from 
which costs are properly payable, $19,000,000.

                         Boards and Commissions

    The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for boards 
and commissions under the various headings in this Act in the amount of 
$500,000.

                   Government Re-Engineering Program

    If a sufficient reduction from employees who are subject to 
collective bargaining agreements is not realized through renegotiating 
existing agreements, the Mayor shall decrease the rates of compensation 
for such employees, notwithstanding the provisions of any collective 
bargaining agreements: Provided, That the Mayor shall reduce 
appropriations and expenditures for personal and nonpersonal services 
in the amount of $16,000,000 within one or several of the various 
appropriation headings in this Act.

                              Outplacement

    For outplacement $1,500,000.

                             Capital Outlay

    For construction projects, $82,850,000, as authorized by an Act 
authorizing the laying of water mains and service sewers in the 
District of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for 
other purposes, approved April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-
140; D.C. Code, secs. 43-1512 through 43-1519); the District of 
Columbia Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 101; 
Public Law 83-364); An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 
District of Columbia to borrow funds for capital improvement programs 
and to amend provisions of law relating to Federal Government 
participation in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation's Capital 
City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public Law 85-451); 
including acquisition of sites, preparation of plans and 
specifications, conducting preliminary surveys, erection of structures, 
including building improvement and alteration and treatment of grounds, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $105,660,000 
appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years is rescinded.

                    Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund

    For the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund, $243,853,000 and 1,024 
full-time equivalent positions (end of year), of which $41,036,000 
shall be apportioned and payable to the debt service fund for repayment 
of loans and interest incurred for capital improvement projects.

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

    For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, established 
by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the Fiscal Year 
ending September 30, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 
1175; Public Law 97-91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing 
the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and 
Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective 
March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, secs. 2-2501 et seq. and 22-
1516 et seq.), $229,950,000 and 88 full-time equivalent positions (end 
of year), to be derived from non-Federal District of Columbia revenues: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall identify the source of 
funding for this appropriation title from the District's own locally-
generated revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal 
sources shall be used to support the operations or activities of the 
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.

                    Cable Television Enterprise Fund

    For the Cable Television Enterprise Fund, established by the Cable 
Television Communications Act of 1981, effective October 22, 1983 (D.C. 
Law 5-36; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1801 et seq.), $2,351,000 and 8 full-time 
equivalent positions (end of year), of which $572,000 shall be 
transferred to the General Fund of the District of Columbia.

                             Starplex Fund

    For the Starplex Fund, $6,580,000 for the expenses incurred by the 
Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted by An Act To 
Establish a District of Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes, 
approved June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2-301 et seq.) and 
the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, approved September 7, 
1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public Law 85-300; D. C. Code, sec. 2-321 et seq.): 
Provided, That the Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory Board for 
the forthcoming fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization 
Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public Law 93-198; D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-301(b)).

                         D.C. General Hospital

    For the District of Columbia General Hospital, established by the 
Reorganization Order No. 57 of the Board of Commissioners, effective 
August 15, 1953, $115,034,000, of which $56,735,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the general fund.

                         D.C. Retirement Board

    For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section 121 of the 
District of Columbia Comprehensive Retirement Reform Act of 1989, 
approved November 17, 1989 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-711), 
$13,440,000 to pay legal, management, investment, and other fees and 
administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement Board 
and 11 full-time equivalent positions (end of year): Provided, That the 
District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and 
to the Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report of the 
allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall 
provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the District of 
Columbia, an item accounting of the planned use of appropriated funds 
in time for each annual budget submission and the actual use of such 
funds in time for each annual audited financial report.

                        Correctional Industries

    For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the District 
of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment Act, approved October 
3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88-622), $10,516,000 and 66 full-
time equivalent positions (end of year).

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

    For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, established by section 101(a) of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104-8), 
$3,500,000.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

    For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, $37,957,000, 
of which $5,400,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general fund.

                      Personal Services Adjustment

    The Mayor, in consultation with the Council and the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for personal services 
costs in the amount of $11,264,000 within one or several of the various 
appropriations headings in this Act.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all vouchers 
covering expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be 
audited before payment by the designated certifying official and the 
vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated 
disbursing official.
    Sec. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or objects of expenditure, such 
amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum 
amount that may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an 
amount set apart exclusively therefor.
    Sec. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when 
authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for privately owned automobiles 
and motorcycles used for the performance of official duties at rates 
established by the Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall not exceed 
the maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed in the 
Federal Property Management Regulations 101-7 (Federal Travel 
Regulations).
    Sec. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations 
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when 
authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That the Council of the District of 
Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts may expend such funds 
without authorization by the Mayor.
    Sec. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds 
and for the payment of judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained in 
this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the 
provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 
78; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).
    Sec. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the 
payment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of 
section 544 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982, 
effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Code, sec. 3-205.44), and 
for the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for Federal 
assistance under the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 
1968, approved July 31, 1968 (82 Stat. 462; Public Law 90-445; 42 
U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).
    Sec. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the District of 
Columbia government for the operation of educational institutions, the 
compensation of personnel, or for other educational purposes may be 
used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of 
school buildings for the use of any community or partisan political 
group during non-school hours.
    Sec. 110. The annual budget for the District of Columbia government 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, shall be transmitted to 
the Congress no later than April 15, 1996.
    Sec. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be made 
available to pay the salary of any employee of the District of Columbia 
government whose name, title, grade, salary, past work experience, and 
salary history are not available for inspection by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight, District of Columbia Subcommittee, the Subcommittee on 
General Services, Federalism, and the District of Columbia, of the 
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the 
District of Columbia, or their duly authorized representative: 
Provided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall be made 
available to pay the salary of any employee of the District of Columbia 
government whose name and salary are not available for public 
inspection.
    Sec. 112. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making payments 
authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, 
effective September 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, sec. 47-421 et 
seq.).
    Sec. 113. No part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including 
boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress or any State legislature.
    Sec. 114. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop 
an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay 
borrowings: Provided, That within a reasonable time after the close of 
each quarter, the Mayor shall report to the Council of the District of 
Columbia and the Congress the actual borrowing and spending progress 
compared with projections.
    Sec. 115. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital projects 
unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from the Council of the 
District of Columbia, by resolution, identifying the projects and 
amounts to be financed with such borrowings.
    Sec. 116. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed for 
capital projects for the operating expenses of the District of Columbia 
government.
    Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended by reprogramming except pursuant to advance 
approval of the reprogramming granted according to the procedure set 
forth in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
(House Report No. 96-443), which accompanied the District of Columbia 
Appropriation Act, 1980, approved October 30, 1979 (93 Stat. 713; 
Public Law 96-93), as modified in House Report No. 98-265, and in 
accordance with the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective 
September 16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3-100; D.C. Code, sec. 47-361 et seq.): 
Provided, That for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996 the above 
shall apply except as modified by Public Law 104-8.
    Sec. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia.
    Sec. 119. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 
the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 
(94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96-425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an 
Environmental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon average of 
less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
    Sec. 120. (a) Notwithstanding section 422(7) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, 
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, 
sec. 1-242(7)), the City Administrator shall be paid, during any fiscal 
year, a salary at a rate established by the Mayor, not to exceed the 
rate established for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 
5315.
    (b) For purposes of applying any provision of law limiting the 
availability of funds for payment of salary or pay in any fiscal year, 
the highest rate of pay established by the Mayor under subsection (a) 
of this section for any position for any period during the last quarter 
of calendar year 1995 shall be deemed to be the rate of pay payable for 
that position for September 30, 1995.
    (c) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Columbia 
Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 793; 
Public Law 79-592; D.C. Code, sec. 5-803(a)), the Board of Directors of 
the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency shall be paid, 
during any fiscal year, per diem compensation at a rate established by 
the Mayor.
    Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization 
Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall apply with respect to the 
compensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay 
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia government shall not be 
subject to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code.
    Sec. 122. The Director of the Department of Administrative Services 
may pay rentals and repair, alter, and improve rented premises, without 
regard to the provisions of section 322 of the Economy Act of 1932 
(Public Law 72-212; 40 U.S.C. 278a), upon a determination by the 
Director, that by reason of circumstances set forth in such 
determination, the payment of these rents and the execution of this 
work, without reference to the limitations of section 322, is 
advantageous to the District in terms of economy, efficiency, and the 
District's best interest.
    Sec. 123. No later than 30 days after the end of the first quarter 
of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of Columbia the 
new fiscal year 1996 revenue estimates as of the end of the first 
quarter of fiscal year 1996. These estimates shall be used in the 
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. The 
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear 
report.
    Sec. 124. Section 466(b) of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 806; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
326), as amended, is amended by striking ``sold before October 1, 
1995''and inserting ``sold before October 1, 1996''.
    Sec. 125. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia 
government or any agency thereof may be renewed or extended without 
opening that contract to the competitive bidding process as set forth 
in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
1183.3), except that the District of Columbia Public Schools may renew 
or extend sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible 
or practical, provided that the determination as to whether to invoke 
the competitive bidding process has been made in accordance with duly 
promulgated Board of Education rules and procedures.
    Sec. 126. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public 
Law 99-177), as amended, the term ``program, project, and activity'' 
shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to each account 
appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any sequestration order 
shall be applied to each of the accounts rather than to the aggregate 
total of those accounts: Provided, That sequestration orders shall not 
be applied to any account that is specifically exempted from 
sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 
as amended.
    Sec. 127. In the event a sequestration order is issued pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved 
December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), as amended, after 
the amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year involved have been paid to the District of Columbia, the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary 
of the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: 
Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the order 
shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation 
accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from 
sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 
as amended.
    Sec. 128. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, the 
District of Columbia shall pay interest on its quarterly payments to 
the United States that are made more than 60 days from the date of 
receipt of an itemized statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons of 
amounts due for housing District of Columbia convicts in Federal 
penitentiaries for the preceding quarter.
    Sec. 129. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any 
office, agency or entity to expend funds for programs or functions for 
which a reorganization plan is required but has not been approved by 
the Council pursuant to section 422(12) of the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
242(12)) and the Governmental Reorganization Procedures Act of 1981, 
effective October 17, 1981 (D.C. Law 4-42; D.C. Code, secs. 1-299.1 to 
1-299.7). Appropriations made by this Act for such programs or 
functions are conditioned on the approval by the Council, prior to 
October 1, 1995, of the required reorganization plans.
    Sec 130. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia government may 
accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal year 1996 if--
            (1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift 
        or donation: Provided, That the Council of the District of 
        Columbia may accept and use gifts without prior approval by the 
        Mayor; and
            (2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its 
        authorized functions or duties.
    (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government shall keep 
accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or 
donation under subsection (a) of this section, and shall make such 
records available for audit and public inspection.
    (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of the 
District of Columbia government'' includes an independent agency of the 
District of Columbia.
    (d) This section shall not apply to the District of Columbia Board 
of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws and regulations of the 
District of Columbia, accept and use gifts to the public schools 
without prior approval by the Mayor.
    Sec. 131. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be 
used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or 
other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or 
United States Representatives under section 4(d) of the District of 
Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979, 
effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. 1-113(d)).
    Sec. 132. None of the Federal funds appropriated under this Act 
shall be expended for any abortion except when it is made known to the 
entity or official to which funds are appropriated under this Act that 
such procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother or that the 
pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.

compensation for the commission on judicial disabilities and tenure and 
                 for the judicial nomination commission

    Sec. 133. Sections 431(f) and 433(b)(5) of the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, secs. 11-1524 and 
title II, App. 433), are amended to read as follows:
            (a) Section 431(f) (D.C. Code, sec. 11-1524) is amended to 
        read as follows:
    ``(f) Members of the Tenure Commission shall serve without 
compensation for services rendered in connection with their official 
duties on the Commission.''.
            (b) Section 433(b)(5)(title 11, App. 433) is amended to 
        read as follows:
            ``(5) Member of the Commission shall serve without 
        compensation for services rendered in connection with their 
        official duties on the Commission.''.

                          multiyear contracts

    Sec. 134. Section 451 of the District of Columbia Self-Government 
and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 
(87 Stat. 803; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1130), is amended 
by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The District may enter into multiyear contracts to obtain 
goods and services for which funds would otherwise be available for 
obligation only within the fiscal year for which appropriated.
    ``(2) If the funds are not made available for the continuation of 
such a contract into a subsequent fiscal year, the contract shall be 
cancelled or terminated, and the cost of cancellation or termination 
may be paid from--
            ``(A) appropriations originally available for the 
        performance of the contract concerned;
            ``(B) appropriations currently available for procurement of 
        the type of acquisition covered by the contract, and not 
        otherwise obligated; or
            ``(C) funds appropriated for those payments.
    ``(3) No contract entered into under this section shall be valid 
unless the Mayor submits the contract to the Council for its approval 
and the Council approves the contract (in accordance with criteria 
established by act of the Council). The Council shall be required to 
take affirmative action to approve the contract within 45 calendar 
days. If no action is taken to approve the contract within 45 calendar 
days, the contract shall be deemed disapproved.''.

  calculated real property tax rate rescission and real property tax 
                                 freeze

    Sec. 135. The District of Columbia Real Property Tax Revision Act 
of 1974, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1051; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
801 et seq.), is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 412 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-812) is amended as 
        follows:
                    (A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking the third 
                and fourth sentences and inserting the following 
                sentences in their place: ``If the Council does extend 
                the time for establishing the rates of taxation on real 
                property, it must establish those rates for the tax 
                year by permanent legislation. If the Council does not 
                establish the rates of taxation of real property by 
                October 15, and does not extend the time for 
                establishing rates, the rates of taxation applied for 
                the prior year shall be the rates of taxation applied 
                during the tax year.''.
                    (B) A new subsection (a-2) is added to read as 
                follows:
    ``(a-2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this 
section, the real property tax rates for taxable real property in the 
District of Columbia for the tax year beginning October 1, 1995, and 
ending September 30, 1996, shall be the same rates in effect for the 
tax year beginning October 1, 1993, and ending September 30, 1994.''.
            (2) Section 413(c) (D.C. Code, sec. 47-815(c)) is repealed.

                           prisons industries

    Sec. 136. Title 18 U.S.C. 1761(b) is amended by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the phrase ``or not for-profit organizations'' 
in its place.

                         reports on reductions

    Sec. 137. Within 120 days of the effective date of this Act, the 
Mayor shall submit to the Council a report delineating the actions 
taken by the executive to effect the directives of the Council in this 
Act, including--
            (1) negotiations with representatives of collective 
        bargaining units to reduce employee compensation;
            (2) actions to restructure existing long-term city debt;
            (3) actions to apportion the spending reductions 
        anticipated by the directives of this Act to the executive for 
        unallocated reductions; and
            (4) a list of any position that is backfilled including 
        description, title, and salary of the position.

           monthly reporting requirements--board of education

    Sec. 138. The Board of Education shall submit to the Congress, 
Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia no later than fifteen 
(15) calendar days after the end of each month a report that sets 
forth--
            (1) current month expenditures and obligations, year-to-
        date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
        expenditure projections versus budget broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, ARC, and object 
        class, and for appropriated funds, nonappropriated funds, and 
        capital financing;
            (2) a breakdown of FTE positions and staff for the most 
        current pay period broken out on the basis of control center, 
        responsibility center, and ARC within each responsibility 
        center, for appropriated funds, nonappropriated funds, and 
        capital funds;
            (3) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
        the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
        responsibility center, detailed object, and ARC, and for all 
        funding sources;
            (4) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
        annually, which contains; the name of each contractor; the 
        budget to which the contract is charged broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, and ARC; and contract 
        identifying codes used by the District of Columbia Public 
        Schools; payments made in the last month and year-to-date, the 
        total amount of the contract and total payments made for the 
        contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; and 
        specific modifications made to each contract in the last month;
            (5) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
        required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
        Education; and
            (6) changes made in the last month to the organizational 
        structure of the District of Columbia Public Schools, 
        displaying previous and current control centers and 
        responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
        entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
        supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
        structural change.

 monthly reporting requirement--university of the district of columbia

    Sec. 139. The University of the District of Columbia shall submit 
to the Congress, Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia no 
later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each month a 
report that sets forth--
            (1) current month expenditures and obligations, year-to-
        date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
        expenditure projections versus budget broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, and object class, and 
        for appropriated funds, nonappropriated funds, and capital 
        financing;
            (2) a breakdown of FTE positions and all employees for the 
        most current pay period broken out on the basis of control 
        center and responsibility center, for appropriated funds, 
        nonappropriated funds, and capital funds.
            (3) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
        the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
        responsibility center, detailed object, and for all funding 
        sources;
            (4) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
        annually, which contains: the name of each contractor; the 
        budget to which the contract is charged broken out on the basis 
        of control center and responsibility center, and contract 
        identifying codes used by the University of the District of 
        Columbia; payments made in the last month and year-to-date, the 
        total amount of the contract and total payments made for the 
        contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; and 
        specific modifications made to each contract in the last month;
            (5) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been 
        made by the University of the District of Columbia within the 
        last month in compliance with applicable law; and
            (6) changes made in the last month to the organizational 
        structure of the University of the District of Columbia, 
        displaying previous and current control centers and 
        responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
        entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
        supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
        structural change.
    Sec. 140. None of the Federal funds appropriated under this Act 
shall be used to implement or enforce any system of registration of 
unmarried, cohabiting couples whether they are homosexual, lesbian, 
heterosexual, including but not limited to registration for the purpose 
of extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to such 
couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally 
married couples; nor shall any funds made available pursuant to any 
provision of this Act otherwise be used to implement or enforce D.C. 
Act 9-188, signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 
1992.

                     annual reporting requirements

    Sec. 141. (a) The Board of Education of the District of Columbia 
and the University of the District of Columbia shall annually compile 
an accurate and verifiable report on the positions and employees in the 
public school system and the university, respectively. The annual 
report shall set forth--
            (1) the number of validated schedule A positions in the 
        District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the 
        District of Columbia for fiscal year 1995, fiscal year 1996, 
        and thereafter on full-time equivalent basis, including a 
        compilation of all positions by control center, responsibility 
        center, funding source, position type, position title, pay 
        plan, grade, and annual salary; and
            (2) a compilation of all employees in the District of 
        Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of 
        Columbia as of the preceding December 31, verified as to its 
        accuracy in accordance with the functions that each employee 
        actually performs, by control center, responsibility center, 
        agency reporting code, program (including funding source), 
        activity, location for accounting purposes, job title, grade 
        and classification, annual salary, and position control number.
    (b) The annual report required by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor and Council of the 
District of Columbia, by not later than February 8 of each year.

                  annual budgets and budget revisions

    Sec. 142. (a) Not later than October 1, 1995, or within 15 calendar 
days after the date of the enactment of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1996, whichever occurs first, and each succeeding 
year, the Board of Education and the University of the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the Congress, the Mayor, and Council of the 
District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating budget for 
the public school system and the University of the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year that is in the total amount of the approved 
appropriation and that realigns budgeted data for personal services and 
other than personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures.
    (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be submitted in the format of the budget that the Board of 
Education and the University of the District of Columbia submit to the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's budget 
submission to the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
section 442 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-301).

                            budget approval

    Sec. 143. The Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the 
University of the District of Columbia, the Board of Library Trustees, 
and the Board of Governors of the D.C. School of Law shall vote on and 
approve their respective annual or revised budgets before submission to 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's 
budget submission to the Council of the District of Columbia in 
accordance with section 442 of the District of Columbia Self-Government 
and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended 
(D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before submitting their respective budgets 
directly to the Council.

                   public school employee evaluations

    Sec. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for evaluating 
District of Columbia Public Schools employees shall be a non-negotiable 
item for collective bargaining purposes.

                           position vacancies

    Sec. 145. (a) No agency, including an independent agency, shall 
fill a position wholly funded by appropriations authorized by this Act, 
which is vacant on October 1, 1995, or becomes vacant between October 
1, 1995, and September 30, 1996, unless the Mayor or independent agency 
submits a proposed resolution of intent to fill the vacant position to 
the Council. The Council shall be required to take affirmative action 
on the Mayor's resolution within 30 legislative days. If the Council 
does not affirmatively approve the resolution within 30 legislative 
days, the resolution shall be deemed disapproved.
    (b) No reduction in the number of full-time equivalent positions or 
reduction-in-force due to privatization or contracting out shall occur 
if the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority, established by section 101(a) of the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 
1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104-8), 
disallows the full-time equivalent position reduction provided in this 
Act in meeting the maximum ceiling of 39,778 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996.
    (c) This section shall not prohibit the appropriate personnel 
authority from filling a vacant position with a District government 
employee currently occupying a position that is funded with 
appropriated funds.
    (d) This section shall not apply to local school-based teachers, 
school-based officers, or school-based teachers' aides.

                       capital project employees

    Sec. 146. (a) Not later than 15 days after the end of every fiscal 
quarter (beginning October 1, 1995), the Mayor shall submit to the 
Council and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report with respect to the employees on the capital 
project budget for the previous quarter.
    (b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section shall include the following information--
            (1) a list of all employees by position, title, grade and 
        step;
            (2) a job description, including the capital project for 
        which each employee is working;
            (3) the date that each employee began working on the 
        capital project and the ending date that each employee 
        completed or is projected to complete work on the capital 
        project; and
            (4) a detailed explanation justifying why each employee is 
        being paid with capital funds.

   modifications of board of education reduction-in-force procedures

    Sec. 147. The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), is amended as follows:
            (a) Section 301 (D.C. Code, sec. 1.603.1) is amended as 
        follows:
                    (1) A new paragraph (13A) is added to read as 
                follows:
            ``(13A) `Nonschool-based personnel' means any employee of 
        the District of Columbia Public Schools who is not based at a 
        local school or who does not provide direct services to 
        individual students.''.
                    (2) A new paragraph (15A) is added to read as 
                follows:
            ``(15A) `School administrators' means principals, assistant 
        principals, school program directors, coordinators, 
        instructional supervisors, and support personnel of the 
        District of Columbia Public Schools.''.
            (b) Section 801A(b)(2) (D.C. Code, sec. 1-609.1(b) (2 )) is 
        amended as follows:
                    (1) By striking the semicolon at the end of 
                subparagraph (L).
                    (2) By adding a new subparagraph (L-i) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(L-i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
                the Board of Education shall not issue rules that 
                require or permit nonschool-based personnel or school 
                administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same 
                competitive level as classroom teachers;''
            (c) Section 2402 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.2) is amended by 
        adding a new subsection (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of 
Education shall not require or permit non-school based personnel or 
school administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same 
competitive level as classroom teachers.''.
    Sec. 148. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools 
shall be--
            (1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
            (2) placed under the personnel authority of the Board of 
        Education; and
            (3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
    (b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate competitive 
area from non-school based personnel who shall not compete with school-
based personnel for retention purposes.

             modification of reduction-in-force procedures

    Sec. 149. The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), is amended as follows:
            (a) Section 2401 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.1) is amended by 
        amending the third sentence to read as follows: ``A personnel 
        authority may establish lesser competitive areas within an 
        agency on the basis of all or a clearly identifiable segment of 
        an agency's mission or a division or major subdivision of an 
        agency.''.
            (b) A new section 2406 is added to read as follows:

``SEC. 2406. ABOLISHMENT OF POSITIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996.

    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or 
collective bargaining agreement either in effect or to be negotiated 
while this legislation is in effect for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, each agency head is authorized, within the agency 
head's discretion, to identify positions for abolishment.
    ``(b) Prior to February 1, 1996, each personnel authority shall 
make a final determination that a position within the personnel 
authority is to be abolished.
    ``(c) Notwithstanding any rights or procedures established by any 
other provision of this title, any District government employee, 
regardless of date of hire, who encumbers a position identified for 
abolishment shall be separated without competition or assignment 
rights, except as provided in this section.
    ``(d) An employee effected by the abolishment of a position 
pursuant to this section who, but for this section would be entitled to 
compete for retention, shall be entitled to one round of lateral 
competition pursuant to Chapter 24 of the District of Columbia 
Personnel Manual, which shall be limited to positions in the employee's 
competitive level.
    ``(e) Each employee who is a bona fide resident of the District of 
Columbia shall have added 5 years to his or her creditable service for 
reduction-in-force purposes. For purposes of this subsection only, a 
nonresident District employee who was hired by the District government 
prior to January 1, 1980, and has not had a break in service since that 
date, or a former employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital who accepted employment with the 
District government on October 1, 1987, and has not had a break in 
service since that date, shall be considered a District resident.
    ``(f) Each employee selected for separation pursuant to this 
section shall be given written notice of at least 30 days before the 
effective date of his or her separation.
    ``(g) Neither the establishment of a competitive area smaller than 
an agency, nor the determination that a specific position is to be 
abolished, nor separation pursuant to this section shall be subject to 
review except as follows:
            ``(1) An employee may file a complaint contesting a 
        determination or a separation pursuant to title XV of this Act 
        or section 303 of the Human Rights Act of 1977, effective 
        December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-38; D.C. Code, sec. 1-2543); and
            ``(2) An employee may file with the Office of Employee 
        Appeals an appeal contesting that the separation procedures of 
        subsections (d) and (f) of this section were not properly 
        applied.
    ``(h) An employee separated pursuant to this section shall be 
entitled to severance pay in accordance with title XI of this Act, 
except that the following shall be included in computing creditable 
service for severance pay for employees separated pursuant to this 
section:
            ``(1) Four years for an employee who qualified for 
        veteran's preference under this Act, and
            ``(2) Three years for an employee who qualified for 
        residency preference under this Act.
    ``(i) Separation pursuant to this section shall not affect an 
employee's rights under either the Agency Reemployment Priority Program 
or the Displaced Employee Program established pursuant to Chapter 24 of 
the District Personnel Manual.
    ``(j) The Mayor shall submit to the Council a listing of all 
positions to be abolished by agency and responsibility center by March 
1, 1996, or upon the delivery of termination notices to individual 
employees.
    ``(k) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1708 or section 
2402(d), the provisions of this act shall not be deemed negotiable.
    ``(l) A personnel authority shall cause a 30-day termination notice 
to be served, no later than September 1, 1996, on any incumbent 
employee remaining in any position identified to be abolished pursuant 
to subsection (b) of this section.''.

  Delay in Conveyance of Property to Columbia Hospital for Women for 
                National Women's Health Resource Center

    Sec. 150. Effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 
103-67, section 1(c)(1) of Public Law 103-67 (107 Stat. 687) is amended 
by striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``3 years''.
    This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1996''.

         TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT ACT

 Subtitle A--Establishment and Organization of Commission on Consensus 
           Reform in the District of Columbia Public Schools

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this subtitle--
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        Commission on Consensus Reform in the District of Columbia 
        Public Schools.
            (2) Board of education or board.--The term ``Board of 
        Education'' or ``Board'' means the Board of Education of the 
        District of Columbia.
            (3) Authority.--The term ``Authority'' means the District 
        of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
        Authority.
            (4) Educational plan.--The term ``Educational Plan'' means 
        the System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan 
        developed and implemented under this Act.
            (5) Mayor.--The term ``Mayor'' means the Mayor of the 
        District of Columbia.
            (6) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Council of the 
        District of Columbia.

SEC. 202. COMMISSION ON CONSENSUS REFORM IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
              PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--There is hereby established the Commission 
        on Consensus Reform in the District of Columbia Public Schools, 
        consisting of 7 members to be appointed in accordance with 
        paragraph (2).
            (2) Membership.--The Commission shall consist of the 
        following members:
                    (A) 1 member to be appointed by the President 
                chosen from a list of 3 proposed members submitted by 
                the Majority Leader of the Senate;
                    (B) 1 member to be appointed by the President 
                chosen from a list of 3 proposed members submitted by 
                the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
                    (C) 2 members to be appointed by the President, 1 
                who shall represent the local business community and 1 
                who is a teacher in the District of Columbia public 
                schools.
                    (D) The President of the District of Columbia 
                Congress of Parents and Teachers.
                    (E) The President of the District of Columbia Board 
                of Education.
                    (F) The Superintendent of Public Schools of the 
                District of Columbia.
                    (G) The Mayor and Council Chairman shall each name 
                one non-voting ex-officio member.
                    (H) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau who 
                shall be an ex officio member.
            (3) Terms of service.--The members of the Commission 
        appointed under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph 
        (2) shall appointed for a term of 3 years.
            (4) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the membership of the 
        Commission shall be filled by the appointment of a new member 
        in the same manner as provided for the vacated membership. A 
        member appointed under this paragraph shall serve the remaining 
        term of the vacated membership.
            (5) Qualifications.--Members of the Commission appointed 
        under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) shall be 
        city residents with a knowledge of education.
            (6) Chair.--The chair of the Commission shall be chosen by 
        the Commission from among its members, except that the 
        President of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of 
        Public Schools shall not be eligible to serve as chair.
            (7) No compensation for service.--Members of the Commission 
        shall serve without pay, but may receive reimbursement for any 
        reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by reason of service 
        on the Commission.
    (b) Executive Director.--The Commission shall have an Executive 
Director who shall be appointed by the Chair with the consent of the 
Commission. The Executive Director shall be paid at a rate determined 
by the Commission, except that such rate may not exceed the highest 
rate of pay payable for level EG16 of the Educational Service.
    (c) Staff.--With the approval of the Chair, the Executive Director 
may appoint and fix the pay of additional personnel as the Executive 
Director considers appropriate, except that no individual appointed by 
the Executive Director may be paid at a rate greater than the rate of 
pay for the Executive Director.
    (d) The Board shall reprogram such funds, as the chairman of the 
Commission shall in writing request, from amounts available to the 
Board.

SEC. 203. GENERAL POWERS.

    (a) In General.--The Commission shall have the following powers:
            (1) Financial control over the District of Columbia public 
        schools exercised through the Authority.
            (2) To approve and monitor the development and 
        implementation of the Board's Educational Plan.
            (3) To exercise its authority, as provided in this 
        subtitle, as necessary to facilitate implementation of the 
        Board's Educational Plan.
            (4) To promulgate rules concerning the management and 
        direction of the Board, as deemed necessary, to address 
        obstacles to the development or implementation of the 
        Educational Plan.
    (b) Limitation.--Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the 
Commission shall have no powers to involve itself in the management or 
operation of the Board in the implementation of the Educational Plan.

SEC. 204. SYSTEM-WIDE EDUCATIONAL REFORM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES PLAN.

    (a) Board Plan.--The Board shall develop, adopt, and submit to the 
Commission on or before March 1, 1996, a System-Wide Educational Reform 
Goals and Objectives Plan with respect to the 1996-1997 school year. 
Thereafter, the Board shall develop, adopt and submit to the Commission 
on or before March 1 of each year an Educational Plan for the coming 
school year. The Board shall have an Educational Plan for every year.
    (b) Commission Approval.--The Commission shall approve or reject, 
in whole or in part, the Educational Plan submitted to it by the Board 
within 30 days of its receipt. No Educational Plan shall have force or 
effect without approval of the Commission.
    (c) Development and Centers for Approval Plan.--Each Educational 
Plan shall be developed, submitted, approved, and monitored in 
accordance with the following procedures:
            (1) Each Educational Plan shall include specific provisions 
        designed to accomplish the following objectives and reflect the 
        cumulative effect of the Local School Restructuring Team (LSRT) 
        in terms of student needs, financial requirements, and 
        timeliness for implementation:
                    (A) To ensure, to the extent possible with 
                available categorical funds designated for this 
                purpose, the provision of education services to all 
                eligible children for the 1997-1998 school year and 
                thereafter.
                    (B) To increase the level of parental involvement 
                in the education of their children.
                    (C) To enhance the range of authority, 
                responsibility, and accountability of principals.
                    (D) To restructure the relationship of the Board 
                and its administrative staff to local schools so that 
                the relationship is characterized by less centralized 
                control.
                    (E) To ensure that all personnel have access to 
                appropriate training opportunities.
                    (F) To ensure the provision of sufficient staff and 
                facility resources for compliance with court orders.
                    (G) To ensure the equitable distribution among the 
                schools and programs of funds budgeted by the Board in 
                accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
                    (H) To ensure that more schools are given the 
                opportunity to operate with more autonomy.
                    (I) To ensure a new, fair, demanding evaluation 
                process and more and better opportunities for teacher 
                preparation.
                    (J) To generate a sense of urgency in the business 
                and philanthropic community and enlist them in targeted 
                support for very particular, concrete school reform 
                goals.
                    (K) To address the school governance issue, and to 
                recommend, within 1 year from the date of the 
                appointment of the members of the Commission 
                constituting a quorum, to the Council, the Mayor, and 
                the relevant committees of the Congress an alternative 
                to the current structure that will eliminate the 
                division of responsibility and accountability among the 
                Board of Education, the District Council and the Mayor.
            (2) Each Educational Plan shall include specific provisions 
        to ensure the best possible utilization of public school space, 
        including provisions--
                    (A) to prepare a plan for adaptive reuse of schools 
                and consolidation;
                    (B) to develop a five-year capital improvement plan 
                to carry out an approved facilities master plan which 
                provides for a system-wide modernization of public 
                schools;
                    (C) to institute management systems to support the 
                implementation of the capital plan, in consultation and 
                cooperation with the Mayor and Authority; and
                    (D) to identify and develop revenue sources for the 
                approved capital improvement plan.

SEC. 205. ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM-WIDE EDUCATIONAL REFORM GOALS AND 
              OBJECTIVES PLAN.

    (a) Plan Goals.--Each Educational Plan shall contain a detailed 
description, including estimates of financial costs and expected dates 
of completion, of--
            (1) the Board's school reform goals and objectives;
            (2) the Board's strategy for implementing its school reform 
        goals and objectives;
            (3) the Board's plans and strategy for implementing 
        applicable District laws enacted to affect school reform;
            (4) the Board's strategy for developing and implementing 
        district-wide guidelines, rules, and procedures with respect to 
        local school decision making as provided by applicable District 
        law enacted as part of any school reform legislation;
            (5) the Board's goals and objectives for the 2-year period 
        subsequent to the school year for which the Educational Plan 
        applies, as prescribed by the Commission; and
            (6) such other information and detail as may be prescribed 
        by the Commission.
    (b) Standards and Procedures.--The Commission may prescribe any 
reasonable time, standards, procedures, or forms for preparation and 
submission of the Educational Plan.
    (c) Approval Criteria.--The Commission shall approve an Educational 
Plan submitted by the Board if, in the Commission's judgment, the 
Educational Plan is--
            (1) complete;
            (2) reasonably capable of being achieved;
            (3) supported by demonstrably sufficient and available 
        funding;
            (4) responsive to any Commission directives or 
        requirements;
            (5) consistent with applicable District laws enacted to 
        affect school reform; and
            (6) reasonably capable of achieving substantial progress 
        toward improving the educational achievement of the students 
        and is consistent with the Bringing Educational Services to 
        Students (BESST) agenda, the District of Columbia Reform 
        Agenda, and the District of Columbia Public Schools Goals 2000 
        Plan.
    (d) Rejection and Revision.--If the Commission rejects an 
Educational Plan submitted by the Board, the Commission may prescribe a 
procedure and standards for revision and resubmission of the 
Educational Plan by the Board. If, within 60 days after the Commission 
notifies the Board of the Commission's rejection of the Board's 
Educational Plan and of the procedures and standards for revision and 
resubmission, the Board fails to approve and resubmit a revised plan 
acceptable to the Commission, the Commission may make revisions and 
adopt a final Educational Plan and direct the Superintendent to 
implement.
    (e) Reporting Requirements.--The Board shall report to the 
Commission, at such times and in such manner as the Commission may 
direct, concerning the Board's implementation of each approved 
Educational Plan. The Commission may review the Board's operations, 
obtain educational and financial data, require the Board to produce 
reports, and have access to any other information in the possession of 
the Board that it deems relevant. The Commission may issue 
recommendations or directives within its powers to the Board for the 
implementation of the approved Educational Plan. The Board shall 
produce such reports and other information and comply with such 
directives.
    (f) Notice of Modification.--After approval of each Educational 
Plan, the Board shall promptly notify the Commission of any material 
change in any matter contained in the approved Educational Plan. The 
Board may submit to the Commission or the Commission may require the 
Board to submit, a modified Educational Plan based upon revised 
information. The Commission shall approve or reject each modified 
Educational Plan pursuant to subsection (c).

SEC. 206. CONSISTENCY WITH SYSTEM-WIDE EDUCATIONAL REFORM GOALS AND 
              OBJECTIVES PLAN.

    (a) Limits on Contracting.--The Board shall not enter into any 
contract, agreement, or other obligation unless it is consistent with 
the Educational Plan in effect.
    (b) Commission Authority Over Contracting.--The Commission shall 
have no power to impair any existing contract or obligation of the 
Board; except, however, that the Commission may direct the Board to 
modify or amend the Board rules or policies that the Commission deems 
necessary to facilitate development or implementation of the 
Educational Plan.
    (c) Review of Contracts.--The Commission may request that the 
Authority review proposed or existing contracts or leases pursuant to 
section 203(b) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 Stat. 118).

SEC. 207. EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AUDITS.

    The Commission may examine and audit records of the Board or 
require the Board to examine and audit its records at such time and in 
such manner as the Commission may prescribe to assure, monitor, and 
evaluate the performance of the Board with respect to compliance with 
an approved Educational Plan and its overall educational achievement. 
The Commission shall conduct an annual audit of the educational 
performance of the Board with respect to meeting the goals of the 
Educational Plan for such year. The audit technique, content, and 
procedures shall be determined by the Commission. The Board shall 
cooperate and assist in the audit as requested by the Commission.

SEC. 208. INVESTIGATIVE POWERS.

    The Commission may investigate any action or activity which may 
hinder the progress of any part of an approved Educational Plan. The 
Board shall cooperate and assist the Commission in any investigation. 
Reports of the findings of any such investigation shall be provided to 
the Board, Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools, 
the Mayor, the Council, the Authority, the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives.

SEC. 209. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--The Commission may at any time submit 
recommendations to the Board, Mayor, the Council, and the Congress on 
actions the District government or the Federal Government should take 
to ensure implementation of the approved Educational Plan.
    (b) Response to Recommendations for Actions Within Authority of the 
Board of Education.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of any recommendations 
        submitted under subsection (a) which are within the authority 
        of the District of Columbia government to adopt, not later than 
        90 days after receiving the recommendations, the Board, shall 
        submit a statement to the Commission which provides notice as 
        to whether the Board will adopt the recommendations.
            (2) Implementation plan required for adopted 
        recommendations.--If the Board notifies the Commission under 
        paragraph (1) that the Board will adopt any of the 
        recommendations submitted under subsection (a), the Board shall 
        include in the statement a written plan to implement the 
        recommendation which includes--
                    (A) specific performance measures to determine the 
                extent to which the Board has adopted the 
                recommendation; and
                    (B) a schedule for auditing the Board's compliance 
                with the plan.
            (3) Explanations required for recommendations not 
        adopted.--If the Board notifies the Commission under paragraph 
        (1) that the Board will not adopt any recommendation submitted 
        under subsection (a) which the Board has authority to adopt, 
        the Board shall include in the statement explanations for the 
        rejection of the recommendations.
            (4) Commission reaction to nonresponse from board or 
        rejection of recommendation.--(A) In the instance where there 
        is no response from the Board at the end of 90 days the 
        Commission shall immediately notify, including the written 
        recommendation submitted under subsection (a) to the Board, the 
        other elements of the District of Columbia government and the 
        Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 
        on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of 
        Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives.
            (B) The Commission may then direct the Superintendent to 
        carry out such recommendation.

SEC. 210. VACANCY IN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board shall 
notify the Commission within 10 days of the occurrence of a vacancy in 
the Superintendent of Public Schools.
    (b) Upon receipt of the notice described in (a) the Commission 
shall, as soon as is practicable, conduct a search for candidates for 
the office of Superintendent of Public Schools and submit the names of 
3 candidates to the Board.
    (c) Within 30 days of the receipt of the names described in (b) the 
Board shall choose one to be the Superintendent of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools.

SEC. 211. IMPROVING ORDER AND DISCIPLINE.

    (a) Dress Code.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than the first day of the 1996-
        1997 school year, the Commission shall develop and implement, 
        through the Board of Education and the Superintendent of 
        Schools, a uniform dress code for the District of Columbia 
        Public Schools.
            (2) Considerations.--The dress code--
                    (A) shall include a prohibition of gang membership 
                symbols;
                    (B) shall take into account the relative costs of 
                any policy for each student; and
                    (C) may include a requirement that students wear 
                uniforms.
    (b) Community Service Requirement for Suspended Students.--
            (1) In general.--Any student suspended from classes at a 
        District of Columbia Public School who is required to serve the 
        suspension outside the school shall perform community service 
        for the period of suspension. The community service required by 
        this subsection shall be subject to rules and regulations 
        promulgated by the Mayor.
            (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect 
        beginning on the first day of the 1996-1997 school year.
    (c) Expiration Date.--This section and the membership provided in 
section 202(a)(2)(H) shall expire on the last day of the 1997-1998 
school year.
    (d) Report.--The Commission shall study the effectiveness of the 
policies implemented pursuant to this section in improving order and 
discipline in schools and report its findings to the appropriate 
committees of Congress 60 days before the last day of the 1997-1998 
school year.

SEC. 212. EXPIRATION DATE.

    This subtitle shall expire on September 30, 2016.

                      Subtitle B--Charter Schools

SEC. 213. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this subtitle is to permit the District of Columbia 
to establish charter schools to improve the education of students and 
encourage community involvement in education.

SEC. 214. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this subtitle--
            (1) Charter school.--The term ``charter school'' means a 
        public school that--
                    (A) operates under a charter granted for a period 
                of 5 years by the Commission on Consensus Reform in the 
                District of Columbia Public Schools or the Board of 
                Education of the District of Columbia and functions 
                independently of the D.C. Public Schools as a local 
                education agency and is exempted from significant local 
                rules that inhibit the flexible operation and 
                management of public schools, but not from any rules 
                relating to other requirements under this subtitle;
                    (B) is created by a developer as a public school, 
                or is adapted by a developer from an existing public 
                school, or an existing non-Public School, and is 
                operated under public supervision and direction;
                    (C) operates in pursuit of a specific set of 
                educational objectives determined by the school's 
                developer and agreed to by the authorized public 
                chartering agency;
                    (D) provides a program of elementary or secondary 
                or both;
                    (E) is nonsectarian in its programs, admissions 
                policies, employment practices, and all other 
                operations, and is not affiliated with a sectarian 
                school or religious institution;
                    (F) does not charge tuition;
                    (G) is governed by a Board of Trustees;
                    (H) complies with the Age Discrimination Act of 
                1975, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, title 
                IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of 
                the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and part B of the 
                Individuals With Disabilities Education Act;
                    (I) admits students on the basis of a lottery, if 
                more students apply for admission than can be 
                accommodated;
                    (J) agrees to comply with the same Federal and 
                District of Columbia audit requirements as do other 
                elementary and secondary schools in the District of 
                Columbia, unless such requirements are specifically 
                waived for the purpose of this program; and
                    (K) meets all applicable Federal and local health 
                and safety requirements.
            (2) Developer.--The term ``developer'' means an individual 
        or group of individuals (including a public or private 
        organization) which may include teachers, administrators and 
        other school staff, parents, or other members of the local 
        community in which a charter school project will be carried 
        out.
            (3) Eligible applicant.--The term ``eligible applicant'' 
        means an authorized public chartering agency participating in a 
        partnership with a developer to establish a charter school.
            (4) Public chartering agency.--The term ``public chartering 
        agency'' means the Commission on Consensus Public School Reform 
        and the District of Columbia Board of Education.

SEC. 215. APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--A petition for a public school charter shall be a 
written proposed agreement between an eligible applicant seeking to 
establish a public charter school and an eligible chartering agency.
    (b) Contents of Application.--The application shall contain--
            (1) a description of the objectives of the Local 
        Educational Agency's charter school grant program and a 
        description of how such objectives will be fulfilled, including 
        steps taken by the local educational agency to inform teachers, 
        parents, and communities of the local educational agency's 
        charter school grant program;
            (2) a description of how the program will enable all 
        students to meet challenging student performance standards as 
        established by the local educational agency;
            (3) the grade levels or ages of children to be served;
            (4) the curriculum and instructional practices to be used;
            (5) a description as to how the charter school will be 
        managed;
            (6) a description of the charter school's objectives and 
        the methods by which the charter school will determine its 
        progress toward achieving those objectives;
            (7) a description of the administrative relationship 
        between the charter school and the authorized public chartering 
        agency;
            (8) a description of how parents and other members of the 
        community will be involved in the design and implementation of 
        the charter school;
            (9) a request and justification for waivers of any Federal 
        statutory or regulatory provisions that the applicant believes 
        are necessary for the successful operation of the charter 
        school, and a description of any local rules, generally 
        applicable to public schools, that will be waived for, or 
        otherwise not apply, to the school;
            (10) a description of how students in the community will be 
        informed about the charter school and given an equal 
        opportunity to attend the charter school; and
            (11) an assurance that the eligible applicant will annually 
        provide the Secretary of Education, the Congress, and the local 
        educational agency such information as may be required to 
        determine if the charter school is making satisfactory 
        progress.

SEC. 216. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.

    Charter schools shall be selected by the public chartering agency 
by taking the following factors into consideration:
            (1) The quality of the proposed curriculum and 
        instructional practices.
            (2) The degree of flexibility afforded by the local 
        educational agency.
            (3) The extent of community support for the application.
            (4) The ambitiousness of the objectives for the charter 
        school.
            (5) The quality of the strategy for assessing achievement 
        of those objectives.
            (6) The likelihood that the charter school will meet those 
        objectives and improve educational results for students.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used 
directly or indirectly for the renovation of the property located at 
227 7th Street Southeast (commonly known as Eastern Market), except 
that funds provided in this Act may be used for the regular maintenance 
and upkeep of the current structure and grounds located at such 
property.

SEC. 302. ENERGY SAVINGS AT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FACILITIES.

    (a) Reduction in Facilities Energy Costs.--
            (1) In general.--The head of each agency of the District of 
        Columbia for which funds are made available under this Act 
        shall--
                    (A) take all actions necessary to achieve during 
                fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from fiscal 
                year 1995 levels, in the energy costs of the facilities 
                used by the agency; or
                    (B) enter into a sufficient number of energy 
                savings performance contracts with private sector 
                energy service companies under title VIII of the 
                National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287 
                et seq.) to achieve during fiscal year 1996 at least a 
                5 percent reduction, from fiscal year 1995 levels, in 
                the energy use of the facilities used by the agency.
            (2) Goal.--The activities described in paragraph (1) should 
        be a key component of agency programs that will by the year 
        2000 result in a 20 percent reduction, from fiscal year 1985 
        levels, in the energy use of the facilities used by the agency, 
        as required by section 543 of the National Energy Conservation 
        Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253).
    (b) Use of Cost Savings.--An amount equal to the amount of cost 
savings realized by an agency under subsection (a) shall remain 
available for obligation through the end of fiscal year 2000, without 
further authorization or appropriation, as follows:
            (1) Conservation measures.--Fifty percent of the amount 
        shall remain available for the implementation of additional 
        energy conservation measures and for water conservation 
        measures at such facilities used by the agency as are 
        designated by the head of the agency.
            (2) Other purposes.--Fifty percent of the amount shall 
        remain available for use by the agency for such purposes as are 
        designated by the head of the agency, consistent with 
        applicable law.
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) By agency heads.--The head of each agency for which 
        funds are made available under this Act shall include in each 
        report of the agency to the Secretary of Energy under section 
        548(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 
        U.S.C. 8258(a)) a description of the results of the activities 
        carried out under subsection (a) and recommendations concerning 
        how to further reduce energy costs and energy consumption in 
        the future.
            (2) By secretary of energy.--The reports required under 
        paragraph (1) shall be included in the annual reports required 
        to be submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Energy under 
        section 548(b) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)).
            (3) Contents.--With respect to the period since the date of 
        the preceding report, a report under paragraph (1) or (2) 
        shall--
                    (A) specify the total energy costs of the 
                facilities used by the agency;
                    (B) identify the reductions achieved;
                    (C) specify the actions that resulted in the 
                reductions;
                    (D) with respect to the procurement procedures of 
                the agency, specify what actions have been taken to--
                            (i) implement the procurement authorities 
                        provided by subsections (a) and (c) of section 
                        546 of the National Energy Conservation Policy 
                        Act (42 U.S.C. 8256); and
                            (ii) incorporate directly, or by reference, 
                        the requirements of the regulations issued by 
                        the Secretary of Energy under title VIII of the 
                        Act (42 U.S.C. 8287 et seq.); and
                    (E) specify--
                            (i) the actions taken by the agency to 
                        achieve the goal specified in subsection 
                        (a)(2);
                            (ii) the procurement procedures and methods 
                        used by the agency under section 546(a)(2) of 
                        the Act (42 U.S.C. 8256(a)(2)); and
                            (iii) the number of energy savings 
                        performance contracts entered into by the 
                        agency under title VIII of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
                        8287 et seq.).

SEC. 303. PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT DURING 
              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    (a) In General.--Members of Congress and the President shall not 
receive basic pay for any period in which--
            (1) there is more than a 24 hour lapse in appropriations 
        for any Federal agency or department as a result of a failure 
        to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing 
        resolution; or
            (2) the Federal Government is unable to make payments or 
        meet obligations because the public debt limit under section 
        3101 of title 31, United States Code has been reached.
    (b) Retroactive Pay Prohibited.--No pay forfeited in accordance 
with subsection (a) may be paid retroactively.
    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 1996''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 2, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

            Passed the Senate November 2, 1995.

            Attest:

                                             KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

                                                             Secretary.