D.C. Law 24-29. Fiscal Year 2021 Revised Local Budget Advance School Payment and COVID Relief Temporary Amendment Act of 2021.

AN ACT

To adjust, on a temporary basis, certain allocations in the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020 to maintain a balanced budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and to amend the deadline for the annual advance payment to schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Fiscal Year 2021 Revised Local Budget Advance School Payment and COVID Relief Temporary Amendment Act of 2021".

Sec. 2. The appropriations set forth in the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020, effective October 20, 2020 (D.C. Law 23-136; 67 DCR 13201), are increased by $168,985,835 (including $139,392,937 in federal payments for COVID relief and $29,592,898 in local funds), to be allocated as follows:

Governmental Direction and Support

The appropriation for Governmental Direction and Support is increased by $42,288,896 (including $41,669,896 in federal payment funds for COVID relief and $619,000 in local funds), to be allocated as follows:

(1) Department of General Services. – $10,403,601 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(2) Executive Office of the Mayor. – $4,550,000 is added (including $4,500,000 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $50,000 to local funds);

(3) Office of Contracting and Procurement. – $23,228,610 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief; and

(4) Office of the Chief Technology Officer. – $4,106,685 is added (including $3,537,685 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $569,000 to local funds).

Economic Development and Regulation

The appropriation for Economic Development and Regulation is increased by $23,647,315 in local funds, to be allocated as follows:

(1) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. - $23,647,315 is added to local funds.

Public Safety and Justice

The appropriation for Public Safety and Justice is increased by $15,712,982 (including $13,612,982 in federal payment funds for COVID relief and $2,100,000 in local funds), to be allocated as follows:

(1) Department of Corrections. – $150,000 is added to local funds;

(2) Department of Forensic Sciences. – $350,000 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(3) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. – $928,150 is added (including $178,150 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $750,000 to local funds);

(4) Office of Human Rights. – $100,000 is added to local funds;

(5) Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. – $1,570,000 is added (including $1,470,000 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $100,000 to local funds);

(6) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. – $100,000 is added to local funds;

(7) Office of Unified Communications. – $150,000 is added to local funds;

(8) Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants. – $12,364,832 is added (including $11,614,832 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $750,000 to local funds.

Public Education System

The appropriation for Public Education System is increased by $34,098,211 (including $33,404,211 in federal payment funds for COVID relief and $694,000 in local funds), to be allocated as follows:

(1) Department of Employment Services. – $6,664,735 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(2) Department of Parks and Recreation. – $2,613,579 is added (including $1,919,579 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $694,000 to local funds);

(3) District of Columbia Public Schools. - $3,248,658 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(4) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education. – $811,239 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief; and

(5) Office of the State Superintendent of Education. – $20,760,000 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief.

Human Support Services

The appropriation for Human Support Services is increased by $35,630,848 in federal payment funds for COVID relief, to be allocated as follows:

(1) Child and Family Services Agency. – $666,667 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(2) Department of Aging and Community Living. – $4,600,000 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(3) Department of Behavioral Health. – $3,404,655 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief;

(4) Department of Health. – $4,000,000 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief; and

(5) Department of Human Services. – $22,959,526 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief.

Operations and Infrastructure

The appropriation for Operations and Infrastructure is increased by $2,607,583 (including $75,000 in federal payment funds for COVID relief and $2,532,583 in local funds), to be allocated as follows:

(1) Department of For-Hire Vehicles. – $2,607,583 is added (including $75,000 to federal payment funds for COVID relief and $2,532,583 to local funds).

Enterprise and Other

The appropriation for Enterprise and Other is increased by $15,000,000 in federal payment funds for COVID relief, to be allocated as follows:

(1) Health Benefit Exchange Authority. – $15,000,000 is added to federal payment funds for COVID relief.

Sec. 3. Advance payments to District of Columbia Public Schools and public charter schools.

(a) Section 2 of the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020, effective October 20, 2020 (D.C. Law 23-136; 67 DCR 13201), is amended as follows:

(1) The appropriation for District of Columbia Public Charter Schools is amended as follows:

(A) Strike the date "July 1, 2021" and insert the date "July 20, 2021" in its place.

(B) Strike the phrase "(as adopted by the District)" and insert the phrase "(as approved by the Council on first reading)" in its place.

(2) The appropriation for District of Columbia Public Schools is amended as follows:

(A) Strike the date "July 1, 2021" and insert the date "July 20, 2021" in its place.

(B) Strike the phrase "(as adopted by the District)" and insert the phrase "(as approved by the Council on first reading)" in its place.

(b) Notwithstanding section 2403(a)(2)(A)(i) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code § 38-1804.03(a)(2)(A)(i)), and section 107b of the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula for Public Schools and Public Charter Schools Act of 1998, effective April 13, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-348; D.C. Official Code § 38-2906.02) ("UPSFF Act"), for school year 2021-2022, the Mayor shall make the first quarterly payment required to be made to public charter schools pursuant to section 107b of the UPSFF Act no later than July 31, 2021.

Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

Sec. 5. Effective date.

(a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia Register.

(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.