COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

                     

TO:                 Nyasha Smith, Secretary of the Council

             

FROM:          Phil Mendelson, Chairman

                        Trayon White Sr. Councilmember Ward 8

                               

DATE:           January 30, 2020

 

                               

We request that the following measure be placed on the agenda for the February 4, 2020 Legislative Meeting:

 

• PR23-231 – Sense of the Council Urging Fair and Equitable Funding for District of Columbia Schools Resolution of 2019

 

This measure addresses the commitment of the District of Columbia to fund all District of Columbia public schools fairly and equitably. Funding for the District of Columbia public schools, both DCPS and charter schools, has not kept up with inflation, and the system is currently underfunded. Inadequately funding the education of at-risk students, coupled with reducing individual DCPS school budgets, contributes to declining enrollments in individual schools, leading to student exodus and funding cuts, and a cycle destructive to establishing quality schools.  

 

            We will be moving an amendment in the nature of a substitute. A draft of the ANS is attached.  Should you have any questions, please call LeKisha Jordan (724-8137) on my staff.

 

 

cc:        All Councilmembers

            Council Officers

 

 

 

LeKisha M. Jordan

Legislative Policy Advisor

Committee of the Whole, Chairman Phil Mendelson

Council of the District of Columbia

1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 410

Washington, DC 20004

Ph: (202) 724-8137

www.chairmanmendelson.com

 

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