4344356 Resolution 20-125, “Sense of the Council on Participation in the Summer Learning Program Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”

A RESOLUTION

 

20-125

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

May 7, 2013

 

 

To declare  the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to state that it is the sense of the Council that, in 2013, any student resident of the District of Columbia who wishes to enroll in the District’s summer learning program should have the opportunity to do so. 

 

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Sense of the Council on Participation in the Summer Learning Program Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.

 

            Sec. 2. The Council finds that:

                        (1)  On Thursday, May 2, 2013, the Committee on Education held a hearing on the District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) budget.

                        (2)  At the hearing, government witnesses testified before committee members.  Members asked a number of questions regarding the District’s summer learning program.

                        (3)  After the hearing, there remained unanswered questions regarding DCPS’s commitment to summer education and learning programs.

                        (4)  Because it is already May and students are making decisions regarding their summer learning education, this is a time-sensitive issue that must be addressed immediately.

 

Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances

enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Sense of the Council on Participation in the Summer Learning Program Emergency Resolution be adopted on an emergency basis.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.