6199966 Public Hearing on Summer Modernizations of District of Columbia Public Schools and B21-831, Childhood Lead Prevention Amendment Act of 2016 (Joint)

Notice of Joint Public Hearing on

 

Summer Modernizations of District of Columbia Public Schools

 

and

 

B21-831, the Childhood Lead Prevention Amendment Act of 2016

 

Thursday, October 6, 2016

at 11:30 a.m.

in Room 500 of the

John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20004

 

On Thursday, October 6, 2016, Councilmember Mary M. Cheh, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment; and Councilmember David Grosso, Chairperson of the Committee on Education, will hold a joint public hearing to discuss the Department of General Services (“DGS”) summer modernizations of schools owned by District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) and B21-831, the Childhood Lead Prevention Amendment Act of 2016. The roundtable will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

 

The purpose of the hearing is to review the progress of the District’s school modernizations over the summer of 2016, review how DGS and DCPS have worked together and with community members in the contracting and construction process for those schools, and to consider B21-831. B21-831 would require DGS to designate, install filters on, and annually test drinking water sources in public schools and public charter schools for lead; and to take remedial action if concentrations exceed 1 part per billion. B21-831 would also require all child development facilities in the District to designate, install filters on, and annually test drinking water sources for lead, and to take remedial action if concentrations exceed 1 part per billion.

 

The Committees invite the public to testify or to submit written testimony, which will be made a part of the official Hearing Record. Anyone wishing to testify should contact Ms. Aukima Benjamin, staff assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, at [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail]. Persons representing organizations will have five minutes to present their testimony.  Individuals will have three minutes to present their testimony. Witnesses should bring 8 copies of their written testimony and should submit a copy of their testimony electronically to [e-mail].

 

If you are unable to testify in person, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Aukima Benjamin, staff assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 108, Washington, D.C. 20004. They may also be e-mailed to [e-mail] or faxed to [phone]. The record will close at the end of the business day on October 20, 2016.