The bill, titled the Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2025, aims to amend existing laws to designate the Department of Corrections as the agency responsible for providing a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to individuals with disabilities who are in its custody and detained in secure facilities. Specifically, it outlines that during the school years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, the Department must ensure that these individuals, aged 18 and older, receive educational services in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and District law.

To implement this change, the bill makes several amendments to existing legal language. It adds a new paragraph (12) to Section 2(b) of the Act creating the Department of Corrections, and a new paragraph (14) to the amendatory section of the Corrections Oversight Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022, both specifying the requirement to provide FAPE to eligible individuals in custody. Additionally, the bill includes various technical amendments, such as replacing periods with semicolons and redesignating paragraphs to accommodate the new provisions. The act will take effect upon approval by the Mayor and a 60-day congressional review period, and it is set to expire after 225 days.