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                                             AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To amend, on an temporary basis, the District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act to allow

      District of Columbia students enrolled at District of Columbia Public Schools or public

      charter schools who attend non-public schools or programs to continue their education for

      the remainder of the school year in which legal permanency is achieved and through the

      end of the following school year, without payment of nonresident tuition, if the child

      ceases to be in the care and custody of the District as a result of being placed in the

      permanent care and custody of a parent, guardian, or custodian who resides outside the

      District of Columbia.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the Non-Public Student Educational Continuity Temporary Amendment Act

of 2021.

        Sec. 2. Section 2(e) of the District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act, approved

September 8, 1960 (74 Stat. 853; D.C. Official Code  38-302(e)), is amended as follows:

        (a) Strike the phrase school, ceases and insert the phrase school, or while enrolled in a

DCPS or public charter school and attending a non-public school or program pursuant to section

103 of the Placement of Students with Disabilities in Nonpublic Schools Amendment Act of

2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-269; D.C. Official Code  382561.03)

(Placement Act), ceases in its place.

        (b) Strike the phrase currently attends. and insert the phrase currently attends, if the

child attends a DCPS or public charter school, or the remainder of the school year in which the

change in care and custody occurs and through the end of the following school year, if the child

is currently enrolled in a DCPS or public charter school and attending a non-public school or

program pursuant to section 103 of the Placement Act. in its place.

       Sec. 3. 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).

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       Sec. 4. 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.

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              Chairman

              Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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