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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 emergency basis, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District

         of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001 to require the Criminal Justice Coordinating

         Council to submit reports to the Mayor and the Council to determine what factors,

         programs, or interventions effectively prevent District youth from entering the

         juvenile and criminal justice systems, and to analyze the types of school-based

         incidents that lead to law enforcement referrals or arrests.

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

act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Involvement Reduction Emergency Amendment Act of

2021.

        Sec. 2. Section 1505 of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of

Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official

Code  22-4234), is amended as follows:

        (a) Subsection (b-2) is amended by striking the phrase and every 2 years thereafter, the

CJCC and inserting the phrase the CJCC in its place.

        (b) Subsection (b-3) is amended to read as follows:

        (b-3)(1) By October 1, 2020, the CJCC shall submit a report to the Mayor and the

Council containing an analysis of the root causes of youth crime and the prevalence of adverse

childhood experiences among justice-involved youth, such as housing instability, childhood

abuse, family instability, substance abuse, mental illness, family criminal involvement, or other

factors considered relevant by the CJCC that incorporates the results of the survey conducted

pursuant to subsection (b-2) of this section.

                (2) By October 1, 2022, the CJCC shall submit a report to the Mayor and the

Council that analyzes protective factors that reduce the risk of District youth entering the

juvenile and criminal justice systems and includes recommendations, informed by best practices

in other jurisdictions, the results of the survey conducted pursuant to subsection (b-2) of this

section, and the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, on factors,

programs, or interventions that effectively prevent District youth from entering the juvenile and

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criminal justice systems, such as access to stable housing, nutrition assistance, healthcare,

violence intervention, early intervention, and educational, recreational, and youth programming.

                 (3) By October 1, 2024, the CJCC shall submit a report to the Mayor and the

Council that analyzes the types of school-based incidents that lead to law enforcement referral or

arrest and whether factors such as economic resources, race, Individualized Education Program

eligibility, mental health conditions, school location, and school resource officer assignment

statistically affect the likelihood of enforcement referrals or arrests..

       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).

       Sec. 4. Effective date.

       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), and shall remain in effect for no longer than

90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section

412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;

D.C. Official Code  1-204.12(a)).

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               Chairman

               Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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