Could DC's CFO release $191 million in supplemental FY 2008 funds for schools and early childhood programs, where the Mayor had submitted reprogramming requests but the Council had not yet approved them?
Plain-English summary
In early 2008 the District faced a complicated school-finance moment. Mayor Fenty had taken control of DCPS, the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) had been spun off as a separate agency to manage school maintenance and modernization, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) had taken over the Pre-K initiative, and the FY 2008 supplemental appropriation needed to push $191 million across these new structures. Three reprogrammings had to happen: $26 million from DCPS to OPEFM for facilities maintenance, $173.2 million from DCPS to OPEFM for capital projects, and $101.3 million from DHS to OSSE for early childhood programs.
The Council had passed an Emergency Act, then a Clarification Act, conditioning the fund release on the Mayor's submission of those reprogramming requests. By April 2008 Mayor Fenty had submitted all three. CFO Natwar Gandhi asked whether he could release the full $191 million.
The Attorney General said yes. The Clarification Act made fund release contingent on the Council's receipt of the reprogramming requests, not on the Council's approval. The Mayor had complied with that receipt requirement. The reprogrammings had been submitted under the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, with proper notice and the standard 14-to-30-day review window.
Two technical issues required additional analysis. First, the original $33.5 million figure for facilities maintenance had been reduced to $26 million by DCPS's pre-budget reallocation. The Council's intent in the Use of Funds Act was to transfer all maintenance funding from DCPS to OPEFM, whatever that figure happened to be. Construing the Clarification Act to require $33.5 million when only $26 million existed in the maintenance line would force DCPS to find $7.5 million elsewhere, contradicting the statute. The Mayor's $26 million reprogramming request satisfied the condition.
Second, the $101.3 million Early Childhood transfer included federal TANF funds that legally had to flow to DHS, not DOSS, under the District's TANF State Plan. A pure reprogramming would put the TANF block grant at risk. The opinion concluded that the Clarification Act could be read to allow transfer "by appropriate procedures," meaning the local-funds piece (~$41 million) went via reprogramming and the federal-funds piece went via intra-District agreement, preserving TANF compliance.
The opinion also noted Council Bill 17-720 (passed April 15, 2008), which would have made fund release contingent on Council approval of the reprogrammings (not just receipt) and would have required the full $33.5 million transfer. That bill had not yet become law as of the AG opinion date, so the existing rules controlled.
Currency note
This opinion was issued in 2008. Subsequent statutory amendments, court decisions, or later AG opinions may have changed the analysis. Treat this page as historical context, not current legal advice. Verify current law before relying on any specific rule, deadline, or remedy mentioned here. The reorganization of DC public education has continued, with OPEFM merged into the Department of General Services in 2011, and the relationship between OSSE, DCPS, and the Pre-K-for-All initiative has been modified by subsequent legislation.
Historical context
The 2007 Public Education Reform Amendment Act (D.C. Law 17-9) restructured DC public education by transferring DCPS authority to the Mayor, creating OSSE as the state-level education agency, and creating OPEFM as a stand-alone facilities authority. Implementing that restructure required moving substantial budget authority across agency lines mid-fiscal-year. The 2008 Temporary Act and its Clarification Act were the legislative mechanisms.
The legal puzzle was the gap between what Council members wanted (formal Council approval over each reprogramming) and what the existing legislation said (just notice/receipt). The Clarification Act had been passed in February 2008 with the receipt-only standard. By April some Council members were trying to walk that back through Bill 17-720, but the bill had not gone through Congressional layover and had not become law. The CFO was caught between the existing law and the pending bill.
The opinion picks the conservative path: follow the existing statute. Until Bill 17-720 was effective, the existing law's receipt-only condition controlled, and the CFO could release the funds.
Common questions
Q: What's the difference between a "reprogramming" and a regular budget allocation?
A: A reprogramming moves already-appropriated budget authority from one agency to another within the same fiscal year. The Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980 (D.C. Code § 47-363) requires notice to the Council with a 14-day review window, extendable to 30 days if a member files an objection.
Q: Why couldn't TANF funds just be reprogrammed to OSSE?
A: The federal TANF State Plan designated DHS as the recipient agency, so reprogramming the funds to OSSE would have violated the State Plan and put the entire TANF block grant at risk. The workaround was an intra-District memorandum of understanding for use of TANF funds at OSSE while the funds remained legally with DHS.
Q: What happened to Bill 17-720?
A: It became D.C. Act 17-345 in May 2008, postdating this AG opinion. The substantive standard for fund release shifted to require Council approval of the reprogrammings, but as of the date of this opinion the older receipt-only standard applied.
Q: Why was OPEFM split out from DCPS?
A: To address chronic facilities-maintenance and modernization failures. The 2007 Use of Funds Act required transfer of "all assets, personnel, and funding authority for maintenance conducted by the District of Columbia Public Schools' Office of Facilities Management" to OPEFM, on the theory that a separate facilities-focused agency could deliver better results than a department within the school system.
Citations
Statutes
- Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Temporary Act of 2008, D.C. Law 17-121
- Supplemental Appropriations Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2008, D.C. Act 17-314
- School Modernization Use of Funds Requirements Temporary Amendment Act of 2007, D.C. Law 17-097
- Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Code § 47-363
- Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, D.C. Law 17-9, D.C. Code § 7-863.03
- DC Appropriations Act 2008, Pub. L. 110-161
Source
- Index page: https://oag.dc.gov/about-oag/our-structure-divisions/legal-counsel-division/opinions-attorney-general
- Original PDF: https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2018-02/Opinion-July-2014-FY-2008.pdf
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- Index page: https://oag.dc.gov/about-oag/our-structure-divisions/legal-counsel-division/opinions-attorney-general
- Original PDF: https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2018-02/Opinion-July-2014-FY-2008.pdf
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Original opinion text
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
April 22,2008
BY HAND
Dr. Natwar M. Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building, Room 203
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Re:
Opinion of the Attorney General- Release of $191 Million under the
Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Temporary Act 012008
Dear Dr. Gandhi:
I. Introduction
This is to confirm my previous advice to you, in an e-mail dated April 10, 2008, that you can
lawfully release the $191.345 million under the Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations
Temporary Act of2008 ("2008 Temporary Act"), effective for 225 days starting March 20,
2008, D.C. Law 17-121, as amended by section 3(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations
Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 ("2008 Clarification Act"), effective for 90
days starting February 25,2008, p.C. Act 17-314. 1
II. Conclusions
The 2008 Temporary Act, as amended by the 2008 Clarification Act, permits the release,
obligation, and expenditure of the full$191.345 million under the 2008 Temporary Act if the
Mayor has submitted a request to the Council for the following three reprogrammings: 1) $26
million for facilities maintenance from the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") to the
1 The Council and the Mayor also adopted an emergency act that preceded the 2008 Temporary Act and contained
substantively identical provisions. That was the Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act of
2008 ("2008 Emergency Act"), effective for 90 days starting January 11,2008, as amer.Jed by section 2(b) of the
2008 Clarification Act. The 2008 Emergency Act expired and the 2008 Temporary Act took its pla~e.
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Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization ("OPEFM"); 2) $173.2 million in capital
budget authority from the DCPS to the OPEFM; and 3) $101,345,668 for Early Childhood
Development from the Department of Human Services to the Office of the State Superintendent
of Education.
The Mayor has complied with this requirement by submitting three separate reprogramming
requests: Reprogramming Request of$26,017,958 for the Office of Public Education Facilities
Modernization, circulated to the Councilmembers March 3, 2008 (Reprog. 17-94);
Reprogramming Request of $173, 178,504 for the Office of Public Education Facilities
Modernization, circulated March 12, 2008 (Reprog. 17-96); and Reprogramming Request of
$41,142,484 for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, circulated March 31, 2008
(Reprog. 17-98).
i amaware that on April 15, 2008, the Council passed a bill that would change these
requirements. In particular, the bill would condition the approval of the release of specified
portions of the $191.345 million on the Council's approval ofthreereprogrammings, including
$33.5 million (not $26 million) for facilities maintenance from the DCPS to the OPEFM. This
bill, however, has not yet become law. Therefore, until the bill takes effect, the Chief Financial
Officer can release the full $191.345 million, based on the request for reprogrammings that the
Mayor has already submitted.
III. Discussion
As you know, the 2008 Temporary Act authorizes an increase in Fiscal Year 2008 appropriation
authority of$191.345 million, with these funds consisting of composite amounts from the fiscal
year 2007 fund balance pursuant to section 124 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2006 ("2006 Appropriations Act"), approved November 30, 2005, Pub. L. No.1 09-115, 119
Stat. 2396, as extended by section 128 of a Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations
for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes, approved September 29,2007, Pub. L. No. 11092, H.J. Res. 52, additional certified Fiscal Year 2008 revenues pursuant to section 126 of the
2006 Appropriations Act, and a designated amount from the 2008 Fiscal Year operating cash
reserve fund in accordance with section 202G)(3)(B) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995, 109 Stat. 109,
D.C. Official Code § 47-392.020)(3) ((2005 Repl.). The 2008 Temporary Act directs the
allocation of specific amounts for specific purposes.
Section 3(b) of the 2008 Clarification Act amends section 6 of the 2008 Temporary Act to make
the 2008 Clarification Act apply upon the Council's receipt of a request for the reprogramming
of: 1) $33.5 million in annual operating funds for facilities maintenance from the DCPS to the
OPEFM, as required by the School Modernization Use of Funds Requirements Temporary
Amendment Act of2007 ("Use of Funds Act"), effective for 225 days starting January 29,2008,
Dr. Natwar M. Gandhi
April 22, 2008
Page 3
D.C. Law 17-097;22) $173.2 million in capital budget authority from DCPS to OPEFM; and 3)
$101,345,668 for Early Childhood Development from the Department of Human Services to the
Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
The 2008 Clarification Act made the 2008 Temporary Act apply upon the Council's receipt from
the Mayor of a request for these reprogrammings and did not require Council approval of the
reprogrammings as a condition for the release of the $191.345 million.
After the approved Fiscal Year 2008 budget was submitted to Congress but before the beginning
of Fiscal Year 2008, DCPS reallocated its budget and reduced the $33.5 million allocated to
facilities and infrastructure in the DCPS Fiscal Year 2008 budget to $26 million, pursuant to the
authority in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. 110-161,309 and 749,
121.Stat. 1844, approved December 26,2007, incorporating "Title III - District of Columbia
Funds Summary of Expenses" of the Fiscal Year 2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan
submitted to Congress on June 7, 2007, as amended on June 29,2007, heading entitled, "Public
Education System." Also, the Use of Funds Act requires the reprogramming to OPEFM of"[a]ll
assets, personnel, and funding authority for maintenance conducted by the District of Columbia
Public Schools' Office of Facilities Management." This language indicates that the Council's
intent in enacting the Use of Funds Act was to require the transfer of the funds· available for
maintenance in the DCPS budget to OPEFM to support OPEFM's performance of the
maintenance function, which, at the time of the 2008 Clarification Act, was $26 million. Given
this inconsistency, and the fact that the 2008 Clarification Act directs the reprogramming of
maintenance funds "as required" by the Use of Funds Act, it is reasonable to construe the 2008
Clarification Act as requiring the submission ofa reprogramming limited to the $26 million for
maintenance currently in the DCPS budget. To construe the bill as requiring a transfer of the full
$33.5 million would contradict the Use of Funds Act by requiring DCPS to satisfy this provision
by acquiring $7.5 million for maintenance from another source, either within or outside of
DCPS.
Likewise, the 2008 Clarification Act requires the transferof$101,345,668, representing the
entire budget of the Early Care and Education Administration, from the Department of Human
Services ("DHS") to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education ("OSSE"). Of the
$101,345,668 referenced, only $41,142,484 is Local funds available for reprogramming. The
remainder is composed of various Federal grants (primarily Child Care Development Fund and a
portion of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ("TANF") block grant) and IntraDistrict funds. Although the Clarification Act directs that these resources be transferred via a
"reprogramming request" submitted by the Mayor, reprogramming TANF funds to another
agency would violate the terms of the District's TANF State Plan, which provides for DHS to
receive all TANF funds directly. DHS does, however, have latitude to transfer TANF funds to
2 The School Modernization Use of Funds Requirements Temporary Act of2007 followed a substantively identical
eme.gency act, the School Modernization Use ofFtmds Requirements Congressional Review Emergency
Amendment Act of2007, effective December 27,2007, D.C. Act 17-229.
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April 22, 2008
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OSSE via an Intra-District agreement. It is reasonahle to assume that the legislation intended to
transfer the ECEA budget from DHS to OSSE, without putting the District's TANF block grant
at risk by violating the State Plan. Therefore it is reasonable to construe the 2008 Clarification
Act requiring the transfer of resources according to appropriate procedures, rather than a
reprogramming specifically. This interpretation is consistent with the interpretation of the
requirement to reprogram operating budget authority from DCPS to OPEFM.
The Mayor has submitted requests to the Council for the three reprogrammings described above,
including a request for the reprogramming of $26 million for maintenance from DCPS to
OPEFM. For the reasons stated above, this request satisfied the condition in the 2008
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Clarification Act for the release and use of the $191.345 million under the 2008 Temporary Act.
I am aware that on April 15, 2008, the Council passed Bill 17-720, the "Supplemental
Appropriations Release of Funds Emergency Amendment Act of 2008" ("bill") and an
accompanying emergency declaration resolution, as well as passed on first reading an identical
temporary version of the bill. The bill would amend section 6 of the 2008 Temporary Act, which
was previously amended by the 2008 Clarification Act, to make the Council's approval of the
expenditure of$93.l2 million of the $191.345 million in supplemental funds authorized by the
2008 Temporary Act apply upon the Council's receipt and approval of three reprogramming
requests. These reprogramming requests are the same as in the 2008 Clarification Act and are
for: 1) $33.5 million in annual operating funds for facility maintenance from DCPS to OPEFM;
2) $173.2 million in capital budget authority from DCPS to OPEFM; and 3) $101,345,668 for
Early Childhood Development from DHS to OSSEo The bill would also prohibit the release of
the $93.12 million (which includes allocations to DCPS, the Office of the Chief Technology
Officer, the Sports and Entertainment Commission, the Office of the Attorney General, the
Workforce Investment Fund, and the District Department of Transportation) until the entire
$33.5 million in facility maintenance funds has been reprogrammed. Finally, the bill's
amendments to section 6 of the 2008 Temporary Act would be made retroactively applicable to
.
March 20, 2008.
3 I note that the requirement for the reprogramming of$101,345,668 for Early Childhood Development from DRS
to OSSE, as required by section 503a of the Early Intervention Program Establishment Act of2004 ("Early
Intervention Act"), effective June 12,2007, D.C. Law 17-9, D.C. Official Code § 7-863.03a (2007 Supp.), raised a
potential problem that could, however, be resolved while still carrying out the Council's intent. It appears that
portions of the $101,345,668 subject to the reprogramming requirement consist offederal funds that must be
expended by DRS for specific purposes. For example, at least $10,187,079 of the relevant funds are received as part
of the District's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ("TANF") grant and must be used by DRS for an
authorized TANF purpose. As a result, although it was possible to reprogram some of the funds included in the
$101,345,668 to OSSE, some of the funds may have to be transferred to OSSE by an intra-District transfer with an
accompanying memorandum of understanding governing then: use.
Dr. Natwar M. Gandhi
April 22, 2008
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Bill 17-720, however, has not yet become law. By amending the 2008 Temporary Act in a way
that conditions the approval of the release and the expenditure of the specified funds on the
Council's approval of the three reprogrammings - including a reprogramming of the full $33.5
million in facilities maintenance funds - the Council has changed the existing law. As described
above, the existing law does not require such a reprogramming and is satisfied by the Mayor's
request for a reprogramming of only $26 million in appropriations for facilities maintenance.
Accordingly, until Bill 17-720 takes effect, you can release the full $191.345 million, where the
Mayor has made a request to the Council for the three reprogrammings, including $26 million
(not $33.5 million) for facilities maintenance.
Interim Attorney General for the District of Columbia
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cc:
Adrian Fenty, Mayor
Dan Tangherlini, City Administrator
JoAnne Ginsberg, Director, Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs
Carrie Brooks, Director, Communications
Vincent Gray, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
Yvette Alexander, Council of the District of Columbia
Marion Barry, Council of the District of Columbia
Muriel Bowser, Council of the District of Columbia
Kwarne Brown, Council of the District of Columbia
David Catania, Council of the District of Columbia
Mary Cheh, Council of the District of Columbia
Jack Evans, Council of the District of Columbia
Jim Graham, Council of the District of Columbia
Phil Mendelson, Council of the District of Columbia
Carol Schwartz, Council of the District of Columbia
Harry Thomas, Jr., Council of the District of Columbia
Tommy Wells, Council of the District of Columbia
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington,D.C. 20004
.CD URGENT
Memorandum
To:
bers of the Co
cil
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ecr~ouncil
From:
Date:
March 3,2008
Subject:
Notice of Reprogramming Request of$26,017,958 for the Office of Public
Education Facilities Modernization
Reprog. (17-94)
Notice is given that the attached request to reprogram $26,017,958 of Fiscal Year
2008 local funds budget from the District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) to
the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization was filed in the
Chairman's Office on February 29,2008. The reprogramming will allow for the
transfer of all assets, personnel, and funding associated with the maintenance of
DCPS facilities as required under the School Modernization Use of Funds
Requirements Emergency Amendment Act of2007 and the Fiscal Year 2008
Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act of 2007.
The CoUncil's 14 day review begins March 3, 2008 and the request will be
deemed approved on March 17,2008, unless a notice of disapproval is filed
prior to that time which would extend the review period to 30 days. The request
would then be deemed approved on the 31 st day of receipt unless an approval or
disapproval resolution is adopted prior to that time.
Copies are available in Legislative Services, Room 10.
TITLE: Reprogramming Request of$26,017,958 for the Office of Public
Education Facilities Modernization
INTRODUCED BY: Chairman Gray at the request of the Mayor
Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee of the Whole.
Attachment
cc: General Counsel
Budget Director
Legislative Services
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ADRIAN M. FENTY
MAYOR
FEB 282008
The Honorable Vincent c. Gray
Chainnan
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, D.C. 20004
SUBJECT:
Reprogramming Request for the Office of Public Education
Facilities Modernization
Dear Chainnan Gray:
I am transmitting a request to reprogram $26,017,958 of Fiscal Year 2008 local funds budget
authority from the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) to the Office of Public
Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM). This reprogramming will allow for the transfer
of all assets, personnel, and funding associated with the maintenance ofDCPS facilities as
required under the School Modernization Use 0/Funds Requirements Emergency Amendment
Act 0/2007 and the Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act 0/2007.
Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Official Code §47-363(a-l) (3) (A)
(ii) and the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, P.L. 110-161 approved December
26, 2007, I am transmitting this request as required. I have also submitted this request to the
Chief Financial Officer so that he can certify that funds are available for this reprogramming.
This reprogramming will move budget authority from DCPS to OPEFM to comply with
provisions contained within the School Modernization Use ofFunds Requirements Emergency
Am,endment Act of 2007 (Act), which conveys authority over the maintenance of DCPS
facilities to OPEFM. In addition, the request satisfies the requirements of the Fiscal Year
2008 Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act 0/2007, which requires this
reprogramming transaction to occur prior to its enactment.
According to the Act, OPEFM is required to support the current and planned maintenance of \
DCPS facilities, which include routine maintenance and general up keep of items such as
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boilers, electrical, mechanical and roof systems. This includes the transfer of383 full-time
equivalents whose positions are funded accordingly. The Act excludes janitorial services,
which still remain under DCPS control. If it is later mutually agreed, OPEFM will transfer
).
The Honorable Vincent C. Gray, Chairman
Reprogramming Request for the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization
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assets not related to facilities maintenance back to DCPS. This transfer may be done through
the use of an intra-District agreement or through other appropriate methods.
Budget authority is available in DCPS because the School Modernization Use ofFunds
Requirements Emergency Act of2007 explicitly allows for the transfer of funds for this
purpose. According to DCPS, the reprogramming request constitutes the remaining balance
within the program, transferring it in its entirety (except janitorial functions) to OPEFM.
Additionally, OPEFM will assume all of the year-to-date and on-going expenditures
associated with the program. The transfer of expenditures will occur subsequent to the
processing of the reprogramming request.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to the Council's favorable
action on this request.
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or of the District of Columbia
Enclosure
cc:
Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer
Lucille Dickinson, Chief of Staff, OCFO
Gordon McDonald, Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Lolita Alston, Director of Legislative Support, EOM
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Natwar M. Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer
FEB - 1 2008
The Honorable Vincent C. Gray. Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Chairman Gray:
Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Official Code §47-363(a-l) (3) (A) (ii) and
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, P.L. 110-161, approved December 26, 2007, the
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has reviewed the Mayor of the District of Columbia's request to
reprogram local funds budget authority from the District of Columbia Office of Facilities Management
(OFM) to the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM). This reprogramming
request for $26,017,958 will cover the costs associated with the transfer of 383 full-time equivalents.
It will also cover the costs ofthe transfer of all records related to maintenance operations, office, field
and stored assets utilized by or assigned to the OFM maintenance staff
Budget authority is available because the DCPS fiscal year 2008 approved budget included
$26,017,958 to finance the maintenance activities of the OFM.
The Office of Budget and Planning's analysis indicates that the reprogramming will not have any
adverse impact on the agency's budget or the District's financial plan: Accordingly, the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer recommends that the District Council approve this request.
Sincerely,
cc:
Honorable Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia
Dan Tangherlini, City Administrator, EOM
Lucille Dickinson, Chief of Staff, OCFO
Gordon McDonald, Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Lolita Alston, Legislative Support, EOM
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 209, Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 727-2476
www.dccfo.com
ADRIAN M. FENTY
MAYOR
FEB 282008
Natwar M. Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 209
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Dr. Gandhi:
Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, (D.C. Official Code § 47-363 et
seq.), I am submitting a request to reprogram and transfer $26,017,958 in local funds
from the District of Columbia Public Schools' Office of Facilities Management (DCPS
OFM) to the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM). This
reprogramming is required by the "School Modernization Use of Funds Requirement
Emergency Amendment Act of 2007" to effect the transfer of "all assests, personnel, and
funding authority for maintenance conducted by the District of Columbia Public Schools'
Office of Facilities Management" to the Office of Public Education Facilities
Modernization (OPEFM). Specifically this request will reprogram and transfer the
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following:
A) $26,017,958 in DCPS maintenance, operating budget authority;
B) 383 full time equivalent (FTEs) positions funded with annually appropriated
operating funds. This transfer should include all personnel records and related
files (including electronic copies and files, if available) of current
maintenance employees;
C) All records related to maintenance operations (including electronic copies of
files, if available), including plans, designs, solicitations, proposals, awards,
contracts, change orders, budget an4 projections, reports, studies, etc; and
D) All office, filed and warehoused assests utilized by and/or assigned to the
DCPS OFM maintenance staff, including furniture, equipment, machines,
vehicles, tools, systems, supplies, part materials, etc. The assests transferred
to OPEFM should include District owned or leased office space, buildings,
and warehouse occupied and utilized by the above reference maintenance
personnel.
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Should DCPS and OPEFM mutually agree that certain DCPS OFM's transferred services
are not facilities maintenance related, then such services with funding would be
transferred back to DCPD. If determination is made in FY 2008, an intra-district
memorandum of understanding would be utilized to execute the transfer.
OPEFM request that personnel records of separated DCPS OFM maintenance employees
be ~aintained in compliance with District laws and policies, and be easily accessible to
OPEFM. Further, OPEFM request that records related to prior fiscal years' DCPS OFM
operational activities be maintained in compliance with District laws and policies, and be
easily accessible to OPEFM.
Additionally, since the reprogramming would occur during the fiscal year, year-to-date
FY 2008 expenditure balances would follow the budget authority to OPEFM. Thus, all
budgetary and financial transactions what have occurred since October 1, 2007 will be .
moved from DCPS' books to OPEFM's books.
Details of the request are contained in the agency's submission. Thank you for your
consideration of this request. I look forward to the Chief Financial Officer's favorable
review of this request.
·M. Fenty
or of the District of Columbia
Enclosure
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cc:
Gordon McDonald, Interim Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
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A) $46.017,958inpCP'Smaintt::nance~ op~fll~ingbudg()t authority;
B) 3S3nln~timeequivalel\tS (FTEsJ positions illuded with alllluaJlynppropdated oPerating(l,lnds;This transfer:
s,houldincludeall ~nn¢l recordsaud relate<itiles (in<:ltl<U1l8 electronic copies andfil~s.lf aV'ail~~) ()f
eurrentmaiiltenan¢e empf(lye~;
C) Allrecoros related to maintenanceoj)erntions (including electronic coptesoffiles.JfawililbJe), inclUding
pliIDli!~· ~igu$, soHcitt\tion~ptoposalsi awurdf. eontOlcts, chailge()rden,budg~'ts andprojectlOns~rep~
stUdles,etC; arid,.
D) All office,field andwarehoo$oo assetS utilized by and/or a5Signeato the DCPSOFMma.intertan.<:esm:ff;
incll1dingfurnitute~ eq~ip.mM~ machines, vMicles.toQ.I$, .SySlems., suppijes~ partsmaterials~etc; ....Thi:asSets
transferred to OPEf1\4 shQQld include District owned or Jea.sed· office space,. j)qildings,and· wareho~
<.X:cupied artdutilized bytbe abO've reference maintenance personneL
in t¢~r<ttQ fWnl (i) abQve;snol.ildDCPS and OPJ;FM uluttlaHyagreetbatcertain .DCPSOFM;stranS.'&rredserVlces
arenottaqilitj~maint~J)ance related, then. $ucb $ervl(:eswith t\mding wQuld Pe tran~f~ 1:I~kwDCPS... lfsuch.a
d~il1ad(m is made in FY2008,8n intra-District memorandum ofunde.rstandlllgwouklbe\ltili~d toex~~ the
transfer.
OPEFM.r~uests thatpe~nl}el n')r;ords of separated DCPS .ofMmamt~!lanCfl emplQy~be mllinta,ined incompliance
with Distt1ctla~ andpolicies~fu:id~oosily accessible to OP~FM.rutther, OPRfM requests tOat*,oonts reiat<XJJ()
pri<>rfiscal ~ tDCPSOFM· operational aCtiviti~.b~mahltained incompliance witll OiStrictlinvs ·and· pOlicl¢9j.lIildbe
easHYl'i¢Ce$$it>le ~O QPEFM:
A~ditionally~siricethis reprogrammingwot:ddoCcurchiriilgthefiscal yea:r,.yeilr~t();;aate.FY 2()08expe:ndltutebaJances
wOO,ld follow theb~et!1utb()rity toOPEFM. Thus, aU bUdgetary and flnaitclai transaCtions thatbave: O<:clltr'edsmce
OctOber Ij2007wiUbe moved from DCPS' bookS to OPEFM'sboOks.
Why are the funds ll~~d?
The "Scbool ModerniZatinn Use Of Flmds Reqllirefu~t Emerg~y Alriendmerit.Actof2007»authoriiesOPEFMfu
perform aJidm.anag~ routinemaitlterum~ .3t DCPSfaeilities withthespecjfie&x~ti.on~£ Mtman.a$tng: eJeaningalid
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·janittiriat~i~. The 1iJri~isneed~byOPEFMtb·Mfin itsnew~ .expandedresponilbUlty byperformingplarmed.
roi.U:Ule main~a:tldfa¢illties.operations in.atmslICl:!·as:.· bOller plru'ilop«atroos•.~·maritgeJnent;.~
m~cat e.lectricruj roofing,gr<>tmas Wid general malnteMtlce.
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JUkiS atfiprogrammiiiirorestorea budget ellt .utllorlzed. by the MaYi)r Imd/orCouncU?
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Huw wnHbefnnds .~l"¢pN)lraft1ni~?
j'h~FV200$·~g budget al.l~b{)rityof$26.(h1,~53 wilfbcttansforrootrgtn PCl>S' Ff1ciliiij)sMaifi~~
Prog\Ul1 to QPEt;tvi' $ ~()pair ao<l.lv:falntenance Program~ .SpeeiflcblldgetaccoWrt details arep~ted intheli"tt®hed··
reproprnmmg f'onn~
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DCP'S'F¥ 2008 h~dget includes $26.0 11,958 to nnancetne mairitenmu:eactivities o(lts OFM; ThiS rcptQgn;.mmmg
Mquest witltNms:ter thebothallnuaJappropriatkln andfulated yeat";tO:;;dat{)experiditUres~ ·ThisrequestttittansfertJ'it': .
bUdget authoritY aridrehited perSQi)~l· isbemg stilnnilt.ed to compljWiththe"SChoolMOdernizatiooUseofFtmds
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progcim 6r. agency?
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If this repl:'ognu;oming is not approved•. facilitics operations. repairs and maint~nunc~ that .C9ul
ag~ycrea~to mMagethe maintenanceofDCpg; fi:u;:i1iti(!S. as \Vel1.as·lb.~. modemi~tiMand.new COll$trU~ pf .
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ShOuldYQ~ baveally qlJe~ollS•. please rofltact Li~Ruda. ChietQ(Srnff. iltaP2)442-,5629 orPameJ~Gtab~ Chief
Fin~Mial Officer for DeI'S, at (202)442';53Ob.
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Vietor Re.ltilioo,~puty Mayor fur Education
Allert LeW; Executive. Direeror.9PEFM.
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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(])U~GENT
Memorandum
To:
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rock~~e Council
From:
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Date:
March 12,2008
Subject:
Notice of Reprogramming Request of$173,178,504 for the Office of Public
Education Facilities Modernization
Reprog. (17-96)
Notice is given that the attached request to reprogram $173,178,504 of capital
budget authority from the District ·of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) to the
Public Education Facilities Modernization was filed in the Chainnan's Office on
March 12,2008. The reprogramming will allow for the transfer of component
replacement capital projects at DCPS facilities as required under the School
Modernization Use of Funds Requirements Emergency Amendment Act of2007
and the Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act of 2007.
The Council's 14 day review begins March 13,2008 and the request will be
deemed approved on April 5, 2008, unless a notice of disapproval is filed
prior to that time which would extend the review period to 30 days. The request
would then be deemed approved on the 31 8t day of receipt unless an approval or
disapproval resolution is adopted prior to that time.
Copies are available in Legislative Services, Room 10.
TITLE: Reprogramming Request of$173,178,504 for the Office of Public
Education Facilities Modernization
INTRODUCED BY: Chainnan Gray at the request ofthe Mayor
Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee of the Whole.
Attachment
cc: General Counsel
Budget Director
Legislative Services
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The Honorable Vincent C. Gray, Chairman
Reprogramming Request (Capital) for the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization
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$79,351,504 of budget allotments in these projects had not been spent as of September 30,
2007. The School Modernization Use ofFunds Requirements Emergency Act of 2007
explicitly allows for the transfer of funds for this purpose. The reprogramming request
constitutes the entire available capital budget for these projects. Additionally, OPEFM will
assume all of the FY 2008 year-to-date and ongoing expenditures associated with the
program. The transfer of expenditures will occur subsequent to the processing of the
reprogramming request.
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Thank: you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to the Council's favorable
action on this request.
Enclosure
cc:
Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer
Lucille Dickinson, Chief of Staff, OCFO
Gordon McDonald, Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Lolita Alston, Director of Legislative Support, EOM
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Natwar M. Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer
FEB -1 2008
The Honorable Vincent C. Gray, Chairman
Council of the District of Colunlbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Chairman Gray:
Pursuant to the Reprogranuning Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Official Code §47-363(a-l) (3) (A) (ii) and
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, P.L. 110-161, approved December 26, 2007, the
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has reviewed the Mayor of the District of Columbia's request to
reprogram capital funds budget authority from the District of Columbia Office of Facilities
Management (DCPS OFM) to the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM). This
reprogramming request for $173,178,504 is for the component replacement capital projects to be
performed by OPEFM.
Budget authority is available because theFY 2008 approved budget included $93,827,000 ofcapital
budget authority for DCPS for these projects,and-prior unspent budget allotments in these-projects
totals $79,351,504. Subsequent legislation has directed that these projects be moved to OPEFMand
the capital budget be reprogrammed accordingly. Any FY 2008 expenditure or encumbrance activity
charged to DCPS as of the date of the reprogrannning will be transferred to QPEFM through ajournal
entry, so that all FY 2008 activity will be reflected in OPEFM.
The Office of Budget and Planning's analysis indicates that the reprogramming will not have any
adverse impact on the agency's budget or the District's financial plan. Accordingly, the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer recommends that the District Council approve this request.
cc:
Honorable Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia
Dan Tangherlini, City Administrator, EOM
Lucille Dickinson, Chief of Staff, OCFO
Gordon McDonald, Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Lolita Alston, Legislative Support, EOM .
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 209, Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 727-2476
www.dccfo.com
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Also, note that the fiscal year 2008 DCPS capital budget authority of $21,203,000 will be
transferred into OPEFM's capital project number GM120C*, General Miscellaneous
Repairs-Phase 4, Construction.
Details of the request are contained in the agency's submission. Thank you for your
consideration of this request. I look forward to the Chief Financial Officer's favorable
review of this request.
Enclosure
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Gordon McDonald, Interim Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Ten~ Dolphin, Chief of Staff
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0) All office; field,. and warehoused assets utilized by and/or aSsigned to the DCPS Office of
Facilities Management capi~ progrant staff, including furniture, equipmen~ machines,
vehicles, tools; systems~ supplies, parts, materials, etc. The assets transferred to OPEFM
should incI~de Di$trict-owned or leased office space; buildings, and warehouses occupied
and utiliZed by the 'al>overeferenced capitalfunded personnel.
OPEFM requeSts tIult personnel records of separated DCPS OFM employees be n:laintained in
compliance With District laws and policies, and be easily accessible to OPEFM. Further,
OP~FM reques1stha,treeords for closed DCPScapital projects be maintained in compliance with
District laws and policies, and be easily accessible to OPEFM.
Pt~e note the repro~g of capital budget a\lthority includes $6.0 million of master lease
f'rilancing for theDCPS conversion to the PeopleSoft Human Resources system With funding
.allocated over two fi~ year; $1,000,000 in FY 2008 and 5,000,000 in FY 2009. These monies
will be transferred to the DCPS via an intra-District memorandum of understanding.
Also, note that the PTE count is taken from the PY 2008 bUdget, Schedule A records maintained
by the DCPS office of the ChiefFinancial Officer. The attached Schedule A represents an
excerpt of FTE i¢'orntatiOn applicable to this reprogramming request.
Why are the funds needed?
The. "School Modetnization Use of Funds Requirement Emergency AmendmentAct of 2007"
authorizes the O}?EFM t() perfonn and manage routine maintenance at DCPS facilities with the
specific exception of not managing cleaning and janitorial services. The funding is needed by
OPEFMto fiUtillits new~ expand~~onsibllity by performing planned, routine maintenance
in the areas ofcomp<>Dentreplacements (boilers, chillers, roofs, windows, etc.), small capital
Pl'oj~ts (minor remodeling for effective space utilization), and court ordered mandates (w.cludes
asbestos abatement" modificatio1l,s for ADA compliance, and removal ofundergro~d storage
tanks)~
Is this a reprogramming to' testorea budget cut auth6rized.by the Mayor and/or Council?
No.
How will the funds bereprograntD1ed?
The fiscal year 2008 capital budget authority of $22,203,000 will be transferred as follows: '
$21,203,000 into OPBFM?scapital proJectnumberGM120C, General Miscellaneous RepairsPhase 4, Construction; and $1,000,000' into agency ELC, Equipment Lease - Capital (project
number to be detennllied).
Note: to /fP!iUtate thf trtq&f;iiQ~ (if DCfS (JFM capital projects to.OPEFM, andprovJding the availability ()fIl systems.
$oluJWn. the saine projects nilmbers(but different agency) wlU be utlll'ledfor continuity purposes.
Why 3)"e the tundsavaDable'l
DUeto facilities repaIrs .and deferred maintenance being performed under the Stabilization
IJ;iitil:\tive ~. w~l1.as to uncertainties regarding the transition ofDCPS OPM capital pl'ograms to
OPEFM, FY 2008 small capital projectS funds are unspent and unencumbered.
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C91UNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Memorandum
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1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
CD URGENT
To:
From:
Date:
March 31, 2008
Subject:
Notice of Reprogramming Request of $41,142,484 for the Office of the State
Superintendent of Education
Reprog. (17-98)
Notice is given that the attached request to reprogram $41,142,484 oflocal funds
budget authority from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Office of
the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) was filed in the Chainnan's Office
on March 31, 2008. The reprogramming facilitates the transfer ofthe Early Care
and Education Administration (ECEA) from the DHS to OSSE.
The Council's 14 day review begins April 1, 2008 and the request will be
deemed approved on April 15, 2008, unless a notice of disapproval is filed
prior to that time which would extend the review period to 30 days. The request
would then be deemed approved on the 31 st day of receipt unless an approval Qr
disapproval resolution is adopted prior to that time.
Copies are available in Legislative Services, Room 10.
TITLE: Reprogramming Request of$41,142,484 for the Office of the State
Superintendent of Education
INTRODUCED BY: Chairman Gray at the request of the Mayor
Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee of the Whole and
the Committee on Human Services.
Attachment
cc: General Counsel
Budget Director
Legislative Services
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MAYOR
MAR 312008
The Honorable Vincent C. Gray
Chainnan
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, D.C. 20004
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Reprogramming Request for the Office ofthe State Superinte~iii1otS;
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Dear Chainnan Gray:
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I am transmitting a request to reprogram $41,142,484 oflocal funds budget authority from the
Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education
(OSSE) to comply with the "Supplemental Appropriations Clarification Emergency Declaration
Resolution 0/2008" (Resolution) recently approved by the Council of the District of Columbia.
Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Official Code §47-363(a-l)(3)(A)(ii)
and the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, approved December 26, 2007 (p.L. 110161), I am transmitting this request as required. I have also submitted this request to the Chief
Financial Officer so that he can certify that funds are available for this reprogramming.
This reprogramming request for $41,142,484 oflocal funds reflects the requirements stipulated
in the recently passed Resolution (17-521). The Resolution states in Section 2 (c)(d) that as a
prerequisite of the enactment of the "Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Emergency
Act 0/2007", this reprogramming is required. This reprogramming facilitates the transfer of the
Early Care and Education Administration (ECEA) from DHS to OSSE. This includes all of the
appropriated budget authority, year-to-date expenditures, programs, activities, positions,
property, and records associated with ECEA so that it is consistent with the Council-approved
Resolution, Section 501 (a) of the Early Intervention Program Establishment Act of 2004 (D.C.
Law 17-9, the D.C. Code § 7-863.03 (a)), and the "Public Education Re/orm Amendment Act 0/
2007".
Pursuant to the Resolution, an additional $40,191,915 will be transferred from the Income
Maintenance Administration within DRS to OSSE through an intra-District agreement. This
intra-District will enable the agencies to comply witl! certain requirements associated with the
federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) grant, which restricts the movement of
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this funding without an agreement that articulates its uses. Finally, a total of$20,OI1~269 in nonTANF-related federal funds will be transferred transfer from DHS to OSSE.
Including the local funds contained in this reprogramming request, the gross funds amount being
transferred totals $101,345,668. The table below shows a breakdown of the amounts and fulltime equivalents by appropriated fund.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to the Council's favorable
action on this request.
Enclosure
cc:
Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer
Lucille Dickinson, Chief of Staff, OCFO
Gordon McDonald, Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Lolita Alston, Legislative Support, EOM
Government of the District of Columbia
Office of the C.hief Financial Officer
Natwar M. Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer
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MAR 26 2008
The Honorable Vincent C. Gray, Chainnan
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Chainnan Gray:
Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Official Code §47.. 363(a-l) (3) (A) (ii)
and the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, P.L. 110-161 approved December 26, 2007,
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has reviewed the Mayor of the District of Columbia's
request to reprogram $41,142,484 oflocal funds budget authority from the Department of Human
Services to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) to comply with an
Emergency Resolution recently approved by the Council of the District of Columbia.
This reprogramming request transfers $41,142,484 oflocal funds budget authority to comply with
the provisions of the "Supplemental Appropriations Clarification Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2008". The Emergency Resolution requires the transfer of all appropriated budget
authority, year-to-date expenditures, programs, activities, positions, property, and records associated
with the Early Care and Education Administration. A gross funds total of $101,345,668 will be
transferred to OSSE pursuant to the Emergency Resolution. Of this amount, $41,142,484 represents
local funds.
Analysis by the Office of Budget and Planning indicates that the reprogramming will not have an
adverse impact on the agency's local funds budget or the District's financial plan. Accordingly, the
Office of the Chief Financial, Officer recommends that the District Council approve the requested
reprogrammmg.
cc:
Honorable Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor ofthe District of Columbia
Dan Tangherlini, City Administrator, EOM
Lucille Dickinson, Chief of Staff, OCFO
Gordon McDonald, Deputy CFO for Budget and Planning
Lolita Alston, Legislative Support, EOM
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 203, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 727-2476
www.cfo.dc.gov
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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
17-521
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
February 5.2008
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Fiscal Year 2008
Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act of 2007 and the Fiscal Year 2008
Supplemental Appropriations Temporary Act of 2008 to allocate funding for the prekindergarten initiative to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, to authorize
7 full-time equivalent positions for the District of Columbia Auditor, to revise the
applicability provision to clarify the amount of funds required to be reprogrammed, and
that the requirement shall be met upon the receipt, not approval, of the required requests,
and to add the requirement of a reprogramming of the funding for Early Childhood
Development from the Department of Human Services to Office of the State
Superintendent of Education.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriations Clarification Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2008".
Sec. 2. (a) The Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act of 2007
and the Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Temporary Act of 2008 ("supplemental
legislation") allocated funds to the District of Columbia Public Schools to provide start-up
funding for the Pre-K-for-All initiative. The appropriate agency to receive this funding is the
Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
(b) The supplemental legislation allocated $750,000 to the District of Columbia Auditor
to support increased operational and oversight capacity. The emergency legislation adds to that
$750,000 allocation authority for 7 full-time equivalent positions to enable the District of
Columbia Auditor to utilize these additional funds effectively.
(c) As a condition of applicability, the supplemental legislation requires that $99.827
million and other indefinite amounts be reprogrammed, in accordance with the School
Modernization Use of Funds Requirements Temporary Amendment Act of 2007. The
emergency legislation clarifies the amount that is required to be reprogrammed, provides that the
requirement shall be met upon the receipt, not approval, of the required requests, and adds the
requirement of a reprogramming of the funding for Early Childhood Development from the
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Department of Human Services to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
(d) The Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 requires the transfer of the
Early Care and Education Administration and the Early Intervention Program ("ECEA") from
the Department of Human Services to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The
Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 has been law since June, 2007, but this
transfer has not yet been effected. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education is ready
to assume the responsibility for ECEA. It is important that the transfer take place to allow the
Office of the State Superintendent of Education to accurately access its budgetary needs.
(e) Emergency legislation is needed to address the above-referenced matters.
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
Supplemental Appropriations Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 be adopted after
a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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