are available for acquiring services provided by the Gen-
eral Services Administration: Provided further, That Busi-
ness Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes
levied by the District of Columbia: Provided further, That
local funds in the amount of $1,200,000 shall be appro-
priated for the Excel Institute.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, $797,423,000 (including
$760,849,000 from local funds, $6,599,000 from Federal
grant funds, $29,966,000 from other funds, and $9,000
from private funds), in addition, $1,300,000 from funds
previously appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council’’: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be
available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police
for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided further,
That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with
services that are performed in emergencies by the National
Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor,
in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and
the Commanding General of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may
be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Colum-
bia National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be
available from this appropriation, and the availability of
the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment in ad-
vance for emergency services involved.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $1,223,424,000
(including 
$1,058,709,000 
from 
local 
funds,
$151,978,000 from Federal grant funds, $8,957,000 from
other funds, $3,780,000 from private funds) in addition,
$25,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in this
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident
Tuition Support’’, $6,000,000 from funds previously ap-
propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-
ment for Public School Libaries’’, and $26,000,000 from
funds previously appropriated in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ to be allocated as follows:
(1) 
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.—$888,944,000 (including $760,494,000
from local funds, $117,450,000 from Federal grant
funds, $7,330,000 from other funds, $3,670,000
from private funds), in addition, $6,000,000 from
funds previously appropriated in this Act under the
heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Public School Librar-
ies’’ shall be available for District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools and $13,000,000 from funds previously
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal
Payment for School Improvement in the District of
Columbia’’ shall be available for District of Colum-
bia Public Schools: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, the
evaluation process and instruments for evaluating
District of Columbia Public School employees shall
be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining
purposes: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of
any nonresident of the District of Columbia at any
District of Columbia public elementary or secondary
school during fiscal year 2005 unless the non-
resident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at
a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred
by the District of Columbia that are attributable to
the education of the nonresident (as established by
the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools): Provided further, That notwithstanding
the amounts otherwise provided under this heading
or any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the District of Columbia Public Schools
on July 1, 2005, an amount equal to 10 percent of
the total amount of the local funds appropriations
request provided for the District of Columbia Public
Schools in the proposed budget of the District of Co-
lumbia for fiscal year 2006 (as submitted to Con-
gress), and the amount of such payment shall be
chargeable against the final amount provided for the
District of Columbia Public Schools under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $9,300 for the Su-
perintendent of Schools shall be available from this
appropriation for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
(2) 
TEACHERS’ 
RETIREMENT
FUND.—
$9,200,000 from local funds shall be available for
the Teacher’s Retirement Fund.
(3) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—$43,104,000
(including 
$10,015,000 
from 
local 
funds,
$32,913,000 
from 
Federal 
grant 
funds, 
and
$176,000 
from 
other 
funds), 
in 
addition,
$25,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in
this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for
Resident Tuition Support’’ shall be available for the
State Education Office and $13,000,000 from funds
previously appropriated in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in
the District of Columbia’’ shall be available for the
State Education Office: Provided, That of the
amounts provided to the State Education Office,
$500,000 from local funds shall remain available
until June 30, 2006 for an audit of the student en-
rollment of each District of Columbia Public School
and of each District of Columbia public charter
school.
(4) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC CHARTER
SCHOOLS.—$196,802,000 from local funds shall be
available for District of Columbia public charter
schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis-
bursement of funds to the District of Columbia pub-
lic charter schools, with the first payment to occur
within 15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year:
Provided further, That if the entirety of this alloca-
tion has not been provided as payments to any pub-
lic charter schools currently in operation through the
per pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain
available for public education in accordance with sec-
tion 2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School
Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–
1804.03(b)(2)): Provided further, That of the
amounts made available to District of Columbia pub-
lic charter schools, $100,000 shall be made available
to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as au-
thorized by section 2403(b)(5) of the District of Co-
lumbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official
Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(5)): Provided further, That
notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided
under this heading or any other provision of law,
there shall be appropriated to the District of Colum-
bia public charter schools on July 1, 2005, an
amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount of
the local funds appropriations request provided for
payments to public charter schools in the proposed
budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year
2006 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of
such payment shall be chargeable against the final
amount provided for such payments under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006.
(5) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA SUBSIDY.—$49,602,000 from local funds shall
be available for the University of the District of Co-
lumbia subsidy: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of
nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia, unless the Board
of Trustees of the University of the District of Co-