Code, sec. 2–1215.15 et seq.): Provided, That such funds
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.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, $745,958,000 (including
$716,715,000 from local funds, $10,290,000 from Federal
grant funds, $18,944,000 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, $1,157,841,000
(including $962,941,000 from local funds, $156,708,000
from Federal grant funds, $27,074,000 from other funds,
$4,302,000 from private funds, and not to exceed
$6,816,000, to remain available until expended, from the
Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund established
pursuant to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform
Fund Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14–190; D.C.
Official Code 4–204.51 et seq.)), in addition, $17,000,000
from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the
heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support’’
and $4,500,000 from funds previously appropriated in this
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Public
School Facilities’’, to be allocated as follows:
(1) 
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.—$870,135,000 (including $738,444,000
from local funds, $114,749,000 from Federal grant
funds, $6,527,000 from other funds, $3,599,000
from private funds, and not to exceed $6,816,000, to
remain available until expended, from the Medicaid
and Special Education Reform Fund established
pursuant to the Medicaid and Special Education Re-
form Fund Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Law
14–190; D.C. Official Code 4–204.51 et seq.)), in
addition, $4,500,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-
ment for Public School Facilities’’ shall be available
for District of Columbia Public Schools: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and in-
struments 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 sub-
sidize the education of any nonresident of the Dis-
trict of Columbia at any District of Columbia public
elementary or secondary school during fiscal year
2004 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the Dis-
trict 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 non-
resident (as established by the Superintendent of the
District of Columbia Public Schools): Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise
provided under this heading or any other provision
of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of
Columbia Public Schools on July 1, 2004, an
amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount pro-
vided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in
the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for
fiscal year 2005 (as submitted to Congress), and the
amount of such payment shall be chargeable against
the final amount provided for the District of Colum-
bia Public Schools under the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2005: Provided further, That
not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of
Schools shall be available from this appropriation for
official purposes: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia Public Schools shall submit to the
Board of Education by January 1 and July 1 of
each year a Schedule A showing all the current
funded positions of the District of Columbia Public
Schools, their compensation levels, and indicating
whether the positions are encumbered: Provided fur-
ther, That the Board of Education shall approve or
disapprove each Schedule A within 30 days of its
submission and provide the Council of the District
of Columbia a copy of the Schedule A upon its ap-
proval.
(2) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—$38,752,000
(including $9,959,000 from local funds, $28,617,000
from Federal grant funds, and $176,000 from other
funds), in addition, $17,000,000 from funds pre-
viously appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support’’
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, 2005 for an audit of
the student enrollment of each District of Columbia
Public School and of each District of Columbia pub-
lic charter school.
(3) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC CHARTER
SCHOOLS.—$137,531,000 from local funds shall be
available for District of Columbia a 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 be avail-
able as follows: (A) the first $3,000,000 shall be de-
posited in the Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund
established pursuant to section 603(e) of the Stu-
dent Loan Marketing Association Reorganization
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009;
20 U.S.C. 1155(e)); and (B) the balance shall be for
public 
education 
in 
accordance 
with 
section
2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School Re-
form 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, $25,000 shall be made available
to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as au-
thorized by section 2403(b)(6) of the District of Co-
lumbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official
Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(6)): Provided further, That
$660,000 of this amount shall be available to the
District of Columbia Public Charter School Board
for administrative costs: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the amounts otherwise provided under
this heading or any other provision of law, there
shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia
public charter schools on July 1, 2004, an amount
equal to 25 percent of the total amount provided for
payments to public charter schools in the proposed
budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year
2005 (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, 2005.
(4) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA.—$80,660,000 (including $48,656,000 from
local funds, $11,867,000 from Federal grant funds,
$19,434,000 from other funds, and $703,000 from
private funds) shall be available for the University of
the District of Columbia: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available to subsidize the edu-
cation of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at
the University of the District of Columbia, unless
the Board of Trustees of the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, a tuition rate schedule that will
establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at
a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher
education in the metropolitan area: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise pro-
vided under this heading or any other provision of
law, there shall be appropriated to the University of
the District of Columbia on July 1, 2004, an
amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount pro-