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District of Columbia: Provided further, That local funds in the
amount of $1,200,000 shall be appropriated 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 emer-
gencies 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 National
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary
for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard
under the preceding proviso shall be available from this appropria-
tion, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as consti-
tuting payment in advance for emergency services involved.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 Sup-
port’’, $6,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Public School Libraries’’,
and $26,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in
the District 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 pre-
viously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal
Payment for Public School Libraries’’ shall be available for
District of Columbia Public 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 Columbia Public Schools: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule,
or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for evalu-
ating District of Columbia Public School employees shall be
a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes: Pro-
vided 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
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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 non-
resident (as established by the Superintendent of the District
of Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That notwith-
standing 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, 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 Dis-
trict 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 the District of Columbia Public
Schools under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2006: Provided further, That not to exceed $9,300 for the Super-
intendent of Schools shall be available from this appropriation
for official reception and representation 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
heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the Dis-
trict 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 avail-
able until June 30, 2006 for an audit of the student enrollment
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 disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia
public 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 allocation has not been provided
as payments to any public charter schools currently in operation
through the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain
available for public education in accordance with section
2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of
1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)): Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available to District of
Columbia public charter schools, $100,000 shall be made avail-
able to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as authorized
by section 2403(b)(5) of the District of Columbia School Reform
Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(5)): Provided
further, That $750,000 of this amount shall be available to
the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board for
administrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any