I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6322 
To amend the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 to permit 
the District of Columbia government to exercise authority over the Public 
Charter School Board in the same manner as the District government 
may exercise authority over other entities of the District government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2008 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 
1995 to permit the District of Columbia government 
to exercise authority over the Public Charter School 
Board in the same manner as the District government 
may exercise authority over other entities of the District 
government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Charter Schools 
Home Rule Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERN-
MENT 
TO 
REGULATE 
PUBLIC 
CHARTER 
SCHOOL BOARD. 
Section 2214 of the District of Columbia School Re-
form Act of 1995 (sec. 38–1802.14, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) DETERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT LAW.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), the membership of the Board and the process 
by which members of the Board are appointed shall 
be determined in accordance with such laws as may 
be enacted by the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION.—Subsection (a) shall remain 
in effect until a law enacted by the District of Co-
lumbia takes effect to establish the membership of 
the Board and the process by which members of the 
Board are appointed.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
RECEIPT OF REPORTS BY FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT. 
(a) RECEIPT OF ANNUAL REPORT OF CHARTERING 
AUTHORITIES.—Section 2211(d) of the District of Colum-
bia School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38–1802.11(d), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended in the matter preceding para-
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graph (1) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of Education, the ap-
propriate congressional committees,’’. 
(b) RECEIPT OF ANNUAL REPORT ON NUMBER OF 
STUDENTS.—Section 2402(c) of such Act (sec. 38– 
1804.02(c), D.C. Official Code), as amended by section 
102(b) of the Public School Enrollment Integrity Clari-
fication and Board of Education Honoraria Amendment 
Act of 2004 (D.C. Law 15–348), is amended by striking 
‘‘the Authority (during a control year), the Council, the 
Comptroller General of the United States, and the appro-
priate congressional committees’’ and inserting ‘‘the Au-
thority (during a control year) and the Council’’. 
(c) ACCESS TO FISCAL AND STAFFING DATA.—Sec-
tion 2752(b) of such Act (sec. 38–1807.52(b), D.C. Offi-
cial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the Authority, and ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
the Authority’’. 
Æ 
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