B26-0204 • 2025

Safe Passage Training and School Engagement Amendment Act of 2025

Education Labor

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Pinto
Last action: 2025-09-19
Official status: Official Law
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact date of full implementation depends on when the Chief Financial Officer certifies the fiscal impact inclusion in an approved budget and financial plan.

Safe Passage Training and School Engagement Amendment Act of 2025

This law requires Safe Passage staff to meet with school leaders twice a year and sets specific training rules for people who walk students safely.

What This Bill Does

Requires two meetings each year between Safe Passage workers and the administrators at schools they serve.
Mandates quarterly training on how to stop conflicts and calm down tense situations without violence.
Sets annual training requirements on cultural differences, including race, gender, LGBTQIA+ topics, socioeconomic factors, and implicit bias.
Requires yearly instruction on mental health, neurodivergence, and special needs so staff can interact positively with students of different needs, but not to diagnose conditions or administer care.
Adds training to help workers recognize signs of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or family violence.

Who It Names or Affects

Safe Passage Ambassadors hired by community-based organizations that receive grants.
School administrators at schools where Safe Passage routes operate.
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice.

Terms To Know

Safe Passage Ambassador: A person hired to walk students safely along specific school routes.
Neurodivergence: Differences in how a brain works, such as autism or ADHD, which may affect learning and behavior.
Implicit bias: Unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that can influence decisions without the person realizing it.

Limits and Unknowns

The law only takes effect after its cost is included in an approved budget and financial plan.
Training topics must be developed with input from education officials, but specific course details are not listed in this text.
The Deputy Mayor may require additional training beyond the list provided.

Bill History

2025-09-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Law L26-0040, Effective from Sep 10, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 010164
2025-07-29 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Transmitted to Congress
2025-07-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Act A26-0116 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 008170
2025-07-22 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Returned from Mayor
2025-07-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0116
2025-07-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Jul 24, 2025
2025-07-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2025-06-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2025-06-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Committee Mark-up of B26-0204 by the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee
2025-04-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Public Hearing on B26-0204 View Public Hearing Record
2025-04-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Public Hearing on B26-0204 View Public Hearing Record
2025-04-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0204 Published in the District of Columbia Register
2025-04-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register
2025-04-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register
2025-04-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Re-Referral published.
2025-04-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary
2025-04-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary
2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Referred to Committee of the Whole with comments from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Re-Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
2025-03-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
B26-0204 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Safe Passage Training and School Engagement Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
ANACT.

D.C. ACT 26-116
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
JULY 21, 2025
Toamendsection3023oftheOfficeoftheDeputyMayorforPublicSafetyandJustice
EstablishmentActof201|torequiremandatorybi-annualmeetingsbetweenSafe
PassageandSafeBlockspersonnelwiththeschoo!administratorswhoseschoolroutes
areservedbySafePassageAmbassadors,andtoclarifythetrainingrequirementsforSafe
Passagepersonnelhiredbycommunity-basedorganizations.
BE ITENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA, Thatthis
actmay be citedasthe“SafePassageTrainingand SchoolEngagement Amendment Act of
2025".
Sec.2.Section3023(a)oftheOfficeoftheDeputyMayorforPublicSafetyandJustice
EstablishmentActof201,effectiveSeptember6,2023(D.C.Law25-50;D.C.OfficialCode§
1-301.192(a)),isamendedbyaddingnewparagraphs(4)and(5)toreadasfollows:
(4)Personnelhiredbyanorganizationreceivingagrantpursuanttothis
subsectionshallcarryouttheirdutiesinaccordancewiththetermsofthegrantagreementand
standardoperatingproceduresestablishedbytheDeputyMayor,whichshallincludea
mandatorytwiceannualmeetingbetweenSafePassageandSafeBlockspersonnel(“Safe
PassageAmbassadors”)withtheschooladministratorswhoseschoolroutesareservedbythe
SafePassageAmbassadors.(5)AlllSafePassageAmbassadorsemployedbyanorganizationreceivinga
grantpursuanttothissubsectionshallreceivethefollowingtrainings,atminimum,developedin
consultationwiththeOfficeoftheStateSuperintendentforEducationandschooladministrators,
tobeadministeredbytheDeputyMayor:(A)Quarterlybystanderinterventiontraining,includingconflict
resolutionandde-escalationtechniques;“(B)Annualculturalcompetencytraining,includingtrainingonracial,
gender,LGBTQIA+,andsocioeconomicfactorsasrelatedtoimplicitbias;

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
“(©Annualtrainingonmentalhealth,neurodivergence,andspecialneedsforthepurposeofprovidingguidanceonhowtointeractpositivelywithstudentsofdifferentneeds,nottodiagnoseconditionsoradministerspecifickindsofcare;“(D)Annualtrainingonrecognizingsignsofabuse,neglect,anddomestic,intimatepartner,orintra-familialviolence;and
“(E)AnyothertrainingsrequiredbytheDeputyMayor.”.
Sec.3.Applicability.
(a)Thisactshallapplyuponthedateofinclusionofitsfiscaleffectinanapprovedbudgetandfinancialplan.
(b)TheChiefFinancialOfficershallcertifythedateoftheinclusionofthefiscaleffectinanapprovedbudgetandfinancialplan,andprovidenoticetotheBudgetDirectoroftheCouncilofthecertification.
(©\(1)TheBudgetDirectorshallcausethenoticeofthecertificationtobepublishedintheDistrictofColumbiaRegister.
(2)Thedateofpublicationofthenoticeofthecertificationshallnotaffecttheapplicabilityofthisact.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementinthecommitteereportasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectafterapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreview
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
asprovidedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02(c)(1)).
lan—Chairman
Councilof theDistrictof Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

DocketNo.826-0204
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FirstReading,CC

VOTE DATE June17,2025
DaVoicevoTE ‘Approved
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ChairmanMendelson|X Henderson x Pinto x
Allen x LewisGeorge| x R.White
Bonds x McDuffie x
Felder x Nadeau x
Frumin x Patker x
X- IndicateVote AB-Absent NV-Present,NotVoting Rec-Recused
CERTIFICATIONRECORD
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SecretarytotheCouncil Date
DocketNo.826-0204
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[DdAcTION FinalReading
[X]VOTEDATE July4,2025
[X1VOICEVOTE ‘Approved
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[CouncitMember [Aye|Nay|NV[AB[Rec|CouncitMember[Aye[Nay|NV[AB[Rec|CouncilMember[Aye|Nay|NV[AB[Rec
ChairmanMendelson|X Henderson x Pinto x
Allen x LewisGeorge| x R.White
Bonds x McDutfie x
Felder x Nadeau x
Frumin x Parker x
X- IndicateVote AB ~Absent NV-Present,NotVoting Rec-Recused
CERTIFICATIONRECORD
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