Education Reports Simplification Amendment Act of 2025

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Statement of Introduction
Education Reports Simplification Amendment Act of 2025
May 28, 2025
Today, I am proud to introduce the Education Reports Simplification Amendment Act of 2025,
which would reform outdated, duplicative, and administratively burdensome reporting currently
required of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) and the District of
Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). This bill, co-introduced by Councilmembers Matthew
Frumin, Janeese Lewis George, Anita Bonds, and Brianne K. Nadeau, reflects our commitment
to supporting our education agencies by focusing on student outcomes, emphasizing the quality
rather than quantity of data, and ensuring that required reports serve a meaningful purpose for the
Council and the public.
The Council often requires agencies to prepare reports in legislation that implements
programmatic changes. While these mandated reports are initially implemented to promote
transparency, inform oversight, and guide policy, many reporting requirements remain binding
after the underlying issues the Council sought to better understand through reporting have been
addressed. Additionally, over time, the Council has lost track of agency reporting requirements,
whether due to a change in committee leadership, agency resolution of underlying issues, or
structural changes in agency or government operations that are not accompanied by legislative
changes. As a result, agencies have been required to submit reports that may be superfluous or
are misaligned with current agency operations or available data systems.
This legislation would update or ease reporting requirements for DCPS and OSSE by: (1)
repealing reporting requirements that are no longer relevant or useful; (2) consolidating reports
that cover overlapping subject matter or timeframes; and (3) updating statutory language to
reflect how information is currently shared with the Council and the public.
• Section Two would repeal OSSE's real estate portfolio review and business plan studies
for potential partnership development annual reporting requirement.
• Section Three would repeal the mandate requiring OSSE to secure independent
contractors to perform a census of the enrolled students separately from the enrollment
studies in addition to those completed and submitted regularly. This would alleviate some
administrative burden associated with the annual and quarterly reporting requirement in
the Code mandating that OSSE submit the same enrollment data at five different times
throughout the year.
• Section Four would amend the mandate for OSSE to submit three different reports
pertaining to the quality of pre-k programs by consolidating the Annual Evaluation of
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Quality of Current Pre-k Programs reporting requirement and mandating submissions on
May 15th rather than submissions by the current December 30th deadline.
• Section Five would amend the mandate for OSSE to report the status of residency fraud
investigations, levying and collection of fines, and retroactive tuition, as such data is
generally not available at that time. Instead, such report submissions would be required by
September 15th.
• Section Six would repeal the requirement that the State Board of Education submit a
report covering all activities with respect to public school buildings and grounds that were
undertaken during the preceding fiscal year.
• Section Seven would repeal the requirement for the DCPS chancellor to submit an annual
report for the preceding academic year delineating students’ progress and readiness to the
Council and Mayor, as other sections of the Code mandate the report of similar data
• Section Eight would amend the mandate for OSSE to gather data pertaining to healthy
schools, nutrition programs, and physical and health education to publish within 30 days
of receiving each school's data. Instead, OSSE would be required to submit one annual
comprehensive report after all the relevant data has been collected.
• Section Nine would repeal the requirement that the DCPS Chancellor submit a draft
comprehensive student technology equity plan to the Council for review and comment no
less than 2 months in advance of the final report submission.
• Section Ten would revise the requirement that the University of the District of Columbia
(UDC) Board of Trustees provide annual reports regarding the operation of programs and
the expenditure of all funds for public postsecondary education in the District by requiring
UDC to submit a copy of the report to the Council Secretary.
• Section Eleven would amend and clarify the current requirement that the Mayor report to
the Council quarterly regarding the number of eligible students receiving funding through
the DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program attending each eligible institution and expand
data publication regarding the amount of the grant awards paid to those institutions.
I engaged collaboratively with OSSE and DCPS to identify duplicative reporting requirements,
which reports were redundant or no longer relevant, and which data is already available through
other means, such as online dashboards or existing annual reports. Accordingly, this bill reflects
the Council’s recognition that oversight is strongest when it is focused, meaningful, and aligned
with the capacity of the District’s agencies.
This bill aims to advance efficient governance by allowing OSSE and DCPS to direct more time
and resources toward improving student achievement, equity, and operational excellence. I look
forward to working with my colleagues to advance this legislation.
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______________________________ ______________________________ 1 Councilmember Matthew Frumin Councilmember Christina Henderson 2 3 4 ______________________________ ______________________________ 5 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George Councilmember Anita Bonds 6 7 8 ______________________________ 9 Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau 10 11 12 13 A BILL 14 15 _______________ 16 17 18 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 19 20 _______________________ 21 22 To amend titles 1 and 38 of the D.C. Official Code to repeal and revise reporting requirements 23 imposed on education agencies. 24 25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 26 act may be cited as the “Education Reports Simplification Amendment Act of 2025”. 27 Sec. 2. Section 4046 of the Schools Modernization Amendment Act of 2005, effective 28 October 20, 2005 (D.C. Law 16-33; D.C. Official Code § 1-325.45(a)), is repealed. 29 Sec. 3. Section 702 of the Public School Enrollment Census Act of 1998, effective March 30 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code § 38-159), is repealed. 31 Sec. 4. The Pre-k Enhancement and Expansion Amendment Act of 2008, effective July 32 18, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-202; D.C. Official Code § 38-271.01 et seq.), is amended as follows: 33 (a) Section 103 (D.C. Official Code § 38-271.03) is amended as follows: 34 (1) Subsection (e) is amended by striking the phrase " December 30" and inserting 35 the phrase “May 15” in its place; and 36

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(2) A new subsection (f) is added to read as follows: 37 “(f) The annual reports required by subsection (e) of this section, section 104, and section 38 105(a) may be submitted to the Council by May 15 annually as one report.”. 39 (b) Section 104 (D.C. Official Code § 38-271.04) is amended by striking the phrase 40 "December 30" and inserting the phrase “May 15” in its place. 41 (c) Section 105(a) (D.C. Official Code § 38-271.05(a)) is amended by striking the phrase 42 “December 30,” and inserting the phrase “May 15” in its place. 43 Sec. 5. The lead-in language of section 15c of the District of Columbia Nonresident 44 Tuition Act, effective May 9, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-126; D.C. Official Code § 38-312.03), is 45 amended by striking the phrase “and on an annual basis thereafter” and inserting the phrase “and 46 on an annual basis thereafter; provided, that, beginning in calendar year 2026, the report shall be 47 due on September 15 and on an annual basis thereafter.”. 48 Sec. 6. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Board of Education Leasing Authority Act 49 of 1982, effective September 29, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-158; D.C. Official Code § 38-401.01), is 50 repealed. 51 Sec. 7. Section 504 of the Raising the Expectations for Education Outcomes Omnibus 52 Act of 2012, effective June 19, 2012, (D.C. Law 19-142; D.C. Official Code § 38-755.04), is 53 amended as follows: 54 (1) Paragraph (3)(B) is amended by striking the phrase “; and” and inserting a 55 period in its place. 56 (2) Paragraph (4) is repealed. 57
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Sec. 8 Section 602(d) of the Healthy Schools Act of 2010, effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. 58 Law 18-209; D.C. Official Code § 38-826.02(d)), is amended by striking the phrase “within 30 59 days of receipt.” and inserting the phrase “by March 15 of each year.”. 60 Sec. 9. Section 2(c) of the DCPS Digital Equity Act of 2022, effective December 13, 2022 61 (D.C. Law 24-191, D.C. Official Code § 38-831.21(e)), is repealed. 62 Sec. 10. Section 404 of the District of Columbia Public Higher Education Reorganization 63 Act, approved October 26, 1974, (88 Stat. 1430; D.C. Official Code § 38-1204.04), is amended 64 by striking the phrase “The Trustees shall make an annual report to the general public, Mayor, 65 Council, and the Congress” and inserting the phrase “The Trustees shall make an annual report 66 available to the general public, Mayor, and the Congress, and shall submit an annual report to the 67 Council”. 68 Sec. 11. Section 4025(b)(2) of the Higher Education Financial Aid Assistance Act of 69 2006, effective March 2, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-192; D.C. Official Code § 38-2734(b)(2)), is 70 amended to read as follows: 71 “(2) The name of each institution receiving funding from the DC Tuition Assistance 72 Grant Program, the number of students enrolled at each institution receiving funding from the 73 DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program, the amount of funding from the DC Tuition Assistance 74 Grant Program that each institution has received, and the enrollment status and graduation rates 75 of students receiving DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program funding.”. 76 Sec. 12. Fiscal impact statement. 77 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 78 impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 79 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 80
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Sec. 13. Effective date. 81 This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 82 Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review 83 as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 84 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)). 85