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B26-0410 • 2025

Work-based Learning Amendment Act of 2025

Work-based Learning Amendment Act of 2025

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Sponsor
Parker
Last action
2025-10-10
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how work-based learning will be included in the graduation requirements, leaving some uncertainty about the exact implementation.

Work-based Learning Amendment Act

This act amends a law to require the Deputy Mayor for Education to create a plan that includes work-based learning as part of high school graduation requirements by 2035.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes The Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 to add new rules about work-based learning.
  • Requires the Deputy Mayor for Education to report on how work-based learning is defined and used in schools within a year after this act takes effect.
  • Asks the Deputy Mayor to suggest ways to give money to employers who offer work-based learning opportunities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • High school students in Washington, D.C.
  • Employers who might provide work-based learning experiences
  • The Deputy Mayor for Education and their team

Terms To Know

Work-based Learning
Activities or experiences that connect classroom learning with real-world job skills, such as internships or apprenticeships.
Deputy Mayor for Education
A government official who helps make decisions about education in Washington, D.C.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact details of how work-based learning will be included in graduation requirements are not yet clear.
  • It is unclear when the act will become law and start to affect schools.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0410 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  2. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee of the Whole

  3. 2025-10-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0410 Introduced by Councilmember Parker at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Work-based Learning Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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Councilmember Anita Bonds Councilmember Zachary Parker 3
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Councilmember Janeese Lewis-George 7
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A BILL 10
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 14
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To amend The Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 to direct the Deputy Mayor 18
for Education to submit a plan to require work-based learning to be a part of graduation 19
requirements by 2035. 20
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this 22
act may be cited as the “Work-based Learning Amendment Act of 2025”. 23
Sec. 2. Section 203b of The Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, effective 24
June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9; D.C. Official Code 38-192.02 et seq.), is amended by adding a 25
new subsection (c) to read as follows: 26
“(c) Within 12 months after the effective date of the Work-based Learning Amendment 27
Act of 2025, the Deputy Mayor for Education shall provide a report to the Council which shall: 28
“(1) Evaluate the District's definition of work-based learning, which clearly 29
defines the set of activities and experiences that qualify as work-based learning for school credit 30
for high-school students; 31
“(2) Create a proposal for providing financial incentives to employers engaging in 32
work-based learning; 33

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“(3) Create a plan to require all high-school students have at least one work-based 34
learning program of study or other direct experience as part of city-wide graduation requirements 35
by 2035; and 36
“(4) Outline any challenges that exist to coordinating work-based learning 37
opportunities across government.”. 38
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 39
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 40
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 41
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 42
Sec. 4. Effective date. 43
This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 44
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 45
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 46
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 47
Columbia Register. 48