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PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

SEC. 140. No later than June 2, 2003, the Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, a detailed analysis of the national effort to establish adequate charter school facilities including a comparison to the efforts in the District of Columbia. SEC. 141. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, in consultation with the General Services Administration, shall conduct an assessment of all buildings currently held in surplus and those that might be made available within 1 year of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such assessment include a survey of the space available, a listing of appropriate uses, a listing of potential occupants, and the renovations or construction necessary to accommodate proposed uses: Provided further, That within 180 days of enactment, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate the findings of such assessment along with a plan for occupying at least 50 percent of the space available at the time such report is submitted: Provided further, That assignments of space included in this plan shall be in compliance with preferences outlined in the D.C. School Reform Act. SEC. 142. The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in administering funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law 106–113, as modified by Public Law 107–96, shall establish and fulfill the following performance measures within nine months of the date of enactment of this Act: (i) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall certify that not less than 50 percent of the funds provided for attorney fees and home studies have been expended; (ii) the Mayor shall establish an outreach program to inform adoptive families and children without parents about the scholarship fund established with these funds; (iii) the Mayor shall establish the location, necessary personnel and mission of the adoptive family resource center in the District of Columbia; (iv) the Mayor shall identify not less than 25 percent of the eligible children in the District of Columbia foster care system with special needs and obligate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided in Public Law 106–113 for adoption incentives and support for children with special needs: Provided, That the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia shall provide quarterly reports beginning on the date of enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, detailing the expenditure of funds provided for the promotion of adoption and performance in actually promoting adoption; and (v) the Mayor and Child and Family Services Agency of the District of Columbia shall increase the number of waiting children listed in the Child and Family Services Agency of the District of Columbia adoption photolisting by 75 percent. SEC. 143. (a)(1) There is established within the District of Columbia, under the authority of the Department of Banking and Financial Institutions, an Office of Public Charter School Financing and Support. (2) The Office shall have the following three functions:

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