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Certification.

Reports.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000

13:45 Aug 26, 2004

PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a party in an action or an attorney who defends any action, including an administrative proceeding, brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000 for that action; or (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia determines to have a pecuniary interest, either through an attorney, officer or employee of the firm, in any special education diagnostic services, schools, or other special education service providers. SEC. 145. The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any and all services for which they receive awards, including those received under a settlement agreement or as part of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the District of Columbia: Provided, That as part of the certification, the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia require all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, corporate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other relationships with any special education diagnostic services, schools, or other special education service providers to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part of this certification: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall prepare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the certification of and the amount paid by the government of the District of Columbia, including the District of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought under IDEA: Provided further, That the Inspector General of the District of Columbia may conduct investigations to determine the accuracy of the certifications. SEC. 146. (a) Section 2403(b) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38–1804.03(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) PAYMENT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM CHARTER SCHOOL FUND.— ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—The ‘New Charter School Fund’, as established in the general fund of the District of Columbia prior to the date of the enactment of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, shall be redesignated as the ‘Charter School Fund’. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Charter School Fund shall consist of the following amounts: ‘‘(A) Unexpended and unobligated amounts appropriated from local funds for public charter schools for any fiscal year that reverted to the general fund of the District of Columbia, but only to the extent that the balance of the Charter School Fund for the fiscal year involved is less than— ‘‘(i) $10,000,000, in the case of fiscal year 2002; or ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000, in the case of fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year. ‘‘(B) Any interest earned on such amounts.

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