Bill > B26-0263

This bill adjusts appropriations for the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2025 budget, resulting in a net decrease of $236,858,618. * **Governmental Direction and Support:** Decreased by $9,440,941, with significant rescissions from the Office of the Inspector General ($2,445,992) and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer ($2,562,145), offset by an increase to the Department of General Services ($6,064,619). * **Economic Development and Regulation:** Decreased by $34,728,240, including a $21,000,000 rescission from the Housing Production Trust Fund Subsidy and a $5,118,672 rescission from the Department of Housing and Community Development. * **Public Safety and Justice:** Increased by $30,171,940, with significant additions to the Department of Corrections ($12,227,432) and the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services ($11,780,952), funded by increases in "other funds." * **Public Education System:** Increased by $8,049,876, with $8,000,000 added for Non-Public Tuition and $17,070,000 added for Special Education Transportation, funded by local funds. * **Human Support Services:** Increased by $30,877,048, with a substantial $51,943,303 addition to the Department of Human Services, funded by local funds and dedicated taxes, partially offset by rescissions from the Department of Health Care Finance. * **Operations and Infrastructure:** Decreased by $41,733,899, with significant rescissions from the Department of Energy and Environment ($20,575,052) and the Department of Motor Vehicles ($3,954,348), offset by an increase to the Department of Public Works ($5,203,896). * **Financing and Other:** Decreased by $176,996,828, primarily through rescissions from local funds, including a $187,847,837 rescission from the Workforce Investments Account, and additions to local funds for the Emergency Planning and Security Fund and Repayment of Contingency Reserve Fund. * **Enterprise and Other Funds:** Decreased by $43,057,573, mainly through rescissions from enterprise and other funds, including a $38,502,226 rescission from Repayment of PILOT Financing. * **Capital Projects:** Various capital projects saw adjustments, including significant decreases for the DC General Campus Renovations ($750,000) and the Bancroft ES Annex ($14,729,323), and increases for the Congress Heights Modernization ($5,000,000) and the Rumsey Aquatic Center ($7,380,196). * **Grants:** The bill also allocates $4 million to the National Theatre, $500,000 to the Howard Theatre, and $285,000 to the Lincoln Theatre for specific capital and operational expenses in Fiscal Year 2025.