Provides for Mayoral stipends to students who are D. C.
residents and who agree to employment by the D. C. Government
a Mayoral designated agency for a period immediately
following the students' graduation. Any recipient of this
benefit who fails to perform shall be held liable to D. C. for
three (3) times the amount of the stipend.
States that the full faith and credit of the District of
Columbia is not pledged for any obligations maintained or
entered into by the Antioch School of Law.
Amends the Merit Personnel Act of 1978 to accord the employees of the District of Columbia School of Law employment rights consistent with this act.
The Mayor is to develop in consultation with the affected
parties a new compensation system for all employees in the
Career and Excepted Services.
The D.C. Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act is
further amended. A new Title VI is added to establish the
D.C. School of Law within the University of the District of
Columbia.
At the end of 36 months, it transfers the School of Law
component with certain exceptions to the Trustees of the
University. It vests all functions, powers and duties of the
Board of Governors, except those enumerated in Section 602.
All employees, property (real and personal) and unexpended
balances (available or to be made available), of
appropriations, allocations, and all other funds and assets
and liabilities of the D. C. School of Law are transferred to
the Trustees.
Section 602 states the modified role of the Board of Governors
who will: (a) advise and make recommendations to the Trustees
regarding mission, educational design, internal organization,
management structure, personnel policy, financial aid policy,
fiscal policy, acceptance of major gifts and development
plans with major programmatic undertakings, general policy
governing client service, including: areas, volume,
priorities, professional responsibility, and approval of the
law school's annual budget to be submitted to the President of
the University for review, approval and inclusion in the
University's Budget Submission; (b) meet quarterly and
transmit minutes of all meetings and reports, recommendations
or resolutions to the Board of Trustees of UDC; and (c)
generally supervise, manage, and govern all affairs of the
School of Law of UDC; and, are authorized to adopt whatever
policies and regulations it may deem wise. General authority
of the Board of Governors over the law school shall be subject
to final review of the Board of Trustees of the University of
the District of Columbia.