•**«*-'3'^ PUBLIC LAW 105-100—NOV. 19, 1997 111 STAT. 2191 period may commence before or after January 1 of the calendar year in which it terminates, except that any petition approved at any time during such an approval period shall count, for purposes of clause (i), against the total number of petitions approved during the calendar year in which the approval period terminates.". SEC. 168. Section 2205(a) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-122; D.C. Code 31-2853.15(a)) is amended by striking "7, " and inserting "15 ". ' SEC. 169. Section 2214(g) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-133; D.C. Code 31-2853.24(g)) is amended by inserting "to the Board" after "appropriated". SEC. 170. Section 2401(b)(3)(B) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321- 137; D.C. Code 31-2853.41(b)(3)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking "or"; (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; or"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(iii) to whom the school provides room and board in a residential setting.". SEC. 171. Section 2401(b)(3) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-137; D.C. Code 31-2853.41(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following: " (C) ADJUSTMENT FOR FACILITIES COSTS. —Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Mayor and the District of Columbia Council, in consultation with the Board of Education and the Superintendent, shall adjust the amount of the annual pa3niient under paragraph (1) to increase the amount of such payment for a public charter school to take into account leases or purchases of, or improvements to, real property, if the school, not later than April 1 of the fiscal year preceding the payment, requests such an adjustment.". SEC. 172. (a) PAYMENTS TO NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS. —Section 2403(b) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-140; D.C. Code 31-2853.43(b)) is amended to read as follows: " (b) PAYMENTS TO NEW SCHOOLS. — "(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— There is estabhshed in the general fund of the District of Columbia a fund to be known as the 'New Charter School Fund'. "(2) CONTENTS OF FUND.— The New Charter School Fund shall consist of— " (A) unexpended and unobligated amounts appropriated from local funds for public charter schools for fiscal year 1997 and subsequent fiscal years that reverted to the general fund of the District of Columbia; "(B) amounts credited to the fund in accordance with this subsection upon the receipt by a public charter school described in paragraph (5) of its first initial payment under subsection (a)(2)(A) or its first final payment under subsection (a)(2)(B); and "(C) any interest earned on such amounts.
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