COUNCILMEMBER DAVID GROSSO

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

ANNOUNCE A PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE

on

PR23-0447, the “Board of Library Trustees Antonio Williams Confirmation Resolution of 2019”

on

Monday October 7, 2019

3:00 P.M., Hearing Room 123, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Councilmember David Grosso announce the scheduling of a public roundtable of the Committee on Education on PR23-0447, the “Board of Library Trustees Antonio Williams Confirmation Resolution of 2019.” The roundtable will be held on Monday October 7, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building.

The stated purpose of PR23-0447 is to confirm the Mayoral appointment of Antonio Williams as a member of the Board of Library Trustees, replacing Faith Hubbard, for the remainder of the expired term to end January 5, 2020 and a new term to end January 5, 2025, in accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 4 of an Act To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia, approved June 3, 1896 (29 Stat. 244; D.C. Official Code § 39-104).

Those who wish to testify may sign-up online at http://bit.do/educationhearings or call the Committee on Education at (202) 724-8061 by 5:00pm on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 10-15 copies of written testimony. Witnesses appearing on his or her own behalf should limit their testimony to three minutes; witnesses representing organizations should limit their testimony to five minutes.

If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Statements should be submitted by email to Ashley Strange, Committee Assistant, at astrange@dccouncil.us, or by post to the Committee on Education, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 116 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2019.