The resolution, called «Blanket Approval of Purchases Through Contracts of the City of New York and Its Agencies,» asked the panel to weaken one aspect of a power it was granted last year
under the mayoral control law, its ability to approve or veto all contracts that are not competitively bid.
The District has made a good faith effort to implement the 2007
law that placed public schools
under mayoral control, but there is no evidence that the change in governance has been a factor in improved standardized test scores, according to the first major independent study of D.C. school reform.