True or False: Does the District's revised fiscal year 2025 budget include a pullback on the Universal Family Leave program.

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True. On June 2, 2025, The Georgetowner reported that Mayor Muriel Bowser's revised FY25 budget begins eliminating non-core initiatives, explicitly "begin[ning] a pull back on the District's Universal Family Leave program" and noting these were "programs we've identified that are worthy but not essential to our core". Furthermore, the Universal Paid Leave Program Amendment Act of 2024 redirected a portion of employer payroll tax increases—projected to generate $322 million in FY25—into the District's General Fund instead of funding program benefits, effectively scaling back the program's resources.

True or False: Does the District's revised fiscal year 2025 budget include a pullback on the Universal Family Leave program.

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