It was an awfully busy day for the D.C. Council Tuesday, so we thought we’d give you a quick glance at everything that went down in yesterday’s session.

>> As expected after a 9-2 committee vote earlier in the day, the Council voted by the same margin to approve Mayor Fenty’s takeover plan for D.C. Public Schools yesterday. The council will need to give final approval in a second vote, and Congress is of course required to give its blessing — but both of those steps seem likely to happen by the end of this spring, which would mean students starting at D.C. Schools as soon as this fall could expect to see changes. Under the plan, the mayor will have control over the budget and administration of the school system, the council will have line-item budget control, and the school board, which will still be elected and headed by appointed superintendant who will now report directly to the mayor, will set academic standards. D.C. Board of Education member Jeff Smith resigned his seat in protest after the vote.

>> As we mentioned earlier this morning, the council went 7-3 in a preliminary vote to approve a bill requiring Gardasil, the vaccine that protects against four strains of the cervical cancer-causing HPV, for girls entering 6th grade.

>> Not content to take up only two controversial measures in one day, the council also moved forward in a 9-2 preliminary vote with its plans to bestow $50 million on Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin to allow him to upgrade the Verizon Center’s scoreboard and a few other amenities. The plan includes a tax hike on tickets and merchandise at the Verizon Center to pay back the bond money.

>> And finally, a few more tepid votes to report. D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier was unanimously approved for her job, making her the first ever woman police chief in D.C. Linda Singer was also approved as attorney general, as was Janice Quintana as director of the city’s unified communications office.

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