D.C. Code § 38-1501 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 15 / § 38-1501
§ 38-1501. Establishment; financial aid.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1851.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18M / § 38-1851.04
§ 38-1851.04. Applications.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2023.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2023.13
§ 38-2023.13. Application of amendment to § 38-2021.21.
Status: in_force

The amendment made by Pub. L. 96-122, § 251(a)(1), to § 38-2021.21(b) shall apply to any increase after the effective date of such amendment in annuities payable from the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund established by § 38-2021.02 or from the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-713(a) , except that with respect to the first date after the effective date of such amendment on which the Mayor is to determine a per centum change, such per centum change shall be determined by computing the change in the price index published for the month immediately preceding such 1st date over the price index published for the last month before such effective date for which the price index showed a per centum rise forming the basis for a cost-of-living annuity increase under § 38-2021.21(b) , as in effect immediately before the amendment of such section by Pub. L. 96-122, § 251(a)(1).
D.C. Code § 38-825.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8A / § 38-825.01
§ 38-825.01. Environmental programs office.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An environmental programs office is established in the Department of General Services and shall:
    (A) Contract with vendors to recycle all materials required by District law at all public schools, including food services, by December 31, 2010, and provide technical assistance to public charter schools about recycling.
    (B) Develop a master recycling plan for public schools on or before December 31, 2011 to reach a system-wide diversion rate of 45% by August 1, 2015;
    (C) Analyze utility usage at each public school and develop a plan to reduce that amount by 20% on or before August 1, 2015;
    (D) Establish an integrated pest management program;
    (E) Repealed.
    (F) Comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program, established by 40 C.F.R. Part 745;
    (G) Post the results of its environmental testing online;
    (H) Promote the Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program to reduce exposure to environmental factors that impact asthma among children and adults in public schools;
    (I) Develop an electronic recycling policy for public schools on or before December 31, 2011; and
    (J) Establish a composting program in the District of Columbia Public Schools.
  (2) The contracts under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall be negotiated to provide a financial incentive to reduce the amount of waste created in public schools and, when possible, to increase diversion rates in public schools;
(b) The District of Columbia Public Schools shall:
  (1) Use environmentally friendly cleaning supplies in public schools; provided, that the agency may exhaust its current supply of conventional cleaners; and
  (2) Prepare and transmit to the Mayor, the Council, and the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission, on or before December 31, 2012, a plan to use sustainable products in serving meals to students.
(c) On or before December 31, 2012, the Mayor shall prepare and transmit to the Council a comprehensive report describing the implementation of recycling, composting, energy-reduction, pest management, air quality, and environmentally friendly cleaning supplies programs in public schools. The report shall include:
  (1) A thorough, school-by-school breakdown of the waste stream in public schools, including tonnages, components, and diversion rates;
  (2) Baseline energy usage, an analysis of usage patterns, and savings achieved;
  (3) Recommendations and a timeline for further implementing these programs; and
  (4) A proposal for recognizing and rewarding schools that significantly improve their environmental portfolio.
D.C. Code § 38-841.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8C / § 38-841.05
§ 38-841.05. Designation of Title IX athletic coordinators.
Status: in_force

(a) DCSAA shall designate a Title IX Coordinator for the District’s interscholastic athletics who shall coordinate the District’s efforts to ensure and encourage compliance with the athletics aspects of Title IX and this chapter. The responsibilities of the Title IX Coordinator shall include those described in 34 C.F.R. § 106.8(a). DCSAA shall annually notify all students and the students’ guardians of and make publicly available on a website the name, office address, e-mail address, and phone number of the Title IX Coordinator designated pursuant to this section. Each applicable school shall post a notice with this information in the school’s athletic facilities.
(b) Each LEA shall designate an LEA Title IX Athletic Coordinator who shall oversee and monitor each applicable school within the LEA to ensure and encourage compliance with the athletic aspects of Title IX and this chapter; and
(c) Each applicable school shall designate a School Title IX Athletic Liaison, in accordance with 34 C.F.R. § 106.8(a), who coordinates the activities at the school level that are designed to promote gender equity in athletics. The School Title IX Athletic Liaison is not required to, but may, serve as one of the 3 members of the GERC. Additionally, the School Title IX Athletic Liaison shall:
  (1) Receive and process complaints and inquiries related to Title IX and athletics;
  (2) Make recommendations to the school’s GERC on promoting gender equity in athletics;
  (3) Maintain the school’s Title IX records as described in § 38-841.04(c) ;
  (4) Enforce the school’s athletic non-discrimination policy, if any; and
  (5) Implement corrective measures to comply with Title IX.
(d) If an applicable school is also an LEA, the LEA Title IX Athletic Coordinator shall carry out the responsibilities of both the LEA Title IX Athletic Coordinator and the School Title IX Athletic Liaison.
D.C. Code § 38-2302 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 23 / § 38-2302
§ 38-2302. Transfer of real estate.
Status: in_force

The title to all that parcel of land lying between the west boundary of West Virginia Avenue, as said avenue was laid on July 1, 1916, with a width of 66 feet, and the east boundary of the grounds of Gallaudet University, said parcel of land fronting on Florida Avenue about ten and one-half feet and containing one-tenth of an acre, more or less, and being formerly part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad right-of-way, shall be vested in Gallaudet University, United States of America, trustee, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue a patent for the said parcel of land to the said Gallaudet College.
D.C. Code § 38-1011.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 10A / § 38-1011.01
§ 38-1011.01. Establishment of evening, weekend, and summer adult technical career training program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall establish an evening, weekend, and summer adult technical career training program (“Program”) for District residents in partnership with existing technical career training programs within 8 months of March 3, 2010. The Program shall provide technical career training opportunities for adults during evening hours, weekends, and summer months. The Program shall be conducted at the following locations:
  (1) Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School;
  (2) The Academy for Construction and Design at Cardozo Senior High School; and
  (3) The Hospitality Public Charter High School at Roosevelt High School.
(b) Part of the funding directed to support adult technical career training should be applied to cover the cost of operating these facilities beyond traditional school hours.
D.C. Code § 38-531.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 5A / § 38-531.03
§ 38-531.03. Education on menstruation.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In consultation with the State Board of Education, OSSE shall develop and implement health education standards on menstrual education designed for all students, regardless of gender, in DCPS schools and District of Columbia public charter schools, beginning in grade 4.
  (2) The overarching vision of the health education standards shall be to ensure that students in the District of Columbia schools shall have the information, support, and enabling-school environment to manage menstruation with dignity, safety, and comfort.
  (3) The health education standards shall include information on the menstrual cycle, premenstrual syndrome and pain management, menstrual hygiene management, menstrual disorders, menstrual irregularities, menopause, and other relevant topics relating to the menstrual cycle.
(b) OSSE shall implement the health education standards required by this section within one year of March 15, 2022.
D.C. Code § 38-930 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-930
§ 38-930. Board of directors; composition; appointment; term of office; vacancies; quorum.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2402.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2402.11
§ 38-2402.11. Authorization of appropriations.
Status: in_force

(a) Gallaudet University. — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 1997 to carry out the provisions of this chapter, relating to:
  (1) Gallaudet University;
  (2) Kendall Demonstration Elementary School; and
  (3) The model secondary school for individuals who are deaf.
(b) National Technical Institute for the Deaf. — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 1997 to carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
D.C. Code § 38-436 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 4A / § 38-436
§ 38-436. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 38-1851.10 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18M / § 38-1851.10
§ 38-1851.10. Other requirements for participating schools.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1702.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1702.03
§ 38-1702.03. Approval of charter petitions or renewal applications.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-753.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-753.04
§ 38-753.04. Report.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.11
§ 38-2021.11. Consent to deductions.
Status: in_force

Every teacher who shall continue in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia after the passage of this part, as well as every person who hereafter may be appointed to a position as teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein; and the salary, pay, or compensation, which may be paid monthly or at any other time, shall be full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for all services rendered by such teacher during the period covered by such payment, except his claim for the benefits to which he may be entitled under the provisions of this part, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of June 20, 1906 (34 Stat. 316), and of any other law, rule, or regulation affecting the salary, pay, or compensation of the teachers employed in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-2232 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 22A / § 38-2232
§ 38-2232. Establishment of the Housing Support for Teachers Program.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1313 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 13 / § 38-1313
§ 38-1313. Transfer of the Higher Education Licensure Commission from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to the State Education Office.
Status: in_force

(a) All positions, personnel, property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations and other funds available or to be made available to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs that support the functions of the Higher Education Licensure Commission, established by § 38-1303 are hereby transferred to the State Education Office, established by § 38-2601 .
(b) All of the powers, duties, and functions delegated to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs concerning the activities of the Higher Education Licensure Commission, including those delegated pursuant to this chapter, are hereby transferred to the State Education Office [now Office of the State Superintendent of Education], established by § 38-2601 .
D.C. Code § 38-632 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 6 / § 38-632
§ 38-632. Administration of medication by a public school employee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1853.09 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18N / § 38-1853.09
§ 38-1853.09. Evaluations.
Status: in_force

(a) In General.— (1) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY AND THE MAYOR.— The Secretary and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall—
    (A) jointly enter into an agreement with the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to evaluate annually the opportunity scholarship program under this division;
    (B) jointly enter into an agreement to monitor and evaluate the use of funds authorized and appropriated for the District of Columbia public schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools under this division; and
    (C) make the evaluations described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) public in accordance with subsection (c).
  (2) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.— The Secretary, through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, shall—
    (A) ensure that the evaluation under paragraph (1)(A)—
      (i) is conducted using an acceptable quasi-experimental research design for determining the effectiveness of the opportunity scholarship program under this division that does not use a control study group consisting of students who applied for but did not receive opportunity scholarships; and
      (ii) addresses the issues described in paragraph (4); and
    (B) disseminate information on the impact of the program—
      (i) on academic achievement and educational attainment of participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship; and
      (ii) on students and schools in the District of Columbia.
  (3) DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTE ON EDUCATION SCIENCES.— The Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education shall—
    (A) assess participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship in each of grades 3 through 8, as well as one of the grades at the high school level, by supervising the administration of the same reading and mathematics assessment used by the District of Columbia public schools to comply with section 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b));
    (B) measure the academic achievement of all participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship in the grades described in subparagraph (A); and
    (C) work with eligible entities receiving a grant under this division to ensure that the parents of each student who is a participating eligible student that uses an opportunity scholarship agrees to permit their child to participate in the evaluations and assessments carried out by the Institute of Education Sciences under this subsection.
  (4) ISSUES TO BE EVALUATED.— The issues to be evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) shall include the following:
    (A) A comparison of the academic achievement of participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship on the measurements described in paragraph (3)(B) to the academic achievement of a comparison group of students with similar backgrounds in the District of Columbia public schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools.
    (B) The success of the program under this division in expanding choice options for parents of participating eligible students and increasing the satisfaction of such parents and students with their choice.
    (C) The reasons parents of participating eligible students choose for their children to participate in the program, including important characteristics for selecting schools.
    (D) A comparison of the retention rates, high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, college persistence rates, and college graduation rates of participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship with the rates of students in the comparison group described in subparagraph (A).
    (E) A comparison of the college enrollment rates, college persistence rates, and college graduation rates of students who participated in the program in 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 as the result of winning the Opportunity Scholarship Program lottery with such enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates for students who entered but did not win such lottery in those years and who, as a result, served as the control group for previous evaluations of the program under this division. Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to waive § 38-1853.04(a)(3)(A)(iii) with respect to any such student.
    (F) A comparison of the safety of the schools attended by participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship and the schools in the District of Columbia attended by students in the comparison group described in subparagraph (A), based on the perceptions of the students and parents.
    (G) An assessment of student academic achievement at participating schools in which 85 percent of the total number of students enrolled at the school are participating eligible students who receive and use an opportunity scholarship.
    (H) Such other issues with respect to participating eligible students who use an opportunity scholarship as the Secretary considers appropriate for inclusion in the evaluation, such as the impact of the program on public elementary schools and secondary schools in the District of Columbia.
  (5) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.— (A) IN GENERAL.— Any disclosure of personally identifiable information obtained under this division shall be in compliance with section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the 'Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974') (20 U.S.C. 1232g).
    (B) STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL.— With respect to any student who is not attending a public elementary school or secondary school, personally identifiable information obtained under this division shall only be disclosed to—
      (i) individuals carrying out the evaluation described in paragraph (1)(A) for such student;
      (ii) the group of individuals providing information for carrying out the evaluation of such student; and
      (iii) the parents of such student.
(b) Reports. — The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, Education and the Workforce, and Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate—
  (1) annual interim reports, not later than April 1 of the year following the year of the date of enactment of this chapter [April 15, 2011], and each subsequent year through the year in which the final report is submitted under paragraph (2), on the progress and preliminary results of the evaluation of the opportunity scholarship program funded under this chapter; and
  (2) a final report, not later than 1 year after the final year for which a grant is made under § 38-1853.04(a) , on the results of the evaluation of the program.
(c) Public availability. — All reports and underlying data gathered pursuant to this section shall be made available to the public upon request, in a timely manner following submission of the applicable report under subsection (b), except that personally identifiable information shall not be disclosed or made available to the public.
(d) Limit on amount expended. — The amount expended by the Secretary to carry out this section for any fiscal year may not exceed 5 percent of the total amount appropriated under § 38-1853.14(a)(1) for the fiscal year.
D.C. Code § 38-2803 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 28 / § 38-2803
§ 38-2803. Multiyear Facilities Master Plan.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Beginning on December 15, 2017, and every 10 years thereafter, the Mayor shall prepare and submit to the Council for its review and approval a proposed comprehensive 10-year Master Facilities Plan for public education facilities, which shall comply with the requirements of this section.  The Mayor's submission shall be accompanied by a proposed resolution to approve the Plan.
  (2) The Council shall conduct at least one public hearing on the proposed 10-year Master Facilities Plan before voting to approve or disapprove the Plan.
  (3) If the Council disapproves the proposed Plan, it shall state its reasons for disapproval or make recommendations in the disapproval resolution or in an accompanying legislative report.  Thereupon, the Mayor shall submit a revised Master Facilities Plan within 180 days after the Council's disapproval.
  (4) If the Council approves the Master Facilities Plan, the Plan shall take effect no later than the first day of the succeeding fiscal year.
  (5) If, subsequent to Council approval of the Master Facilities Plan, material changes become necessary, the Mayor may modify the Plan; provided, that the modification shall be submitted to the Council, with an accompanying proposed resolution, for consideration in the same manner as specified in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection.
  (6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Mayor shall prepare and submit to the Council by December 15, 2023, a proposed comprehensive 5-year Master Facilities Plan for public education facilities. The process for its review and approval shall be the same as provided in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection.
(b) (1) The Mayor shall establish an Office of Public Education Facilities Planning (“OPEFP”) within the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education responsible for the development of the Master Facilities Plan, which shall function as a citywide public education facilities plan.
  (1A) Repealed.
  (2) The OPEFP shall include in the Master Facilities Plan detailed, current analyses and data on:
    (A) The facilities condition assessment for each school building and facility under the control and jurisdiction of the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") and each public charter school campus;
    (B) The capacity of existing schools, current level of utilization, projected 10-year facility needs for each local education agency, and recommendations for the utilization or reduction of excess space, including, as appropriate, specific recommendations on:
      (i) Consolidation;
      (ii) Closure;
      (iii) Co-location; and
      (iv) DCPS school attendance zone boundaries;
    (C) Historical and projected enrollment for each DCPS school and public charter school;
    (D) Current and projected demographic information for the surrounding neighborhood;
    (E) Other neighborhood issues, in coordination with the Office of Planning;
    (F) A school-by-school description relating facility needs and requirements to:
      (i) The facility’s programmatic usage with specific linkages and relationships to adopted education plans of a local education agency, school district, or institution, including specific plans for special education, early childhood education, and career and technical education programs; and
      (ii) The statewide education and youth development plan described in § 38-191 , and how it enables schools to be centers of the community;
    (G) A detailed facility portfolio analysis that will inform any decisions related to alternative financing options, including public/private development partnerships and co-location opportunities;
    (H) A communications and community involvement plan for each neighborhood cluster that includes engagement of students, school-based personnel, parents, and key stakeholders throughout the community, including:
      (i) Advisory Neighborhood Commissions;
      (ii) Local school advisory teams;
      (iii) School improvement teams; and
      (iv) Ward-based and city-wide volunteer civic groups;
    (I) The coordination of the District’s education sector with the District's housing sector and with economic development policies and plans;
    (J) The location, planning, use, and design of the District’s educational facilities and campuses;
    (K) Any school disposition, including a plan delineating the process through which citizen involvement shall be facilitated, and establishing the criteria that will be utilized in disposition decisions, one of which shall be consideration of the impact of any proposed new use of a school building on the neighborhood in which the school building is located; and
    (L) A safety and security assessment of educational facilities based upon a comprehensive examination of the facility's physical environment for crime vulnerabilities, including an analysis of:
      (i) Surveillance capabilities, both active and passive;
      (ii) Access control, including the ability to securely manage who enters and exits the facility; and
      (iii) Facility maintenance.
  (2A) Beginning on December 15, 2014, and every year thereafter, the OPEFP shall prepare and make publicly available an annual supplement to the Master Facilities Plan that includes:
    (A) Results of the Department of General Services annual survey as set forth in paragraph (3)(E) of this subsection;
    (B) Updated information on:
      (i) Enrollment projections at the local education agency level and the individual school level for both DCPS and public charter schools; and
      (ii) Facility needs for each local education agency;
    (C) A plan, including co-location options, to increase utilization at any school facility in use by DCPS with a utilization rate of less than 50%;
    (D) A plan to ensure that each school facility in use by DCPS that is at 95% utilization or above does not suffer from overcrowding but can sufficiently meet the facility and academic needs of it students; and
    (E) Each school facility's designation as one or more of the following:
      (i) In use primarily for classroom instruction;
      (ii) In use primarily for swing space;
      (iii) In use primarily for DCPS administrative purposes, including storage;
      (iv) In use by an entity other than DCPS;
      (v) Vacant; or
      (vi) Significantly underused.
  (3) The following agencies shall work with the OPEFP in the development of the Master Facilities Plan and the annual supplement:
    (A) The District of Columbia Public Schools, which shall transmit to the OPEFP:
      (i) Educational plans and policies  relevant to the facilities planning process;
      (ii) Educational specifications for each facility subject to modernization;
      (iii) Its 10-year enrollment projections for each school under its jurisdiction; and
      (iv) Its 10-year projections of facility needs;
    (B) The Public Charter School Board, which shall:
      (i) Collect and transmit to the OPEFP educational plans and policies of individual public charter schools, 10-year enrollment growth plans, data on existing public charter school facilities and each public charter LEA's 10-year projection of facility needs, and other information considered relevant to the planning process; and
      (ii) Establish a Public Charter School facilities registry in which individual public charter schools will have the opportunity to register to receive facilities planning and technical support from the OPEFP, including the analyses and data compiled pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection;
    (C) The Office of Planning, which shall provide demographic and neighborhood data support;
    (D) Repealed.
    (E) The Department of General Services, which shall:
      (i) Implement the Master Facilities Plan consistent with the policy priorities set forth in this subchapter ; and
      (ii) In collaboration with the Deputy Mayor for Education, DCPS, and the Public Charter School Board, conduct an annual survey to update information on the condition of each DCPS and public charter school facility, including whether each facility has a working carbon monoxide detector, the results of the most recent water tests at each facility for sources of lead, and potential asbestos hazards at each facility. The survey results shall be disaggregated by facility, made publicly available, and transmitted to OPEFP.
  (4) Of the fiscal year 2011 capital funds appropriated to the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization, it shall transfer:
    (A) Up to $500,000 to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education to support capital planning pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section; and
    (B) An amount of $100,000 to the District of Columbia Public Schools and $100,000 to the Public Charter School Board to support capital planning activities as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (5) The Mayor may levy a fine against the Public Charter School Board for the failure of a public charter LEA to cooperate in providing the data required pursuant to paragraph (3)(E)(ii) of this subsection for the development of the Master Facilities Plan and annual supplement.  The cumulative value of such fines shall not annually exceed $10,000.
(c) In developing the Facilities Master Plan, the Mayor shall consider the facilities needs of all public school students and shall consult with:
  (1) The Council;
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) The Public Charter School Board;
  (4) Representatives of public charter schools;
  (5) Repealed;
  (6) Key stakeholders throughout the community;
  (7) The Office of Planning;
  (8) The Department of General Services; and
  (9) The District of Columbia Public Schools.
(c-1) The Master Facilities Plan shall not affect the duties, powers, or control afforded to public charter schools under § 38-1802.04 , to the extent the Master Facilities Plan is inconsistent with that law.
(d) (1) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2017, a Public School Facility capital improvement plan (“School Facility CIP”) shall be updated each fiscal year as part of the Mayor’s capital improvement plan for all public facilities, as required by § 1-204.44 .
  (2) The School Facility CIP shall include:
    (A) A description of guiding principles to frame decisions within the School Facility CIP; provided, that these guiding principles shall be revisited with each new School Facility CIP to ensure that they are consistent with the DCPS strategic plan, the Master Facilities Plan, and the needs of the community;
    (B) A description of the process and timeline used to develop the School Facility CIP, including community engagement;
    (C) A longitudinal and future analysis of DCPS student enrollment and school facility capacity needs;
    (D) School-specific project recommendations on the timing and funding for modernization of existing school facilities, new school facility construction, and other school facility capital improvements planned for the next fiscal year and the succeeding 5 fiscal years; and
    (E) For each project identified pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this paragraph:
      (i) A description of the scope of work to be done, schedule of achieved and projected major milestones, and an explanation for any delay in meeting projected milestones;
      (ii) A justification for the modernization, new construction, or other capital improvements supported by the educational specification, student enrollment projections, school facility condition assessment, and assessment of need for use as an educational facility;
      (iii) A full-funded cost estimate of improvements, except that for projects slated for modernization, new construction, or other capital improvements in years 4 through 6 of the School Facility CIP, the School Facility CIP may include rough order of magnitude estimates of improvements based on the required general design and feasibility analysis completed pursuant to paragraph (4)(C) of this subsection;
      (iv) A cost estimate of improvements planned for the next fiscal year and the succeeding 5 fiscal years and a detailed explanation for any proposed increases over 10% from the prior-year School Facility CIP estimate;
      (v) The estimated cost of annual maintenance and operations of the improved school facility;
      (vi) The lifetime expenditure for the school facility; and
      (vii) The name, address, and ward of each school facility.
  (3) (A) Major construction and capital improvements for existing school facilities shall be prioritized for inclusion in the School Facility CIP based on certain objective criteria contained in this paragraph.
    (B) (i) By September 30, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter, DCPS shall calculate a final prioritization score for each school facility in its portfolio by assigning each facility a score from one to 10 based on the normal distribution of the raw data obtained for every school facility in each of the following subcategories, multiplying that score by the subcategory weight as follows, and summing the weighted subcategory scores for each school facility:
      Category Category Total Subcategory Subcategory Weight Facility Condition 0.55 Date and type of last major construction through the preceding fiscal year 0.20 Expenditures for major construction projects for the preceding 10 fiscal years per square feet of the school facility 0.15 School facility condition score based on the most recent assessment completed by the Department of General Services 0.20 Demand 0.20 Average percentage of the school’s enrollment growth over the past 5 school years based on audited enrollment 0.10 Average percent of school facility’s building utilization over the past 5 school years 0.10 Community Need 0.10 Number of in-boundary children who would be served by the school facility’s educational program divided by the school facility’s capacity 0.05 Projected percent change in the number of children who would be served by the school facility’s educational program in the neighborhood cluster over a prospective 6-year time period 0.05 Equity 0.15 Total number of square feet in the school’s feeder pattern that have had a major construction in the preceding 10 fiscal years divided by total square footage of the feeder pattern 0.05 Number of at-risk students enrolled in the school based on the current school year enrollment projection 0.10
      (ii) For a school that is considered citywide for the purposes of the enrollment lottery, the entire District shall be considered the school's boundary and neighborhood cluster.
      (iii) For a high school that is considered citywide for the purposes of the enrollment lottery, the feeder pattern shall be all other citywide high schools.
    (C) By September 30, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter, DCPS shall transmit to the Council all of the prioritization scores and raw data, and shall make the information publicly available online.
    (D) In addition to the prioritization score based on criteria outlined in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, DCPS shall consider the following factors when determining the prioritization and inclusion of projects in the School Facility CIP:
      (i) Availability of capital funding in the budget;
      (ii) Availability of appropriate swing space;
      (iii) Immediate life and safety concerns;
      (iv) Need for additional planning for a project;
      (v) New education program space requirements; and
      (vi) Scope and sequence of projects due to planned grade configuration changes, boundary changes, school facility consolidations, or school facility closures.
    (E) Within 180 days of the release of the prioritization data pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, DCPS shall conduct at least 3 public meetings to discuss school facility modernizations. DCPS shall conduct explicit outreach with the parent and school community for each school facility project likely to be added, removed, or extensively modified in the next fiscal year's 6-year School Facility CIP.
  (4) Before adding a school or other education facility project to a School Facility CIP, the project shall have the following completed:
    (A) An educational specification approved by DCPS;
    (B) A rough order of magnitude estimate, except that for projects slated for modernization, new construction, or other capital improvements in years one through 3 of the School Facility CIP, the project shall have a full-funded cost estimate of improvements; and
    (C) A general design and feasibility analysis that is developed with parent, school, and community engagement and is made publicly available, which includes the following:
      (i) An analysis of educational programming needs as they relate to the current or projected school facility;
      (ii) An evaluation of whether the existing building and site conditions can accommodate the educational specification and programming needs; and
      (iii) An evaluation of whether swing space on-site or off-site will be needed.
(e) (1) Within 30 days of the release of the annual supplement to the Master Facilities Plan as required by subsection (b)(2A) of this section, the District shall:
    (A) Determine which school facilities will be designated as excess; and
    (B) Make a list of these properties, and those deemed excess pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, publicly available on its website.
  (2) Unless written justification is made publicly available at the time of the publication of the list as required in paragraph (1) of this subsection based on projected operational needs of DCPS or another District agency, a school facility shall be automatically deemed excess if it has been designated in the annual supplement to the Master Facilities Plan as:
    (A) Vacant; or
    (B) Significantly underused for 2 consecutive years.
D.C. Code § 38-952.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9B / § 38-952.02
§ 38-952.02. Policy to prevent and address student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence.
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, schools shall adopt and implement a policy to prevent and address student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence. The policy shall include:
  (1) A statement prohibiting student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence, including an acknowledgment that schools that know or reasonably should know of student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence shall take immediate and appropriate action to investigate whether such acts occurred;
  (2) Protocols for the school's response to allegations of student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence, including procedures to:
    (A) Interrupt or stop each specific act of student-on-student sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence, prevent its recurrence, and address its effects, whether or not the incident is the subject of a criminal investigation;
    (B) Refer complainants to services and advocacy organizations;
    (C) Provide information to complainants regarding the investigatory process;
    (D) Institute and resolve disciplinary action; and
    (E) Protect the confidentiality of complainants in accordance with the Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties, dated January 19, 2001, as issued by the Department of Education;
  (3) The school's plan to effectuate its obligations, and inform students of their rights, under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, approved June 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 373; 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq. ) ("Title IX"), the Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004, approved October 30, 2004 (118 Stat. 2260; 18 U.S.C. § 3771), Chapter 14 of Title 2 , and Chapter 19 of Title 23 , including mechanisms to:
    (A) Protect the safety of complainants as necessary during the investigation of student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence; and
    (B) Develop and implement a prompt, fair, and impartial procedure for students to file complaints regarding student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence, that:
      (i) Is conducted by school officials or agents who, at a minimum, receive annual training on:
        (I) Issues related to student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence; and
        (II) How to conduct an investigation that protects the safety of complainants and promotes accountability;
      (ii) Provides the complainant and the accused with the same opportunities to have others present during any school disciplinary proceeding, including the opportunity to be accompanied to any proceeding by an advisor or advocate of their choice; provided, that the school may establish restrictions regarding the extent to which an advisor or advocate may participate in  the proceeding, as long as the restrictions apply equally to both parties;
      (iii) Establishes a standard for resolving complaints; and
      (iv) Requires contemporaneous notification, in writing, to both the complainant and the accused, of:
        (I) The result of any school disciplinary proceeding that arises from an allegation of a student-on-student act of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence;
        (II) The school's procedures for the complainant and the accused to appeal the result of the institutional disciplinary proceeding, if such procedures are available;
        (III) Any change to the result; and
        (IV) When such results become final;
  (4) Protocol to identify appropriate counseling and intervention strategies for students alleged to have committed student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence, including guidelines for reporting such incidents to the Child and Family Services Agency if the student's behavior indicates that he or she may be the victim of child sexual abuse or child abuse;
  (5) Guidance concerning the applicability of the policy to student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence that occur at school, school events and activities, over social media, and during travel to and from school, school events, and activities; and
  (6) A list of appropriate resources, services, and information for students and families affected by student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence, including school-based supports.
(b) Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, schools shall provide:
  (1) Training for staff, at the time of hiring and at a minimum every 2 years thereafter, utilizing evidence-based standards and developed in consultation with community-based sexual violence or abuse experts, on:
    (A) Identifying, responding to, and reporting student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence, including any mandatory reporting requirements under District or federal law which may be triggered by such incidents;
    (B) Communicating universal prevention techniques to students that increase their ability to set and communicate about appropriate boundaries, respect boundaries set by others, and build safe and positive relationships; and
    (C) Receiving reports and disclosures from students regarding student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or dating violence in a supportive, appropriate, and trauma-informed manner; and
  (2) Information for parents on recognizing the warning signs of student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence, as well as effective, age-appropriate methods for discussing such topics with students.
(c) Schools shall provide the policy described in subsection (a) of this section to staff, parents, and, in a developmentally appropriate manner, students, and shall make the policy publicly available, including on the school's website.
(d) The Office of the State Superintendent for Education, in consultation with schools, direct service providers, mental health professionals, governmental and community-based sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence experts, community partners, parents, and students, shall:
  (1) Develop, maintain, and make available to schools a model policy on preventing and addressing student-on-student acts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence that may be utilized to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) of this section;
  (2) Develop, maintain, and make available to schools a list of training resources, including community organizations, that may be utilized by schools to inform their development of the policy required pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection; and
  (3) Make training and other resources required by this section available.
D.C. Code § 38-1851.06 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18M / § 38-1851.06
§ 38-1851.06. Use of funds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1981 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1981
§ 38-1981. Foreign teacher exchange program applicable to certain employees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-351 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3A / § 38-351
§ 38-351. Office of Ombudsman for Public Education; establishment; term.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established within the State Board of Education an Office of Ombudsman for Public Education ("Office"), which shall be headed by an ombudsman appointed by the State Board of Education.
(b) (1) The Ombudsman shall be a District resident within 180 days of appointment.
  (2) The Ombudsman shall serve for a term of 5 years, and may be reappointed.
  (3) After notice and an opportunity to be heard, the Ombudsman may be removed only for cause that relates to the Ombudsman’s character or efficiency by a 2/3 vote of the State Board of Education.
(c) If a vacancy in the position of ombudsman occurs as a consequence of resignation, disability, death, or other reasons other than the expiration of the term, the State Board of Education shall appoint an ombudsman to fill the unexpired term within 75 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.
(d) The purpose of the Ombudsman is to serve as a neutral resource for current and prospective public school students and their parents or guardians in the resolution of complaints and concerns regarding public educationin a way that, in the opinion of the Office, furthers students' best interests.
(d-1) The Ombudsman shall serve as the exclusive personnel authority for employees of the Office, and may hire staff to support the Office's operations consistent with the Office's budget.
(d-2) The Ombudsman shall have exclusive authority to administer the Office's budget, subject to the oversight of the State Board of Education to ensure compliance with District law.
(e) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “public school” means District of Columbia Public Schools and public charter schools in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-2402.10 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2402.10
§ 38-2402.10. International students.
Status: in_force

(a) Enrollment. — Effective with new admissions for academic year 1993-1994 and each succeeding academic year, the University (including preparatory, undergraduate, and graduate students) and NTID shall limit the enrollment of international students to approximately 10 percent of the total postsecondary student population enrolled respectively at the University or NTID.
(b) Tuition surcharge. — Effective with new admissions, the tuition for postsecondary international students enrolled in the University (including preparatory, undergraduate, and graduate students) or NTID shall include a surcharge of 75% for the academic year 1993-1994 and 90 percent beginning with the academic year 1994-1995.
(c) Reduction of surcharge. — Beginning with the academic year 1993-1994, the University or NTID may reduce the surcharge under subsection (b) of this section to 50% if:
  (1) A student described under subsection (b) of this section is from a developing country;
  (2) Such student is unable to pay the tuition surcharge under subsection (b) of this section; and
  (3) Such student has made a good faith effort to secure aid through such student’s government or other sources.
(d) Definition. — For purposes of subsection (c), the term “developing country” means a country that has a 1990 per capita income not in excess of $4,000 in 1990 United States dollars.
D.C. Code § 38-755.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-755.01
§ 38-755.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Early Childhood Education Act of 2012”.
D.C. Code § 38-274.01a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2A / § 38-274.01a
§ 38-274.01a. Transfer of authority, assets, and funds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-671.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 6 / § 38-671.04
§ 38-671.04. Evaluation of health care clinic operations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1802.10 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1802.10
§ 38-1802.10. Application of law.
Status: in_force

(a) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. — (1) Treatment as local educational agency. — (A) In general. — For any fiscal year, a public charter school shall be considered to be a local educational agency for purposes of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), and shall be eligible for assistance under such part, if the fraction the numerator of which is the number of low-income students enrolled in the public charter school during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made and the denominator of which is the total number of students enrolled in such public charter school for such preceding year, is equal to or greater than the lowest fraction determined for any District of Columbia public school receiving assistance under such part A where the numerator is the number of low-income students enrolled in such public school for such preceding year and the denominator is the total number of students enrolled in such public school for such preceding year.
    (B) Definition. — For the purposes of this subsection, the term “low-income student” means a student from a low-income family determined according to the measure adopted by the District of Columbia to carry out the provisions of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 that is consistent with the measures described in § 1113(a)(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made.
  (2) Allocation for fiscal years 1996 through 1998. — (A) Public charter schools. — For fiscal years 1996 through 1998, each public charter school that is eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall receive a portion of the District of Columbia’s total allocation under such part which bears the same ratio to such total allocation as the number described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph bears to the number described in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph.
    (B) District of Columbia public schools. — For fiscal years 1996 through 1998, the District of Columbia public schools shall receive a portion of the District of Columbia’s total allocation under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which bears the same ratio to such total allocation as the total of the numbers described in subsubparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (D) bears to the aggregate total described in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph.
    (C) Number of eligible students enrolled in the public charter school. — The number described in this subparagraph is the number of low-income students enrolled in the public charter school during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made.
    (D) Aggregate number of eligible students. — The number described in this subparagraph is the aggregate total of the following numbers:
      (i) The number of low-income students who, during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made, were enrolled in a public charter school.
      (ii) The number of low-income students who, during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made, were enrolled in a District of Columbia public school selected to provide services under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
      (iii) The number of low-income students who, during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made:
        (I) Were enrolled in a private or independent school; and
        (II) Resided in an attendance area of a District of Columbia public school selected to provide services under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  (3) Allocation for fiscal year 1999 and thereafter. — (A) Calculation by Secretary. — Notwithstanding §§ 1124(a)(2), 1124A(a)(4), and 1125(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. §§ 6333(a)(2), 6334(a)(4), and 6335(d)), for fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, the total allocation under part A of title I of such Act for all local educational agencies in the District of Columbia, including public charter schools that are eligible to receive assistance under such part, shall be calculated by the Secretary of Education. In making such calculation, such Secretary shall treat all such local educational agencies as if such agencies were a single local educational agency for the District of Columbia.
    (B) Allocation. — (i) Public charter schools. — For fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, each public charter school that is eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall receive a portion of the total allocation calculated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph which bears the same ratio to such total allocation as the number described in paragraph (2)(C) of this subsection bears to the aggregate total described in paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection.
      (ii) District of Columbia public school. — For fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, the District of Columbia public schools shall receive a portion of the total allocation calculated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph which bears the same ratio to such total allocation as the total of the numbers described in subsubparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection bears to the aggregate total described in paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection.
  (4) Use of ESEA funds. — The Board of Education may not direct a public charter school in the school’s use of funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  (5) ESEA requirements. — Except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection, a public charter school receiving funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall comply with all requirements applicable to schools receiving such funds.
  (6) Inapplicability of certain ESEA provisions. — The following provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to a public charter school:
    (A) Paragraph (4) of section 1112(b) and paragraph (1) of section 1112(c) [20 U.S.C. § 6312(b)(4) and (c)(1)].
    (B) Section 1113 [20 U.S.C. § 6313].
    (C) Subsections (d) and (e) of section 1116 [20 U.S.C. § 6316(d) and (e)].
    (D) Section 1117 [20 U.S.C. § 6317].
    (E) Subsections (c) and (e) of section 1118 [20 U.S.C. § 6318(c) and (e)].
(b) Property and sales taxes. — A public charter school shall be exempt from District of Columbia property and sales taxes.
(c) Education of children with disabilities. — By August 1, 2017, each public charter school shall be its own local educational agency for the purpose of Part B of IDEA and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794); provided, that the Public Charter School Board may, in its discretion, waive application of this subsection to allow a currently existing public charter school with more than 90% of its students entitled to receive services pursuant to an individualized educational program to continue to be a District of Columbia public school for the purposes of Part B of IDEA and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794).
(c-1) [Education of children with disabilities in charter schools]. — No newly approved public charter school shall elect to be treated as a District of Columbia public school for the purpose of Part B of IDEA and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(29 U.S.C. § 794).
(d) Waiver of application of duplicate and conflicting provisions. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no provision of any law regarding the establishment, administration, or operation of public charter schools in the District of Columbia shall apply with respect to a public charter school or an eligible chartering authority to the extent that the provision duplicates or is inconsistent with any provision of this chapter.
(e) Participation in GSA programs. — (1) In general. — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, a public charter school may acquire goods and services through the General Services Administration and may participate in programs of the Administration in the same manner and to the same extent as any entity of the District of Columbia government.
  (2) Participation by certain organizations. — A public charter school may delegate to a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in the District of Columbia the public charter school’s authority under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
D.C. Code § 38-1417 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 14 / § 38-1417
§ 38-1417. Grants from Secretary of Education — Applications.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may from time to time set dates by which applications for payments by the Mayor under § 38-1416 for any fiscal year must be filed. A payment under § 38-1416 by the Mayor may be made only if the application therefor:
(1) Is approved by the Mayor upon his determination that the applicant meets the eligibility conditions of this subchapter; and
(2) Contains such information as the Mayor and the Secretary may require to make determinations required under this subchapter and such assurances as they may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-1980 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1980
§ 38-1980. Sabbatical leave provisions applicable to certain employees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-170 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1A / § 38-170
§ 38-170. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
  (1) "DCPS" means the District of Columbia Public Schools system.
  (2) "Educator" includes a principal, assistant principal, teacher, assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, or any person who provides professional educational services or psychological services at a school.
  (3) "Educator Preparation Program" means a program preparing teachers, service providers, and administrators for District of Columbia pre-kindergarten through grade 12 schools that has been determined by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to meet state standards for preparing candidates to enter the profession.
  (4) "Personal Identifiable Information" means information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.21 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.21
§ 38-2021.21. Adjustment of annuities on basis of price index; computation; definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Effective December 1, 1965, each annuity payable from the fund which has a commencing date not later than January 1, 1966, shall be increased by: (1) the per centum rise in the price index, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1%, determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia on the basis of the annual average price index for calendar year 1962 and the price index for the month of July 1965; plus (2) 6 1/2% if the commencing date (or in the case of a survivor of a deceased annuitant the commencing date of the annuity of the retired employee) occurred on or before October 1, 1956, or 1 1/2% if the commencing date (or in the case of the survivor of a deceased annuitant the commencing date of the annuity of the retired employee) occurred after October 1, 1956. The month used in determining the increase based on the per centum rise in the price index under this subsection shall be the base month for determining the per centum change in the price index until the next succeeding increase occurs.
(b) (1) For the payments of benefits accrued by teachers after June 30, 1997, on January 1 of each year (or within a reasonable time thereafter), the Mayor shall determine the per centum change in the price index for the preceding year by determining the difference between the index published for December of the preceding year and the index published for December of the second preceding year.
  (2) (A) If, in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Mayor determines in a year (beginning with 1999) that the per centum change in the price index for the preceding year indicates a rise in the price index, each annuity having a commencing date on or before March 1 of the year shall, effective March 1 of the year, be increased by an amount equal to:
      (i) In the case of an annuity having a commencing date on or before March 1 of such preceding year, the per centum change computed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 per centum; or
      (ii) In the case of an annuity having a commencing date after March 1 of such preceding year, a pro rata increase equal to the product of 1/12 of the per centum change computed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, multiplied by the number of months (not to exceed 12 months, counting any portion of a month as an entire month) for which the annuity was payable before the effective date of the increase, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 per centum.
    (B) On January 1, 1998, or within a reasonable time thereafter, the Mayor shall determine the per centum change in the price index published for December 1997 over the price index published for June 1997. If such per centum change indicates a rise in the price index, effective March 1, 1998:
      (i) Each annuity having a commencing date on or before September 1, 1997, shall be increased by an amount equal to such per centum change, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 per centum; and
      (ii) Each annuity having a commencing date after September 1, 1997, and on or before March 1, 1998, shall be increased by a pro rata increase equal to the product of 1/6 of such per centum change, multiplied by the number of months (not to exceed 6 months, counting any portion of a month as an entire month) for which the annuity was payable before the effective date of the increase, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 per centum.
(b-1) (1) On January 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time thereafter, the Mayor shall determine the per centum change in the price index for the preceding year and by determining the difference between the index published for December of the preceding year and the index published for December of the second preceding year.
  (2) (A) If, in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Mayor determines in a year, beginning with 1997, that the per centum change in the price index for the preceding year indicates a rise in the price index, each annuity having a commencing date on or before March 1 of the year shall, effective March 1 of the year, be increased by an amount equal to:
      (i) In the case of an annuity having a commencing date on or before March 1 of the preceding year, the per centum change computed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1%; or
      (ii) In the case of an annuity having a commencing date after March 1 of the preceding year, a pro rata increase equal to the product of 1/12 of the per centum change computed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, multiplied by the number of months (not to exceed 12 months, counting any portion of a month as an entire month) for which the annuity was payable before the effective date of the increase, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1%.
    (B) On January 1, 1996, or within a reasonable time thereafter, the Mayor shall determine the per centum change in the price index published for December 1995 or the price index published for June 1995. If such per centum change indicates a rise in the index, effective March 1, 1996;
      (i) Each annuity having a commencing date on or before September 1, 1995, shall be increased by an amount equal to the per centum change, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1%; and
      (ii) Each annuity having a commencing date after September 1, 1995, and on or before March 1, 1996, shall be increased by a pro rata increase equal to the product of 1/6 of the per centum change, multiplied by the number of months (not to exceed 6 months, counting any portion of a month as an entire month) for which the annuity was payable before the effective date of the increase, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1%.
  (3) This subsection shall apply only to public school teachers hired after December 31, 1979.
(c) Eligibility for an annuity increase under this section shall be as provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section, except as follows:
  (1) Effective from its commencing date, an annuity payable to an annuitant’s survivor (other than a child entitled under § 38-2021.09(b)(2) ), which annuity commences the day after the annuitant’s death and after the effective date of the 1st increase under this section, shall be increased by the total per centum increase the annuitant was receiving under this section at death;
  (2) For the purpose of computing the annuity of a child under § 38-2021.09(b)(2) that commences after October 31, 1969, the items $900, $1,080, $2,700, and $3,240 appearing in § 38-2021.09(b)(2) shall be increased by the total per centum increases allowed and in force under this section on or after such day and, in case of a deceased annuitant, the items 60% and 75% appearing in § 38-2021.09(b)(2) shall be increased by the total per centum allowed and in force to the annuitant under this section on or after such day.
  (3) Each annuity increase payable from the fund to an annuitant hired on or after the first day of the first pay period which begins after October 29, 1996, or to such annuitant’s beneficiary or survivor, shall in no event exceed 3% per annum.
(d) No increase in annuity provided by this section shall be computed on any additional annuity purchased at retirement by voluntary contributions.
(e) The monthly installment of annuity after adjustment under this section shall be fixed at the nearest dollar, except that such installments shall after adjustment reflect an increase of at least $1.
(f) For purposes of this section, the term “price index” shall mean the Consumer Price Index (all items — United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The term “base month” shall mean the month for which the price index showed a per centum rise forming the basis for a cost-of-living annuity increase.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.05
§ 38-2021.05. Computation of annuity; options.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, every teacher who shall be retired under the provisions of § 38-2021.03 or § 38-2021.04 shall receive an annuity composed of: (1) the larger of: (A) one and one-half per centum of the average salary as defined in § 38-2021.13 , multiplied by so much of the total service as does not exceed 5 years; or (B) one per centum of the average salary, plus $25, multiplied by so much of the total service as does not exceed 5 years; plus (2) the larger of: (A) one and three-quarters per centum of the average salary multiplied by so much of the total service as exceeds 5 years but does not exceed 10 years; or (B) one per centum of the average salary, plus $25, multiplied by so much of the total service as exceeds 5 years but does not exceed 10 years; plus (3) the larger of: (A) two per centum of the average salary multiplied by so much of the total service as exceeds 10 years; or (B) one per centum of the average salary, plus $25, multiplied by so much of the total service as exceeds 10 years. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, every teacher retired under the provisions of § 38-2021.03 or § 38-2021.05 who is hired on or after the first day of the first pay period that begins after October 29, 1996 shall receive an annuity equal to 2% of the average salary as defined in § 38-2021.13 multiplied by the number of years of the teacher’s creditable service. Each annuity is stated as an annual amount, one twelfth of which, fixed at the nearest dollar, constitutes the monthly rate payable on the first business day of the month after the month or other period for which it has accrued. Annuities payable to any retired teacher who has become eligible for retirement because of age as defined in § 38-2021.03 shall be payable during the lifetime of the annuitant. Annuities payable to any teacher retired on account of disability shall be subject to the conditions set forth under § 38-2021.04 .
(b) Any teacher retiring under the provisions of § 38-2021.03 or § 38-2021.04 may, at the time of retirement, elect to receive in lieu of the life annuity described herein 1 of the following:
  (1) A reduced annuity and an annuity after death payable to the surviving spouse or domestic partner of such teacher. The life annuity of a teacher making such election, or any portion of such annuity designated by the teacher in writing for such purposes at the time of retirement, shall be reduced by 2 1/2% of so much thereof as does not exceed $3,600 and by 10% of so much thereof as exceeds $3,600. The spouse or domestic partner of a teacher making such election shall be entitled to an annuity equal to 55% of such life annuity, or designated portion thereof, except that if a retired teacher who has elected a reduced annuity as provided in this paragraph or in subsection (d) of this section dies and is survived by a spouse or domestic partner whom he or she married or entered into a domestic partnership with after retirement, such spouse or domestic partner is entitled to an annuity in an amount which would have been paid had the teacher been married to, or in a domestic partnership with, the spouse or domestic partner at the time of retirement, but only if: (A) such spouse or domestic partner was married to, or in a domestic partnership with, such individual for at least 2 years immediately preceding the teacher’s death, or is the mother or father of issue of such marriage or domestic partnership; and (B) such spouse or domestic partner elects this annuity instead of any other survivor benefit to which he or she may be entitled under this part or another retirement system for employees of the federal or District government. The annuity of a spouse or domestic partner entitled to an annuity under this paragraph shall begin on the day after the retiree dies. Such annuity and any right thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month before: (A) the spouse or domestic partner dies; or (B) the spouse or domestic partner remarries or enters into a domestic partnership before becoming 55 years of age. In the case of a surviving spouse or domestic partner whose annuity under this paragraph is terminated because of remarriage or entry into a domestic partnership before becoming 55 years of age, annuity at the same rate shall be restored commencing on the day the remarriage is dissolved by death, annulment, or divorce, or the day the domestic partnership is terminated in accordance with § 32-702(d) , or § 16-904(e) , if:
    (i) The surviving spouse or domestic partner elects to receive the annuity which was terminated instead of a survivor benefit to which the surviving spouse or domestic partner may be entitled, under this part or another retirement system for employees of the federal or District government, by reason of the remarriage or entry into a domestic partnership; and
    (ii) Any lump sum paid on termination of the annuity is repaid to the Custodian of Retirement Funds (as defined in § 1-702(6) for deposit in the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-713(a) .
  (2) If unmarried, not in a domestic partnership, and in good health, a reduced annuity payable to him during his life, and an annuity after his death payable to a survivor annuitant having an insurable interest in such teacher, duly designated in writing and filed with the District of Columbia Retirement Board at the time of retirement, during the life of such survivor annuitant equal to 55% of such reduced annuity. The annuity of the survivor annuitant shall commence on the day after the retired teacher dies, and such annuity and any right thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month before the death of the survivor annuitant. The annuity hereunder payable to the teacher shall be 90% of the life annuity otherwise payable if the survivor annuitant is the same age or older than the annuitant, or is less than 5 years younger than the annuitant; 85% if the survivor annuitant is 5 but less than 10 years younger; 80% if the survivor annuitant is 10 but less than 15 years younger; 75% if the survivor annuitant is 15 but less than 20 years younger; 70% if the survivor annuitant is 20 but less than 25 years younger; and 60% if the survivor annuitant is 25 or more years younger. No such election shall be valid until the retiring teacher shall have satisfactorily passed a physical examination under the direction of the Director of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia, as prescribed by the Board of Education. No person shall be eligible to receive an annuity under subsection (b) of § 38-2021.09 based upon the service of the same teacher covering the same period of time.
  (3) A reduced annuity of equivalent value providing for a life-insurance benefit payable in a lump sum at the time of the annuitant’s death. The face amount of such life insurance may be in any amount which the retiring teacher shall designate at the time of retirement but shall not exceed his contributions accumulated with interest to the date of retirement. Payment of such insurance shall be made in accordance with the provisions of § 38-2021.10 . Any annuitant who elects to receive the reduced annuity with fixed life-insurance benefits may reconvert the value of the life insurance to an additional annuity of equivalent value on any anniversary of the retirement date of said annuitant prior to reaching age 70.
  (4) In the event an individual designated as a surviving spouse or domestic partner or as a survivor annuitant under this subsection predeceases the teacher designating such individual, the annuity of such teacher shall, effective the day after the death of such individual, be the amount it would have been if no such beneficiary had been named.
(c) (1) (A) The annuity of any person who now or hereafter is receiving or entitled to receive an annuity from the Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund shall be increased, effective on October 1, 1955, or on the commencing date of the annuity, whichever is later, in accordance with the following schedule:
    If annuity commences between Annuity not in excess of $1,500 shall be increased by Annuity in  excess of $1,500 shall be increased by August 20, 1920, and June 30, 1955 12 per centum 8 per centum July 1, 1955, and December 31, 1955 10 per centum 7 per centum January 1, 1956, and June 30, 1956 8 per centum 6 per centum July 1, 1956, and December 31, 1956 6 per centum 4 per centum January 1, 1957, and June 30, 1957 4 per centum 2 per centum July 1, 1957, and December 31, 1957 2 per centum 1 per centum
    (B) Such increase in annuity shall not exceed the sum necessary to increase such annuity, exclusive of annuity purchased by voluntary contributions under this section, to $4,104. The monthly installment of each annuity so increased shall be fixed at the nearest dollar.
  (2) The increases provided by this subsection, when added to the annuities of retired employees, shall not operate to increase the annuities of their survivors, except that the annuity of any such survivor who becomes entitled to annuity shall be increased by the per centum provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection appropriate to the commencing date of such survivors annuity.
(d) A teacher who is unmarried and not in a domestic partnership at the time of retiring under a provision of law which permits election of a reduced annuity with a survivor annuity payable to his spouse or domestic partner and who later marries or enters into a domestic partnership may irrevocably elect, in a signed writing filed with the District of Columbia Retirement Board within one year after he or she marries or enters into a domestic partnership, a reduction in his or her current annuity and an annuity after death payable to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this section. The reduced annuity is effective the first day of the month after such election is received by the District of Columbia Retirement Board. The election voids prospectively any election previously made under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of this section.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, other than this subsection, the monthly rate of annuity payable under this section shall not be less than the smallest primary insurance amount, including any cost-of-living increase added to that amount, authorized to be paid from time to time under title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.].
  (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, other than this subsection, the monthly rate of annuity payable under this section to a surviving child shall not be less than the smallest primary insurance amount, including any cost-of-living increase added to that amount, authorized to be paid from time to time under title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.], or 3 times such primary insurance amount divided by the number of surviving children entitled to an annuity, whichever is the lesser.
  (3) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an annuitant or to a survivor who is or becomes entitled to receive from the United States, or the District of Columbia, an annuity or retired pay under any other civilian or military retirement system, benefits under title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.], a pension, veterans’ compensation, or any other periodic payment of a similar nature, when the monthly rate thereof is equal to or greater than the smallest primary insurance amount, including any cost-of-living increase added to that amount, authorized to be paid from time to time under title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.].
  (4) An annuity payable from the Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund to a former teacher, which is based on a separation occurring prior to October 20, 1969, is increased by $240.
  (5) In lieu of any increase based on an increase under paragraph (4) of this subsection, an annuity payable from the Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund to the surviving spouse of a teacher or annuitant, which is based on a separation occurring prior to October 20, 1969, shall be increased by $132.
  (6) The monthly rate of an annuity resulting from an increase under paragraph (4) or (5) of this subsection shall be considered as the monthly rate of annuity payable under subsection (a) of this section for purposes of computing the minimum annuity under this subsection.
(f) Each year, the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall set the applicable interest rate, mortality table, and cost-of-living factor to be used in the determination of actuarial equivalents or for other pertinent benefit calculations under the provisions of this part.
D.C. Code § 38-1853.12 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18N / § 38-1853.12
§ 38-1853.12. Transition provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) Repeal. — The DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 ( § 38-1851.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed.
(b) Special Rules. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
  (1) funding appropriated to provide opportunity scholarships for students in the District of Columbia under the heading “Federal Payment for School Improvement” in title IV of division D of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 653), the heading “Federal Payment for School Improvement” in title IV of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117; 123 Stat. 3181), or any other Act, may be used to provide opportunity scholarships under § 38-1853.07(a) for the 2011-2012 school year to students who have not previously received such scholarships;
  (2) the fourth and fifth provisos under the heading “Federal Payment for School Improvement” of title IV of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117; 123 Stat. 3181) shall not apply; and
  (3) any unobligated amounts reserved to carry out the provisos described in paragraph (2) shall be made available to an eligible entity receiving a grant under § 38-1853.04(a) —
    (A) for administrative expenses described in § 38-1853.07(b) ; or
    (B) to provide opportunity scholarships under § 38-1853.07(a) , including to provide such scholarships for the 2011-2012 school year to students who have not previously received such scholarships.
(c) Multiyear awards. — The recipient of a grant or contract under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 ( § 38-1851.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code), as such Act was in effect on the day before April 15, 2011, shall continue to receive funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of such grant or contract, except that—
  (1) the provisos relating to opportunity scholarships in the Acts described in subsection (b)(1) shall not apply; and
  (2) the memorandum of understanding described in subsection (d), including any revision made under such subsection, shall apply.
(d) Memorandum of understanding. — The Secretary and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall revise the memorandum of understanding entered into under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 ( § 38-1851.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code), as such Act was in effect on the day before April 15, 2011, to address—
  (1) the implementation of the opportunity scholarship program under this chapter; and
  (1) how the Mayor will ensure that the District of Columbia public schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools comply with all the reasonable requests for information as necessary to fulfill the requirements for evaluations conducted under § 38-1853.09(a) .
(e) Orderly transition. — Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary shall take such steps as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition to the authority of this chapter from any authority under the provisions of the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 ( § 38-1851.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code), as such Act was in effect on the day before April 15, 2011.
D.C. Code § 38-312.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3 / § 38-312.01
§ 38-312.01. False information hotline.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall establish a hotline to receive tips and information regarding the non-District residence, or other primary caregiver status, of a parent or a primary caregiver of a student in a District of Columbia public school or a public charter school.
(b) District of Columbia public schools and public charter schools shall post a sign, which is clearly visible and not smaller than 8.5 inches by 11 inches, at each location where admission procedures take place and in each principal’s office, notifying the public of the hotline and of the penalties set forth in this chapter.
(c) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall ensure that District of Columbia public schools and public charter schools investigate an allegation received through the hotline or through any other source of information.
(d) (1) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall refer to the Office of the Attorney General all cases concerning any person, including any official of a District of Columbia public school or public charter school, who knowingly supplies false information to a public official in connection with the verification of residency or primary caregiver status.
  (2) The Attorney General shall keep a log of all cases referred by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education and issue a report by May 1, 2012. The report shall include:
    (A) The number of cases reported pursuant to this subsection;
    (B) The number of students involved in each case;
    (C) A list of schools involved in each case; and
    (D) The resources needed to prosecute each case.
D.C. Code § 38-704 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7 / § 38-704
§ 38-704. Limitation on purchases.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education shall purchase for use in the public schools only such books and supplies as shall have been duly recommended by the Superintendent of Schools and formally approved by the Board of Education.
D.C. Code § 38-2264 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 22D / § 38-2264
§ 38-2264. Achieving competency in structured literacy instruction.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An LEA shall require each of its teachers to successfully complete an OSSE-approved structured literacy training or to demonstrate competency in structured literacy instruction within a year of the teacher's hire or by the start of the school year identified in table 1 of this paragraph, whichever is later:
  Table 1: Structured Literacy Competency Requirement Schedule Teacher Grade Level School Year Kindergarten 2026-2027 First 2027-2028 Second 2028-2029 Third 2029-2030
  .
  (2) Teachers may fulfill the requirement to complete an approved structured literacy training or demonstrate competency in structured literacy instruction by:
    (A) Providing proof of successful completion of an OSSE-approved structured literacy training for the appropriate instructional cohort; or
    (B) Providing proof of receiving a passing score on a structured literacy competency assessment or evaluation that OSSE identified or developed.
  (3) A teacher who is employed by an LEA as of the effective date of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on June 25, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-784), shall be deemed to have successfully completed an OSSE-approved structured literacy training or demonstrated competency in structured literacy instruction by the start of the 2026-2027 school year if the teacher successfully completed an OSSE-approved structured literacy training for the appropriate instructional cohort or received a passing score on a structured literacy competency assessment or evaluation that OSSE identified or developed between January 2019 and August 2026.
(b) (1) During School Years 2025-2026 through 2029-2030, including summers, LEAs shall dedicate at least 10 hours of professional development time, scheduled during regularly contracted work hours, for teachers who intend to complete structured literacy training and have not already done so to participate in such training; provided, that the LEA may designate the time and place for the training.
  (2) LEAs shall compensate kindergarten teachers, and, subject to the availability of funding, all other teachers, for time spent outside of regularly contracted work hours to complete an OSSE-approved structured literacy training.
(c) OSSE may issue rules prescribing additional requirements for educators employed by an LEA to complete approved structured literacy trainings or demonstrate competency in structured literacy instruction.
(d) Subject to available funding, by April 1, 2026, OSSE shall establish and administer a grant program to reimburse LEAs for costs, including payments to teachers and assessment fees incurred in meeting the requirements of this section.
(e) (1) Beginning October 31, 2026, and by October 31 of each year thereafter, DCPS and each public charter LEA shall send a letter to OSSE reporting whether each school under the LEA's authority has complied with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section by October 5 of the reporting year.  If a school has failed to comply, the LEA shall state the name of the school, the deficiency, and the timeline for curing the deficiency.
  (2) OSSE shall make the compliance letters received pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection publicly available within 15 business days after receiving them.
D.C. Code § 38-1834.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18A / § 38-1834.02
§ 38-1834.02. Public Charter School Teacher Compensation for School Year 2025-2026.
Status: in_force

(a) In School Year 2025-2026, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall make direct payments in a total amount of $30,785,832 from the Workforce Investments account to public charter LEAs to increase the compensation of public charter school educators.
(b) To receive funds authorized under subsection (a) of this section, a public charter LEA's chief executive officer or head of school shall sign an assurance that the funds provided under this section will be:
  (1) Used exclusively to increase the compensation of public charter school educators; and
  (2) Paid to the public charter LEA's educators during School Year 2025-2026.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Public charter LEA" means an individual public charter school or a group of public charter schools operating under a single charter.
  (2) "Educator" means a school-based employee who directly supports students, including full-time and part-time teachers, teachers' aides, homebound teachers, hospital-based teachers, instructional coaches, athletic trainers, attendance coordinators, counselors, physical therapists, social workers, school psychologists, speech therapists, librarians, and classroom assistants of any type who assist in the instructional process, but excludes administrative personnel such as principals, assistant principals, deans, and office staff.
D.C. Code § 38-826.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8A / § 38-826.04
§ 38-826.04. School nurses.
Status: in_force

The square footage of a nurse’s suite shall not be a determining factor as to whether or not a school nurse is placed at a public charter school; provided, that all other conditions as required by the Department of Health are met.
D.C. Code § 38-1808.57 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1808.57
§ 38-1808.57. Recommendations of the Consensus Commission.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.06 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.06
§ 38-2021.06. Annuity of teachers retired for disability.
Status: in_force

The annuity of a teacher retiring under § 38-2021.04 shall be at least: (1) forty per centum of the average salary or; (2) the sum obtained under § 38-2021.05 after increasing his total service by the period elapsing between the date of separation and the date he attains the age of 60 years, whichever is the lesser.
D.C. Code § 38-251.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-251.03
§ 38-251.03. Home or hospital instruction approval process.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A parent of a student may submit an oral or written request for home or hospital
  instruction to the LEA in which the student for whom the parent is requesting the instruction is enrolled; provided, that a request may not be granted until the parent submits a written application consistent with the requirements of this subsection.
  (2) Upon receipt of a request for home or hospital instruction from a parent of a student enrolled in the LEA, the LEA shall document the request no later than 2 school days following receipt and shall provide information to the parent explaining the process for submitting a written application for home or hospital instruction and obtaining a medical certification of need.
  (3) A student shall be approved for home or hospital instruction when the LEA in which the student is enrolled receives a completed written application and medical certification of need. An LEA may deny an application for home or hospital instruction only in the event that the application or a medical certification of need is missing or incomplete.  Nothing in this provision shall prohibit an LEA, as part of its review of the application and medical certification, from proposing accommodations to allow the student to remain in school; provided, that the medical professional signing the medical certification of need shall agree in writing that such accommodations meet the medical needs of the student and permit in-school instruction.
  (4) Upon approval of an application for home or hospital instruction pursuant to this subsection, the LEA shall commence the delivery of such instruction in accordance with § 38-251.06 .  During the provision of such instruction, the LEA may make reasonable requests for information concerning the student's continuing medical need for home or hospital instruction and work with a student's parent to develop accommodations or measures that would permit the student to return to school.
  (5) OSSE shall promulgate regulations to define what constitutes a completed application and medical certification of need and any other regulations that may be necessary to ensure due deference to the medical opinions set forth in the medical certification of need while facilitating the return of the student to school when medically feasible.
[(b)] (1) The LEA shall issue a written decision approving or denying a home or hospital instruction program application submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The decision shall contain a written explanation of the basis for the approval or denial, and if the LEA denies an application, the decision shall state specifically that the basis for its determination was a missing or incomplete application or medical certification of need.
  (2) The LEA shall issue the written decision required by paragraph (1) of this subsection no later than 5 days after the receipt of the application for home or hospital instruction.
D.C. Code § 38-531.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 5A / § 38-531.02
§ 38-531.02. Provision of period products.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Local education agencies and private schools shall install at least one dispenser or similar container for period products in:
    (A) Each women's and gender-neutral bathroom in every middle school and high school; and
    (B) At least one women's and one gender-neutral bathroom in every elementary school.
  (2) If a school building does not have a gender-neutral bathroom, then the period products shall also be available in at least one men's bathroom.
  (3) LEAs and private schools shall stock every dispenser or similar container with sufficient period products to serve the needs of the LEA or private school's students throughout the academic year and any period of summer programming offered on a school's campus.
(b) The University of the District of Columbia, private universities and colleges, and vocational schools shall:
  (1) Install at least one dispenser or similar container for period products in every women's and gender-neutral bathroom; and
  (2) Stock every dispenser or similar container with sufficient period products to serve the needs of students at all times throughout the calendar year.
(c) Period products required to be made available pursuant to this section shall be free of charge.
(d) In consultation with the District of Columbia Department of Health, OSSE shall develop an 8.5 inch by 11 inch sign that includes medically accurate information on the safe use and disposal of menstrual products. The sign shall be:
  (1) Placed near each dispenser or similar container for period products; and
  (2) Made available for downloading in PDF format on the OSSE website.
(e) Each LEA, private school, the University of the District of Columbia, private college or university, and vocational school shall install the dispensers or similar containers required by this section within one year after March 15, 2022.
D.C. Code § 38-928 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-928
§ 38-928. Functions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2231 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 22A / § 38-2231
§ 38-2231. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2323 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 23 / § 38-2323
§ 38-2323. Agreement with Gallaudet College; annual report.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2023.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2023.02
§ 38-2023.02. Annuity for unremarried widow or widower.
Status: in_force

The unremarried widow or widower of an employee: (1) Who had completed at least 10 years of service creditable for retirement purposes under part A of this subchapter ; (2) who died before May 1, 1952; and (3) who was at the time of his death: (A) subject to an act under which annuities granted before May 1, 1952, were or are now payable from the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund; or (B) retired under such act; shall be entitled to receive an annuity. In order to qualify for such annuity, the widow or widower shall have been married to the employee for at least 5 years immediately prior to his death and must be not entitled to any other annuity from the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund based on the service of such employee. Such annuity shall be equal to one half of the annuity which the employee was receiving on the date of his death if retired, or would have been receiving if he had been retired for disability on the date of his death, but shall not exceed $750 per annum and shall not be increased by the provisions of this or any other prior law. Any annuity granted under this section shall cease upon the death or remarriage of the widow or widower.
D.C. Code § 38-2402.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2402.02
§ 38-2402.02. Gifts.
Status: in_force

The University and NTID are authorized to receive by gift, devise, bequest, purchase, or otherwise, property, both real and personal, for the use of the University or NTID, or for the use, as appropriate, for any programs, departments, or other units as may be designated in the conveyance or will, and to hold, invest, use, or dispose of such property for the purpose stated in the conveyance or will.
D.C. Code § 38-1702.16 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1702.16
§ 38-1702.16. Calculation of number of students.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-203 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-203
§ 38-203. Enforcement; penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) An accurate daily record of the attendance of all minors covered by § 38-202 and this section shall be kept by the teachers of each educational institution. These records shall be open for inspection at all times by the Board, the State Superintendent of Education, school attendance officers, or other persons authorized to enforce this subchapter.
(b) Repealed.
(c) (1) The absence of a minor covered by § 38-202(a) without valid excuse shall be unlawful.
  (2) An absence of a minor covered by § 38-202(a) who is enrolled in a public school is deemed unexcused unless the minor's parent, guardian, or other person who has custody or control of the minor provides the school with a valid excuse for the minor's absence within 5 school days upon the minor's return to school.
(d) The parent, guardian, or other person who has custody or control of a minor covered by § 38-202(a) who is absent from school without a valid excuse shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) Any person convicted of failure to keep a minor in regular attendance in a public, independent, private, or parochial school, or failure to provide regular private instruction acceptable to the Board may be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 5 days, or both for each offense.
(f) Each unlawful absence of a minor for 2 full-day sessions or for 4 half-day sessions during a school month shall constitute a separate offense.
(f-1) Repealed.
(f-2) Repealed.
(g) For the 1st offense, upon payment of costs, the sentence may be suspended and the defendant may be placed on probation.
(h) For any person convicted under this section, the courts shall consider requiring the offender to perform community service as an alternative to fine or imprisonment or both.
(i) Within 60 days after the end of a school year, each public, independent, private, or parochial school shall report to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and make publicly available the following data for each school or campus under its authority based on the preceding school year:
  (A) The number of minors, categorized by grade, or equivalent grouping for ungraded schools, who had unexcused absences for:
    (i) One to 5 days;
    (ii) Six to 10 days;
    (iii) Eleven to 20 days; and
    (iv) Twenty-one or more days;
  (A-i) The work of the school-based student support teams in reducing unexcused absences, including:
    (i) The number of students who were referred to a school-based student support team;
    (ii) The number of students who met with a school-based student support team;
    (iii) A summary of the action plans and strategies implemented by the school-based student support team to eliminate or ameliorate unexcused absences; and
    (iv) A summary of the services utilized by students to reduce unexcused absences;
    (v) A summary of the common barriers to implementing the recommendations of the school-based student support team;
  (B) The number of minors, categorized by grade, or equivalent grouping for ungraded schools, that the school reported to the Child and Family Services Agency pursuant to section § 4-1321.02(b)(1)(B) ;
  (B-i) The number of minors categorized by grade, or equivalent grouping for ungraded schools, that the school referred to the Court Social Services Division of the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for truancy; and
  (C) The policy on absences, including defined categories of valid excuses, that it used.
(j) By August 1, 2012, the Mayor shall develop, through rulemaking, appropriate enforcement mechanisms to ensure that each school, principal, and teacher is in full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter and any regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter.
(k) By November 30 of each year, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall publicly report on the state of absenteeism in the District based on data from the preceding school year, including an analysis of truancy and chronic absenteeism by school or campus and the impact of current laws on improving school attendance.
D.C. Code § 38-924 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-924
§ 38-924. Established; functions; duties; Director; advisory board.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the municipal government of the District of Columbia the Department of General Services, hereinafter referred to as the “Department,” which shall under the direction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia carry out in the District of Columbia the state functions contemplated by § 484(j) and (k) of Title 40, United States Code, and such other duties relating to the distribution of surplus property, or other functions, as the Mayor may in his discretion assign to such Department, and for the purposes of § 484(j), the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be a state. The Mayor is authorized to appoint a Director for such Department and such other personnel as may be necessary with compensation to be fixed in accordance with Chapter 51 and subchapter III of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code. The Mayor is also authorized to appoint an advisory board for such Department to be composed of not more than 10 members; provided, that the membership of such board shall include representatives of the tax-supported, tax-exempt, and nonprofit educational institutions in the District of Columbia; and provided further, that the members of such advisory board shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of the Mayor. Such advisory board may submit reports and recommendations to the Mayor as well as to the Department.
D.C. Code § 38-1977 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1977
§ 38-1977. Method of salary payment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-108 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-108
§ 38-108. Classification by correlated subjects.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education shall classify all academic and scientific subjects in the Central, Eastern, Western, and Business High Schools, and the McKinley Manual Training School into 8 departments so that each department shall contain correlated subjects, and the M Street High School and the Armstrong Manual Training School shall be similarly classified into 4 departments so that each department shall contain correlated subjects.
D.C. Code § 38-781.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7D / § 38-781.05
§ 38-781.05. Summer school.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Each student retained for the failure to meet the promotion criteria specified in the DCMR shall attend the summer school session immediately following the school year in which the student was retained, unless specifically excused by the principal or the Chancellor.
  (2) A student who attends summer school pursuant to this section shall be reevaluated for promotion if the student:
    (A) Does not have more than 3 unexcused absences from summer school; and
    (B) Receives a passing grade in the subject or content area for which the student did not achieve a passing grade during the school year.
  (3) A student who meets the promotion criteria set forth in the DCMR after the completion of summer school shall be promoted.
(b) In addition to those students identified to attend summer school pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, each principal shall provide to the Chancellor before the summer school registration deadline a list of the names of all students who the principal believes could benefit from summer school.
D.C. Code § 38-234 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-234
§ 38-234. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “weapon” means a firearm and includes:
  (1) Any weapon, including a starter gun, which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive:
  (2) The frame or receiver of any weapon described in this subsection;
  (3) Any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or
  (4) Any destructive device; the term “destructive device” means:
    (A) Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas;
    (B) Bomb;
    (C) Grenade;
    (D) Rocket having a propellant charge of more than 4 ounces;
    (E) Missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than a 1/4 ounce;
    (F) Mine; or
    (G) Any similar device.
  (5) Any type of weapon which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than 1/2 an inch in diameter; and
  (6) Any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any device into any destructive device described in subparagraphs (e) and (f) of this paragraph and from which a destructive device may be readily assembled.
(b) The term “weapon” shall not include:
  (1) An antique firearm;
  (2) Any device which is neither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon; or
  (3) Any device, although originally designed for use as a weapon, which is redesigned for use as a signaling, pyrotechnic, line throwing, safety, or similar device.
D.C. Code § 38-754.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-754.02
§ 38-754.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Community partner” means a provider of one or more eligible services.
(2) “Community school” means a public and private partnership to coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and after-school-care programs during school and non-school hours for students, families, and local communities at a public school or public charter school with the objectives of improving academic achievement, reducing absenteeism, building stronger relationships between students, parents, and communities, and improving the skills, capacity, and well-being of the surrounding community residents.
(3) “Eligible consortium” means a partnership established between a local education agency and one or more community partners for purposes of establishing, operating, and sustaining a community school.
(4) “Eligible services” means:
  (A) Primary medical and dental care that will be available to students and community residents;
  (B) Mental health prevention and treatment services that will be available to students and community residents;
  (C) Academic-enrichment activities designed to promote a student’s cognitive development and provide opportunities to practice and apply academic skills;
  (D) Programs designed to increase attendance, including reducing early chronic absenteeism rates;
  (E) Youth development programs designed to promote young people’s social, emotional, physical, and moral development, including arts, sports, physical fitness, youth leadership, community service, and service-learning opportunities;
  (F) Early childhood education, including Head Start and Early Head Start programs;
  (G) Programs designed to:
    (i) Facilitate parental involvement in, and engagement with, their children’s education, including parental activities that involve supporting, monitoring, and advocating for their children’s education;
    (ii) Promote parental leadership in the life of the school; and
    (iii) Build parenting skills;
  (H) School-age child-care services, including before-school and after-school services and full-day programming that operates during school holidays, summers, vacations, and weekends;
  (I) Programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or expelled and that offer multiple pathways to high school graduation or General Educational Development completion;
  (J) Youth and adult job-training services and career-counseling services;
  (K) Nutrition-education services;
  (L) Adult education, including instruction in English as a second language, adult literacy, computer literacy, financial literacy, and hard-skills training;
  (M) Programs that provide remedial education and enrichment activities; or
  (N) Programs that provide a full continuum of school-based, early literacy intervention services for all grades pre-K through 3, consisting of developmentally appropriate components for each grade, through a comprehensive intervention model.
D.C. Code § 38-2661.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26A-i / § 38-2661.11
§ 38-2661.11. District of Columbia State Athletics Commission; establishment; composition; terms; vacancies.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established, as an independent agency, a commission to be known as the District of Columbia State Athletics Commission.
(b) The Commission shall consist of 9 voting members, appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, in accordance with § 1-523.01(f) , and 6 ex-officio nonvoting members.
(c) (1) At least one of each of the following shall be appointed as a voting member of the Commission:
    (A) A parent of a student enrolled in member public charter school located in the District;
    (B) A parent of a student enrolled in a DCPS school;
    (C) A parent of a student enrolled at a private or parochial member school located in the District;
    (D) A member of the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association, or its successor; and
    (E) A member of the Public Charter Interscholastic Athletic Association, or its successor, if a majority of public charter schools that offer interscholastic athletics programs are members of the DCSAA.
  (2) Voting members shall be residents of the District of Columbia.
  (3) (A) Voting members shall serve regular terms of 4 years and may be reappointed for a single term of 4 years, except that of the members first appointed, the Mayor shall designate 3 to serve terms of 4 years, 2 to serve terms of 3 years, 2 to serve terms of 2 years, and 2 to serve a term of one year.
    (B) The initial term for voting members shall begin on the date that a majority of the voting members are sworn in, which shall become the anniversary date for all subsequent appointments.
    (C) Where a vacancy occurs for reasons other than the expiration of the voting member's term, the Mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council, an individual to serve in the vacant position, taking into consideration the criteria of this subsection.
    (D) Any voting member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the remainder of the predecessor's term.
    (E) A vacancy appointment shall not count toward the term-limits otherwise provided in this paragraph.
  (4) The Mayor shall not remove a voting member except for cause.
(d) (1) The ex-officio nonvoting members of the Commission shall be:
    (A) The Director of OSSE, or his or her designee;
    (B) The Chancellor of DCPS, or his or her designee;
    (C) The Chair of the Public Charter School Board, or his or her designee;
    (D) The Deputy Mayor for Education, or his or her designee;
    (E) The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, or his or her designee; and
    (F) The Director of the Department of General Services, or his or her designee.
  (2) Nonvoting members shall support the Commission by providing information and advice related to interscholastic athletic programming and by advancing policies and programs consistent with the work of the Commission.
D.C. Code § 38-756.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-756.01
§ 38-756.01. Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ §  2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Each local education agency may advise the Mayor with respect to all proposed matters or rules issued pursuant to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 38-272.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2A / § 38-272.03
§ 38-272.03. Pre-k programs assistance grants.
Status: in_force

(a) The OSSE shall establish and administer a grant program to assist existing and new pre-k programs in public schools, public charter schools, and CBOs in meeting the required HQ standards. Each grant shall be a 2-year grant.
(b) The OSSE shall establish the criteria for eligibility to receive a grant; provided, that, in evaluating grant applications, OSSE shall give priority to those applications that demonstrate need and a capacity to achieve and maintain the HQ standards.
(c) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], shall issue revised administrative and procedural rules for the grant program and HQ standards and submit the rules to the Council within 45 days of March 8, 2011. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, by resolution, within the 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
D.C. Code § 38-3506 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 35 / § 38-3506
§ 38-3506. Training for individuals involved in sexual misconduct response processes.
Status: in_force

Applicable June 30, 2026.
D.C. Code § 38-2235 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 22A / § 38-2235
§ 38-2235. Selection of Program Participants.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-934 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-934
§ 38-934. Capitalization.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1803.14 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1803.14
§ 38-1803.14. Consultants.
Status: in_force

Upon the request of the World Class Schools Task Force, the head of any department or agency of the Federal Government may detail any of the personnel of such agency to such task force to assist such task force in carrying out such task force’s duties under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-1960 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1960
§ 38-1960. Rules and regulations; definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-221 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-221
§ 38-221. Attendance zone boundaries; establishment, modification, alteration.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as required due to a school closure or a consolidation of schools, upon Dec. 24, 2013, notwithstanding any other law or regulation, no approved establishment, modification, or alteration of any attendance zone boundary shall be implemented, or in any manner initiated, until the 2015-2016 school year or with less notice than a full school year to the parent or guardian of each affected student, whichever is greater; provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the Chancellor from proposing or implementing changes to school feeder patterns that would result in additional options in next-level schools for a feeder school.
(b) In calendar year 2023 and every 10 years thereafter, the Mayor shall complete a comprehensive review of District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") student assignment policies. The review shall include and examination of and recommendations regarding the following:
  (1) Student assignments to schools by right based on DCPS attendance zones and feeder pathways, including:
    (A) Attendance zone boundaries;
    (B) School feeder patterns; and
    (C) By right admission to a zoned school for preK-3 and preK-4 students;
  (2) Whether there is adequate capacity in zoned DCPS facilities, including whether there is adequate capacity at each of the following grade levels:
    (A) Early childhood;
    (B) Elementary school;
    (C) Middle school; and
    (D) High school; and
  (3) Whether there is equitable access among District students to high-quality DCPS schools, including:
    (A) Standards for out-of-boundary minimums;
    (B) Placement priorities for students designated at-risk;
    (C) Specialized and selective programs and schools;
    (D) Modes of transportation by which students travel to school; and
    (E) Other factors related to equitable access as considered appropriate by the Deputy Mayor for Education.
D.C. Code § 38-809 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8 / § 38-809
§ 38-809. Appropriations for distribution of commodities.
Status: in_force

Appropriations are hereby authorized to enable the Board of Education to carry out the contracts and programs authorized by § 38-808 .
D.C. Code § 38-2021.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.02
§ 38-2021.02. Retirement and Annuity Fund; income from investments; separate accounts.
Status: in_force

Until the end of the 90-day period beginning on November 17, 1979, the amounts so deducted and withheld from the annual salary of every teacher, and the amounts of additional voluntary deposits, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Teachers’ Retirement and Annuity Fund. As of July 1, 1946, there shall be transferred and credited to such fund the balances of funds held for the retirement of teachers under the provisions of §§ 38-2001.02 and 38-2001.07 . The fund thus created shall be held and invested by the Secretary of the Treasury until paid out as hereinafter provided, and the income derived from such investment shall constitute a part of said fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part, and for payment of administrative expenses incurred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in placing in effect each annuity adjustment granted under § 38-2023.14 . Separate accounts shall be maintained by the Treasury with respect to:
(1) The regular operations of the retirement system, exclusive of those incident to the voluntary deposits; and
(2) The voluntary deposits and the supplementary annuities and refunds resulting from such deposits.
D.C. Code § 38-801 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8 / § 38-801
§ 38-801. Department of Food Services.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the public schools of the District of Columbia a Department of Food Services, which Department, under the direction and control of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, hereinafter referred to as the “Board,” is hereby authorized to conduct a centralized system of public school cafeterias, lunchrooms, and related services, hereinafter referred to as “food services.”
D.C. Code § 38-175 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1A / § 38-175
§ 38-175. Transfers; continuation.
Status: in_force

(a) All functions, authority, programs, positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the Board of Education, as the local education agency, established pursuant to § 1-204.95 [repealed] for the purpose of providing educational services to residents of the District of Columbia are transferred to the Mayor.
(b) All rules, orders, obligations, determinations, grants, contracts, licenses, and agreements of the Board of Education and the District of Columbia Public Schools transferred to the Mayor under subsection (a) of this section shall continue in effect according to their terms until lawfully amended, repealed, or modified.
D.C. Code § 38-1807.53 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1807.53
§ 38-1807.53. Development of fiscal year 1997 budget request.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — The Board of Education shall develop its fiscal year 1997 gross operating budget and its fiscal year 1997 appropriated funds budget request in accordance with this section.
(b) Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Revision. — Not later than 60 days after April 26, 1996, the Board of Education shall develop, approve, and submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Authority, and appropriate Congressional committees, a revised fiscal year 1996 gross operating budget that reflects the amount appropriated in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996, and which:
  (1) Is broken out on the basis of appropriated funds and nonappropriated funds, control center, responsibility center, agency reporting code, object class, and object; and
  (2) Indicates by position title, grade, and agency reporting code, all staff allocated to each District of Columbia public school as of October 15, 1995, and indicates on an object class basis all other-than-personal-services financial resources allocated to each school.
(c) Zero-Base budget. — For fiscal year 1997, the Board of Education shall build its gross operating budget and appropriated funds request from a zero-base, starting from the local school level through the central office level.
(d) School-by-school budgets. — The Board of Education’s initial fiscal year 1997 gross operating budget and appropriated funds budget request submitted to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, and the Authority shall contain school-by-school budgets and shall also:
  (1) Be broken out on the basis of appropriated funds and nonappropriated funds, control center, responsibility center, agency reporting code, object class, and object;
  (2) Indicate by position title, grade, and agency reporting code all staff budgeted for each District of Columbia public school, and indicate on an object class basis all other-than-personal-services financial resources allocated to each school; and
  (3) Indicate the amount and reason for all changes made to the initial fiscal year 1997 gross operating budget and appropriated funds request from the revised fiscal year 1996 gross operating budget required by subsection (b) of this section.
D.C. Code § 38-1205.10 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1205.10
§ 38-1205.10. Preferential tuition for District of Columbia residents.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees shall, in accordance with § 38-1205.06(c)(7) [repealed], fix tuition to allow bona fide residents of the District of Columbia to attend the School of Law on a preferential tuition basis.
(b) An applicant for preferential tuition shall make a showing of the applicant’s bona fide residence in the District of Columbia. Any applicant for the preferential tuition established under subsection (a) of this section shall be presumed to be a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia if the applicant has been, for 2 continuous years prior to the date of the applicant’s enrollment in the School of Law:
  (1) Domiciled in the District of Columbia and paid District of Columbia income taxes; or
  (2) Enrolled in a college or university located outside the District of Columbia and been claimed as a dependent on District of Columbia resident tax returns filed by a parent or spouse of the applicant.
(c) Any applicant for the preferential tuition established under subsection (a) of this section who is not presumed to be a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia shall be required to establish by a preponderance of the evidence to the Board of Trustees or its designee that the applicant:
  (1) Was a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia for a reasonable duration of time prior to the applicant’s request for preferential tuition; and
  (2) Remains a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia.
(d) In determining whether an applicant for preferential tuition under subsection (c) of this section is in fact a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia, the following factors shall be taken into consideration:
  (1) Whether the applicant has maintained a year-round home in the District of Columbia, as evidenced by lease or mortgage agreements;
  (2) Where the applicant’s driver’s license, if any, was issued;
  (3) Where the applicant’s motor vehicle, if any, is registered;
  (4) Where the applicant is registered to vote;
  (5) What address the applicant has used over the past several years for purposes of filing federal income tax returns, if any;
  (6) Whether the applicant is a graduate of a public or private District of Columbia high school; and
  (7) Any other factor deemed appropriate by the Board of Trustees.
(e) Any applicant denied preferential tuition shall be permitted to appeal the denial by whatever procedures and to whatever officer of the School of Law as the Board of Trustees shall establish for final determination.
D.C. Code § 38-1112 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 11 / § 38-1112
§ 38-1112. State consent requirement satisfied.
Status: in_force

The enactment of §§ 38-1107 and 38-1109 shall, as respects the District of Columbia, be deemed to satisfy any requirement of state consent contained in any of the laws or provisions of law referred to in such sections.
D.C. Code § 38-1802.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1802.13
§ 38-1802.13. Charter revocation.
Status: in_force

(a) Charter or law violations; failure to meet goals. — Using the record established by the eligible chartering authority, an eligible chartering authority that has granted a charter to a public charter school may revoke the charter if the eligible chartering authority determines that the school:
  (1) Committed a violation of applicable law or a material violation of the conditions, terms, standards, or procedures set forth in the charter, including violations relating to the education of children with disabilities; or
  (2) Has failed to meet the goals and student academic achievement expectations set forth in the charter.
(b) Fiscal mismanagement. — An eligible chartering authority that has granted a charter to a public charter school shall revoke the charter if the eligible chartering authority determines that the school:
  (1) Has engaged in a pattern of nonadherence to generally accepted accounting principles;
  (2) Has engaged in a pattern of fiscal mismanagement; or
  (3) Is no longer economically viable.
(c) Procedures for consideration of revocation. — (1) Notice of right to hearing. — An eligible chartering authority that is proposing to revoke a charter granted to a public charter school shall provide to the Board of Trustees of the school a written notice stating the reasons for the proposed revocation. The notice shall inform the Board of Trustees of the right of the Board of Trustees to an informal hearing on the proposed revocation.
  (2) Request for hearing. — Not later than 15 days after the date on which a Board of Trustees receives a notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board of Trustees may request, in writing, an informal hearing on the proposed revocation before the eligible chartering authority.
  (3) Date and time of hearing. — (A) Notice. — Upon receiving a timely written request for a hearing under paragraph (2) of this subsection, an eligible chartering authority shall set a date and time for the hearing and shall provide reasonable notice of the date and time, as well as the procedures to be followed at the hearing, to the Board of Trustees.
    (B) Deadline. — An informal hearing under this subsection shall take place not later than 30 days after an eligible chartering authority receives a timely written request for the hearing under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
  (4) Final decision. — (A) Deadline. — An eligible chartering authority shall render a final decision, in writing, on the revocation of a charter:
      (i) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the eligible chartering authority provided the written notice of the right to a hearing, in the case of a proposed revocation with respect to which such a hearing is not held; and
      (ii) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the hearing is concluded, in the case of a proposed revocation with respect to which a hearing is held.
    (B) Reasons for revocation. — An eligible chartering authority that revokes a charter shall state in its decision the reasons for the revocation.
  (5) Alternatives upon revocation. — If an eligible chartering authority revokes a charter granted to a public charter school, the eligible chartering authority may:
    (A) Manage the school directly until alternative arrangements can be made for students at the school; or
    (B) Impose such interim conditions as it determines reasonably necessary to safeguard public funds, ensure positive outcomes for students, or provide for efficient dissolution and asset distribution pursuant to § 38-1802.13a .
  (6) Judicial review. — (A) Availability of review. — A decision by an eligible chartering authority to revoke a charter shall be subject to judicial review by an appropriate court of the District of Columbia.
    (B) Standard of review. — A decision by an eligible chartering authority to revoke a charter shall be upheld unless the decision is arbitrary and capricious or clearly erroneous.
D.C. Code § 38-160 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-160
§ 38-160. Public schools Schedule A submission.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Public Schools shall submit to the Board of Education by January 1st and July 1st of each year a Schedule A showing all the current funded positions of the District of Columbia Public Schools, their compensation levels, and indicating whether the positions are encumbered. The Board of Education shall approve or disapprove each Schedule A within 30 days of its submission and provide the Council of the District of Columbia a copy of the Schedule A within 5 days of its approval.
D.C. Code § 38-3112 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 31 / § 38-3112
§ 38-3112. Liability.
Status: in_force

Traffic safety infrastructure, where installed and posted throughout the District and made available as the budget allows, pursuant to this chapter , shall not be deemed obstructions of the road or street. No cause of action at law or in equity, nor any administrative action shall be maintained against the District government for damages by traffic safety infrastructure.
D.C. Code § 38-2661.26 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26A-i / § 38-2661.26
§ 38-2661.26. District of Columbia State Athletic Association; complaint resolution.
Status: in_force

(a) The DCSAA shall hear and decide complaints:
  (1) Related to its membership standards;
  (2) Arising under the DCSAA handbook; or
  (3) Related to participant eligibility arising between a DCPS and non-DCPS member school participating in a DCSAA-sanctioned competition or arising between a member school and non-member school participating in a DCSAA-sanctioned competition.
(b) The parties to a complaint shall comply with DCSAA requests for information related to the allegations in the complaint.
(c) The DCSAA shall issue written findings in support of any decision issued pursuant to this section.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the DCSAA to hear or decide:
  (1) Appeals from participant eligibility decisions issued by a member school or LEA; or
  (2) Complaints wherein the parties have failed to exhaust existing administrative remedies.
(e) A party may appeal a DCSAA decision issued under this section to an athletic appeals panel.
D.C. Code § 38-251.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-251.11
§ 38-251.11. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-3107 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 31 / § 38-3107
§ 38-3107. School zones.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) School zones shall have a speed limit of 15 miles per hour between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; except, that on arterials, DDOT may increase the speed limit in school zones to 25 miles per hour at all times except the hours designated for student drop-off and pick-up for the school day and regular afterschool programming.
  (2) DDOT shall post signage on all roadways within a school zone that states the speed limit and warns that the area is a school zone.
(b) The fine for speeding pursuant to 18 DCMR § 2600.1 shall be doubled when the infraction occurs in a school zone.
D.C. Code § 38-1831.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18A / § 38-1831.01
§ 38-1831.01. Utilization of space in District of Columbia public schools by public charter schools.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia Public Schools system may allow existing public charter schools that are chartered pursuant to Chapter 18 of this title ,  to utilize space in DCPS facilities, for a period not greater than 15 years, where such facilities are currently or are projected to be underutilized.
(b) (1) As payment for the space allocation, the public charter school shall pay to DCPS an amount agreeable to the charter school and DCPS.
  (2) The amount of payment shall be agreed upon before relocation of any public charter school into a DCPS facility.
  (3) Repealed.
(c) The Mayor may promulgate rules to implement the provision of this chapter.
(d) (1) There is established as a special fund the DCPS School Facility Colocation Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by DCPS in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (2) All payments received from public charter schools under this section shall be deposited in the Fund.
  (3) Money in the Fund shall be used for the following purposes:
    (A) To fund additional school programming, supplemental staff, special initiatives, and other activities and programs at DCPS schools in which charter schools are colocated; and
    (B) For maintenance of, or improvements to, DCPS schools in which charter schools are colocated.
  (4) (A) The money deposited into the Fund but not expended in a fiscal year shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
    (B) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
(e) Any funds received by a DCPS school pursuant to this section shall be supplemental to any funds budgeted for the school from the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula or other fund source. A school's school-based budget shall not be reduced based on funds received pursuant to this section.
D.C. Code § 38-2608 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26 / § 38-2608
§ 38-2608. Supervision of adult education program.
Status: in_force

(a) The OSSE shall be the state agency responsible for supervision of adult education and adult literacy.
(b) All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the University of the District of Columbia that support state-level functions related to adult education or adult literacy and all of the powers, duties, and functions delegated to the University of the District of Columbia concerning the establishment, development, and institution of state-level functions related to adult education or adult literacy are transferred to the OSSE.
(c) The transfer described in subsection (b) of this section shall be in accordance with section 7.
(d) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall apply for federal funds as provided in the Adult Education Act, approved April 28, 1988 (102 Stat. 302; 20 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq.).
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the OSSE is authorized to establish fee rates for all adult education courses. The amount to be charged to each adult shall be fixed annually by the OSSE, which shall be the amount necessary to cover the expense of instruction, cost of textbooks and school supplies, and other operating costs associated with each course offered; provided, that the amount fixed is in accordance with § 2-505 . Following the adoption of the fee rates, the OSSE shall transmit a copy of the fee schedule to the Mayor and the Council.
  (2) All amounts received by the OSSE pursuant to this subsection shall be paid to the District of Columbia Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund of the District of Columbia in a segregated account to be available as a revenue source for the OSSE to fund select adult education courses for which fees will be charged.
  (3) Waivers, in whole or in part, of fees for select adult education courses may be granted by the OSSE.
(f) OSSE shall provide funding for all costs associated with the 24-hour vocational education programs at Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School (“Phelps”), Academy for Construction and Design at Cardozo Senior High School (“Cardozo”), and the Hospitality Public Charter School at Roosevelt High School; provided, that a portion of this funding shall be used to employ 2 career technical educators at Cardozo and Phelps.
(g) OSSE shall deem valid all diplomas awarded to residents who completed the requirements of the National External Diploma Program at any time from January 1, 1980, through February 5, 2016, in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-753.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-753.01
§ 38-753.01. Short title.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 38-2572.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25C / § 38-2572.01
§ 38-2572.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Special Education Due Process Hearing Independence and Transparency Act of 2014”.
D.C. Code § 38-1702.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1702.13
§ 38-1702.13. Application of laws.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2041.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2041.01
§ 38-2041.01. Retirement Incentive Program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Education is authorized to establish a retirement incentive program (“program”) which shall apply to eligible employees under the personnel authority of the Board of Education. This authorization is conditioned on the requirement that no District employee who receives an incentive payment under the early out retirement program shall be reemployed with the District government, including the Board of Education, for 5 years, or hired or retained as a sole source personal services contractor for 5 years from the date of retirement.
(b) The Board of Education may exclude or limit positions from the program based on the needs of the Board.
(c) The program shall be effective from December 21, 1994, through September 30, 1995.
(d) The program shall be limited to employees retiring under the early out retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336(d)(2), employees who become eligible to retire on or before June 15, 1995, under the optional retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336(a), (b), or (f), and teachers who are eligible to retire under § 38-2021.01(f) .
(e) The program shall offer a retirement incentive of 50% of an employee’s annual rate of basic pay paid from the employee’s salary or pay schedule which was in effect on the employee’s date of retirement, not to exceed $24,000, to be paid in 24 equal installments.
(f) Retirement incentive payments shall be prorated in the case of a part-time employee.
(g) Retirement incentive payments shall not be considered basic pay for computing retirement entitlement, insurance entitlement, any category of premium pay entitlement, lump-sum leave, or any other entitlement that is computed on basic pay.
(h) No incentive payments shall be paid to:
  (1) An employee retiring under the law enforcement provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 8336(c), the discontinued service/involuntary retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 8336(d) (1), or the disability retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 8337; or
  (2) An employee who is a reemployed annuitant under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 8334.
D.C. Code § 38-1903 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1903
§ 38-1903. Teachers in the Americanization schools; custodial staff.
Status: in_force

(a) Officers and teachers in the Americanization, evening, and summer schools may also be officers and teachers in the regular day schools.
(b) Members of the custodial staff in the evening, summer, and Americanization schools may also be members of the custodial staff in the day schools.
D.C. Code § 38-2661.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26A-i / § 38-2661.02
§ 38-2661.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
(1) "Athletic appeals panel" means a review panel composed of 3 voting members of the District of Columbia State Athletics Commission.
(2) "Athletic League" includes the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association or its successor, the Public Charter School Athletic Association or its successor, and any other collaborative of LEAs or schools the purpose of which is to organize interscholastic athletic completions against other members of the collaborative.
(3) "Commission" means the District of Columbia State Athletics Commission.
(4) "DCPS" means the District of Columbia Public Schools.
(5) "DCSAA" means the District of Columbia State Athletic Association.
(6) "DCSAA-sponsored sport" means a sport in which DCSAA hosts a state championship.
(7) "DCSAA-sanctioned competition" means an interscholastic athletic event or program governed by DCSAA membership standards.
(8) "Interscholastic athletics program" means all athletic activities or sports offered within a school, the purpose of which is to provide opportunities for students to compete with other students on like teams in other schools.
(9) "Local education agency" or "LEA" means the District of Columbia Public Schools system or any individual or group of public charter schools operating under a single charter.
(10) "Member school" means a public, public charter, parochial, or private school in the District that is a member of the DCSAA.
(11) "OSSE" means the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
(12) "Participant" means an enrolled student who is attending a member school and who is listed on the tryout roster or official team roster of a school-sponsored athletic team that participates in the school's interscholastic athletics program.
(13) "Participant eligibility" means the status of a student's fitness to participate in a DCSAA-sanctioned competition based on both residency and academic requirements.
D.C. Code § 38-1201.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1201.03
§ 38-1201.03. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this unit:
(1) The term “Trustees” means the Board of Trustees established under subchapter II of this unit.
(2) The term “Chief Executive Officer” means the chief executive and administrative officer of the University.
(3) The term “University” means the University of the District of Columbia authorized and directed to be established under subchapter II of this unit.
(4) The term “academic and administrative head” means the academic and administrative head of each of the components of the University.
(5) The term “Mayor” means the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia established by § 1-204.21 .
(6) The term “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia established by § 1-204.01 .
(7) The term “Board of Higher Education” means the Board of Higher Education established under § 38-1102 .
(8) The term “Vocational Board” means the Board of Vocational Education established under § 38-1122 .
(9) The term “Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Education established under § 1-204.95 [repealed].
(10) The term “financial institution” means an insured bank as defined in § 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. § 1813], or a savings and loan association as defined in § 401 [12 U.S.C. § 1724, repealed] of the National Housing Act.
(11) The term “component” means that segment of the whole University such as a school, college, branch or campus, which, because of its nature, the Board of Trustees specifies as constituting an identifiable entity for the purpose of, but not limited to, being administered by an academic and administrative head.
(12) The term “University of the District of Columbia School of Law” (“School of Law”) means the institution that had been established under § 38-1205.03(b) [repealed] as the District of Columbia School of Law. Any reference to a degree holder of the School of Law shall include any person who received a degree from the Antioch School of Law during the period when it was operated as a part of the Antioch University, as well as any person who received a degree after the establishment of the public School of Law under § 38-1205.03 [repealed] and persons who receive a degree from the University of the District of Columbia School of Law.
(13) “State” means any of the 50 states of the United States in addition to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.16 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.16
§ 38-2021.16. Rules and regulations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-823.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8A / § 38-823.03
§ 38-823.03. Mandatory reporting.
Status: in_force

Beginning September 30, 2020, and biennially thereafter, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall submit to the Mayor, the Council, and the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission a comprehensive report on the District's compliance with this chapter , which shall include:
(a) (1) An update on farm-to-school initiatives and recommendations for improving these initiatives; and
  (2) The information required in §§ 38-824.05 and 38-825.02(c) .
D.C. Code § 38-1201.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1201.02
§ 38-1201.02. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of Congress to authorize a public land-grant university through the reorganization of the existing local institutions of public postsecondary education in the District of Columbia. It is the clear and specific intent of the Congress that vocational and technological education, as well as liberal arts, sciences, teacher education, and graduate and postgraduate studies, within the University be given at all times its proper priority in terms of funding with other units within the University, and that the land-grant funds be utilized by the University in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. §§ 301   to 305  , 307  , and 308  ) (known as the First Morrill Act).
D.C. Code § 38-271.06 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2A / § 38-271.06
§ 38-271.06. Funding.
Status: in_force

(a) Local funding for pre-k programs shall not supplant any funding sources used prior to July 18, 2008, for education programs for children of pre-k age.
(b) (1) (A) For each provider that meets the high-quality standards established pursuant to this chapter , local funding shall be allocated in such a manner so that each provider receives:
      (i) An amount equal to the per student funding formula, established pursuant to § 38-1804.01 ; and
      (ii) A supplemental allocation equal to the supplemental allocation provided in § 38-2905.01 for each at-risk child enrolled in the provider's program.
    (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "at-risk" means a pre-K age child who is identified as one or more of the following:
      (i) Homeless;
      (ii) In the District's foster care system; or
      (iii) Qualifies for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  (2) Local funding for a program under a quality-improvement plan may vary, in accordance with procedures established pursuant to § 38-271.02(b)(7) .
(c) (1) The OSSE shall establish procedures for the local allocation of funds distributed pursuant to this section in the event that the amount appropriated is insufficient to fund all providers that meet the high-quality standards established by this chapter.
  (2) From amounts appropriated under this section, OSSE may provide for all activities authorized by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 38-1809.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1809.01
§ 38-1809.01. Policy.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor is authorized to develop and implement a policy encouraging all residents of the District of Columbia with children attending a District of Columbia public school to attend and participate in at least one parent-teacher conference every 90 days during the academic year.
D.C. Code § 38-311 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3 / § 38-311
§ 38-311. Authorities to establish procedures if unable to confirm residency and other primary caregiver status at the attending school.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Education and the chartering authorities shall establish such procedures as they deem appropriate to establish residency and other primary caregiver status in cases where persons seeking to enroll students in schools under their supervision are unable to prove residency or other primary caregiver status at the local school level under § 38-309 and 38-310. The established procedures shall be provided to the State Education Office by the aforementioned agencies no later than 30 calendar days before the first day of school.
(b) The procedures established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall:
  (1) Provide for the designation of officials authorized to determine residency and other primary caregiver status;
  (2) Include the designation of forms and methods to document residency and other primary caregiver status in addition to those set forth in this chapter, for use when documents set forth in this chapter are unavailable or are of questionable authenticity;
  (3) Establish investigation and appeal procedures for persons seeking to enroll students whose residency or other primary caregiver documentation is found to be unsatisfactory;
  (4) Provide for written notification of the determination of residency and other primary caregiver status to the person seeking to enroll the student, and, in the case of those whose documentation is found to be unsatisfactory, the reasons therefor and a written description of procedures for administrative review and appeal of the determination;
  (5) Include rules and criteria to permit students to attend school without prepayment of tuition during any administrative review and appeal procedures on their residency status;
  (6) Designate the point at which the administrative determination is final; and
  (7) Include procedures for the payment of non-resident tuition on behalf of students found not to be residents of the District and for their exclusion from DCPS or public charter schools, upon their failure to pay such tuition.
(c) The procedures promulgated pursuant to this section shall be subject to approval by the State Education Office, which shall act to approve or disapprove the procedures within 30 calendar days of receipt of the proposed procedures.
D.C. Code § 38-2905 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 29 / § 38-2905
§ 38-2905. Supplement to foundation level funding on the basis of the count of special education, LEP/NEP, summer school, and residential school students.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to grade level allocations, supplemental allocations shall be provided on the basis of the count of students identified as entitled to and receiving:
  (1) Special education;
  (2) English as a second language or bilingual education services; and
  (3) Summer school instruction for students who do not meet literacy standards pursuant to promotion policies of the DCPS or Public Charter Schools as defined in § 38-1804.01(b)(3)(B)(ii) .
  (4) Repealed.
(a-1) Pursuant to § 38-2905.01 , supplemental allocations shall be provided on the basis of the count of students identified as at-risk.
(b) Supplemental allocations shall be provided for each student in full-time residence at a residential DCPS or Public Charter School.
(c) The supplemental allocations shall be calculated by applying weightings to the foundation level as follows:
Special education add-ons:
Level/ Program Definition Weighting Per Pupil Allocation in FY 2026 Level 1: Special Education 8 hours or less per school week of specialized services 0.97 $14,618 Level 2: Special Education More than 8 hours and less than or equal to 16 hours per school week of specialized services 1.20 $18,084 Level 3: Special Education More than 16 hours and less than or equal to 24 hours per school week of specialized services 1.97 $29,688 Level 4: Special Education More than 24 hours per school week of specialized services which may include instruction in a self-contained (dedicated) special education school other than residential placement 3.49 $52,594 Special Education Compliance Funding provided in addition to special education level add-on funding on a per-student basis for special education compliance 0.099 $1,492 Attorneys' Fees Funding provided in addition to special education level add-on funding on a per-student basis for attorney's fees 0.089 $1,341
General education add-ons:
Level/ Program Definition Weighting Per Pupil Allocation in FY 2026 Elementary ELL Additional funding for English language learners in grades PK3-5 0.50 $7,535 Secondary ELL Additional funding for English language learners in grades 6-12, alternative students, adult students, and students in special education schools 0.75 $11,303 At-risk Additional funding for students in foster care, who are homeless, on TANF or SNAP, or behind grade level in high school 0.30 $4,521 At-risk High School Over-Age Supplement Funding provided in addition to at-risk funding for students who are behind grade level in high school 0.06 $904 At-risk > 40% Concentration Supplement Funding provided in addition to at-risk funding for the percentage of at-risk students above 40% enrolled in a school where at least 40% of the student population is at-risk 0.07 $1,055 At-risk > 70% Concentration Supplement Funding provided in addition to at-risk funding and at-risk > 40% concentration supplement for the percentage of at-risk students above 70% where at least 70% of the student population is at-risk 0.07 $1,055
Residential add-ons:
Level/ Program Definition Weighting Per Pupil Allocation in FY 2026 Residential Funding provided on a per-student basis for a District of Columbia Public Schools school or public charter school that provides students with room and board in a residential setting, in addition to their instructional program 1.67 $25,167 Level 1 Special Education – Residential Funding in addition to residential funding to support the after-hours Level 1 special education needs of students living in a DCPS school or public charter school that provides students with room and board in a residential setting 0.37 $5,576 Level 2 Special Education - Residential Funding in addition to residential funding to support the after-hours Level 2 special education needs of students living in a DCPS school or public charter school that provides students with room and board in a residential setting 1.34 $20,194 Level 3 Special Education - Residential Funding in addition to residential funding to support the after-hours Level 3 special education needs of students living in a DCPS school or public charter school that provides students with room and board in a residential setting 2.89 $43,552 Level 4 Special Education - Residential Funding in addition to residential funding to support the after-hours Level 4 special education needs of limited and non- English proficient students living in a DCPS school or public charter school that provides students with room and board in a residential setting 2.89 $43,552 LEP/NEP – Residential Funding in addition to residential funding to support the after-hours limited and non-English proficiency needs of students living in a DCPS school or public charter school that provides students with room and board in a residential setting 0.668 $10,067
Special education add-ons for students with extended school year ("ESY") indicated in their individualized education programs ("IEPs"):
Level/ Program Definition Weighting Per Pupil Allocation in FY 2026 Special Education Level 1 ESY Additional funding to support the summer school or program need for Level 1 special education students with ESY services indicated in their IEPs 0.063 $949 Special Education Level 2 ESY Additional funding to support the summer school or program need for Level 2 special education students with ESY services indicated in their IEPs 0.227 $3,421 Special Education Level 3 ESY Additional funding to support the summer school or program need for Level 3 special education students with ESY services indicated in their IEPs 0.491 $7,399 Special Education Level 4 ESY Additional funding to support the summer school or program need for Level 4 special education students with ESY services indicated in their IEPs 0.491 $7,399
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter , the above weightings shall be applied cumulatively in the counts of students who fall into more than one of the above categories.
(e) (1) The summer school weighting of 0.17 shall apply to DCPS and public charter school students enrolled for at least 6 weeks for the purpose described in § 38-2901(13) . Summer school students enrolled for a lesser period shall be funded for the number of days in that period on a pro-rata basis.
  (2) To receive funding, a DCPS or public charter school summer school program must offer at least 60 hours of instruction outside the regular school year.
  (3) To receive full funding, a summer school program must offer at least 4 hours of instruction per day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks, or its equivalent, for a total of at least 120 hours of instruction outside the regular school year for the purpose described in § 38-2901(13) .
  (4) The fully funded summer school weighting of 0.17 shall apply for summer school programs that meet the requirements of paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (5) Summer school programs that enroll students for less than 120 hours but more than 59 hours shall be funded on a pro-rata basis.
(f) (1) Funding for special education students enrolled in summer school whose Individual Education Plans require extended school year or summer school services shall be calculated using the add-on weights corresponding to their special education service levels as defined in subsection (c) of this section.
  (2) Special education add-on weights for summer school shall apply only to summer programs that deliver the specialized services required by the Individual Education Plans of their enrolled special education students.
(g) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-754.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-754.04
§ 38-754.04. Establishment of Community School Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Community Schools Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) (1) The Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of supporting schools designated as community schools.
  (2) No more than 10% of the Fund shall be used to fund administrative costs associated with the operations of the Mayor; and
  (3) The Fund shall be used to fund the planning and implementation of the Incentive Initiative grant program.
(c) The following monies shall be deposited into the Fund:
  (1) Federal funds and grants;
  (2) Local funds;
  (3) Gifts; and
  (4) Payments from public or private sources.
(d) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.
D.C. Code § 38-916 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-916
§ 38-916. Funding of public schools — Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

In recognition of:
(1) The critical importance of high quality public education for all students in the District of Columbia;
(2) The need in District of Columbia public schools for smaller classes and supplemental instructional resources to address the needs of the many students requiring special attention;
(3) The need to attract and retain highly qualified teachers and principals;
(4) The need for District of Columbia public school graduates to possess educational skills that render them competitive with graduates of suburban schools as regards employment and higher education;
(5) The need to restore and repair school facilities throughout the District of Columbia; and
(6) The fact that in recent years the budget for the District of Columbia public schools has increased at a rate substantially below that of almost all other District of Columbia agencies:
IT IS HEREBY DECLARED, that funding of the public schools be acknowledged as of the highest priority of the District of Columbia. This priority status for public education funding will be given due consideration by the District of Columbia Board of Education, the Council of the District of Columbia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia in all future proposals, recommendations, and legislative enactments affecting financial support of the public schools.
D.C. Code § 38-373 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3B / § 38-373
§ 38-373. Duties.
Status: in_force

The Chief Advocate shall:
(1) Support student academic achievement by supporting current and prospective public school students and their parents or guardians in their interactions with public school personnel;
(2) Facilitate the school enrollment process by providing current and prospective public school students and their parents or guardians with information on school admission, application, and enrollment policies and procedures that is not already publicly available, or is difficult to locate or identify;
(3) Help current and prospective public school students and their parents or guardians access education resources offered by the public schools;
(4) Operate a public education hotline to answer questions and provide information about public education and to direct individuals to the appropriate agencies and offices within the District;
(5) Conduct at least 8 information sessions annually, with at least one session in each ward, to provide current and prospective public school students and their parents or guardians with information about public education, including information regarding programs for special education students and for English-language learners, and to obtain feedback from current and prospective public school students and their parents or guardians on public education in the District;
(6) If requested by a current or prospective public school student or a student's parent or guardian, serve as an advocate for the student in complaint resolution proceedings before the Office of Ombudsman for Public Education;
(7) Develop and maintain a database that tracks issues brought to the attention of the Office, identified by ward, name of public school, resource or referral given, and resolution of such issues;
(8) Recommend policy changes, staff training, and strategies on family, student, and community engagement to improve the efficient and equitable delivery of public education services;
(9) Within 120 days after the end of each school year, submit to the Board, and make publicly available, a report summarizing the work of the Office during the previous school year, which shall at minimum include an analysis of the types and number of:
  (A) Complaints, concerns, or other issues brought to the attention of the Office, including those received through the hotline and at a public education resource center;
  (B) Complaints, concerns, or other inquiries resolved informally;
  (C) Complaints, concerns, or other inquiries resolved through formal procedures;
  (D) Students represented in complaint resolution proceedings before the Office of Ombudsman for Public Education;
  (E) Students represented through formal or administrative proceedings;
  (F) Information sessions held and trainings conducted by ward; and
  (G) Complaints, concerns, or other inquiries referred to District agencies, including the name of the agency, office, or organization to which the referral was made;
(10) Have access to books, records, files, reports, findings, and all other papers, items, or property "(documents") belonging to or in use by all departments, agencies, instrumentalities, and employees of public schools necessary to facilitate the purpose of this chapter , excluding the Executive Office of the Mayor, the Council, and the District of Columbia courts; provided, that such access is limited to documents related to the student or parent or guardian that the Office is assisting; and
(11) Have the authority to issue reports and recommendations related to the Office's work without prior review or approval by any entity.
D.C. Code § 38-2237 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 22A / § 38-2237
§ 38-2237. Responsibilities of the OSSE.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1833.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18A / § 38-1833.01
§ 38-1833.01. Office of Public Charter School Financing and Support.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established within the District of Columbia, under the authority of the Mayor, an Office of Public Charter School Financing and Support.
(b) The Office shall have the following three functions:
  (1) To administer the credit enhancement fund for public charter schools under section 603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 1155(e)), subject to the provisions of such section.
  (2) To administer the Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement under § 38-1833.02 , subject to the provisions of such section.
  (3) To develop, implement and provide oversight for other public charter school financing programs and support services as requested by the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia.
(c) The functions described in subsection (b) of this section may be provided by the Office directly or under contract with a qualified provider.
D.C. Code § 38-671.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 6 / § 38-671.05
§ 38-671.05. Ownership of health records.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2101 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 21 / § 38-2101
§ 38-2101. Authority to enter into agreement.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of Columbia an agreement with any state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
I Purpose, Findings, and Policy 1. The States party to this Agreement, desiring by common action to improve their respective school systems by utilizing the teacher or other professional educational person wherever educated, declare that it is the policy of each of them, on the basis of cooperation with one another, to take advantage of the preparation and experience of such persons wherever gained, thereby serving the best interests of society, of education, and of the teaching profession. It is the purpose of this Agreement to provide for the development and execution of such programs of cooperation as will facilitate the movement of teachers and other professional educational personnel among the States party to it, and to authorize specific interstate educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.
  2. The party States find that included in the large movement of population among all sections of the Nation are many qualified educational personnel who move for family and other personal reasons but who are hindered in using their professional skill and experience in their new locations. Variations from State to State in requirements for qualifying educational personnel discourage such personnel from taking the steps necessary to qualify in other States. As a consequence, a significant number of professionally prepared and experienced educators is lost to our school systems. Facilitating the employment of qualified educational personnel, without reference to their States of origin, can increase the available educational resources. Participation in this Agreement can increase the availability of educational manpower.
II Definitions As used in this Agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
  1. “Educational personnel” means persons who must meet requirements pursuant to State law as a condition of employment in educational programs.
  2. “Designated State official” means the education official of a State selected by that State to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of his State, contracts pursuant to this Agreement.
  3. “Accept”, or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effect to one or more determinations of another State relating to the qualifications of educational personnel in lieu or making or requiring a like determination that would otherwise be required by or pursuant to the laws of a receiving State.
  4. “State” means a State, territory, or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  5. “Originating State” means a State (and the subdivision thereof, if any) whose determination that certain educational personnel are qualified to be employed for specific duties in schools is acceptable in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III.
  6. “Receiving State” means a State (and the subdivisions thereof) which accept educational personnel in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III.
III Interstate Educational Personnel Contracts 1. The designated State official of a party State may make one or more contracts on behalf of his State with one or more other party States providing for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contract for the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on the States whose designated State officials enter into it, and the subdivisions of those States, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this Agreement. A designated State official may enter into a contract pursuant to this Article only with States in which he finds that there are programs of education, certification standards or other acceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification of educational personnel on basis sufficiently comparable, even though not identical to that prevailing in his own State.
  2. Any such contract shall provide for:
    (a) Its duration.
    (b) The criteria to be applied by an originating State in qualifying educational personnel for acceptance by a receiving State.
    (c) Such waivers, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shall aid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basic educational standards.
    (d) Any other necessary matters.
  3. No contract made pursuant to this Agreement shall be for a term longer than five years but any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods.
  4. Any contract dealing with acceptance of educational personnel on the basis of their having completed an educational program shall specify the earliest date or dates on which originating State approval of the program or programs involved can have occurred. No contract made pursuant to this Agreement shall require acceptance by a receiving State of any person qualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January 1, 1954.
  5. The certification or other acceptance of a person who has been accepted pursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked or otherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been terminated. However, any certificate or other qualifying document may be revoked or suspended on any ground which would be sufficient for revocation or suspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially granted or approved in the receiving State.
  6. A contract committee composed of the designated State officials of the contracting States or their representatives shall keep the contract under continuous review, study means of improving its administration, and report no less frequently than once a year to the heads of the appropriate education agencies of the contracting States.
IV Approved and Accepted Programs 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to repeal or otherwise modify any law or regulation of a party State relating to the approval of programs of educational preparation having effect solely on the qualification of educational personnel within that State.
  2. To the extent that contracts made pursuant to this Agreement deal with the educational requirements for the proper qualification of educational personnel, acceptance of a program of educational preparation shall be in accordance with such procedures and requirements as may be provided in the applicable contract.
V Interstate Cooperation The party States agree that:
  1. They will, so far as practicable, prefer the making of multilateral contracts pursuant to Article III of this Agreement.
  2. They will facilitate and strengthen cooperation in interstate certification and other elements of educational personnel qualification and for this purpose shall cooperate with agencies, organizations, and associations interested in certification and other elements of educational personnel qualification.
VI Agreement Evaluation The designated State officials of any party States may meet from time to time as a group to evaluate progress under the Agreement, and to formulate recommendations for changes.
VII Other Arrangements Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or inhibit other arrangements or practices of any party State or States to facilitate the interchange of educational personnel.
VIII Effect and Withdrawal 1. This Agreement shall become effective when enacted into law by two States. Thereafter it shall become effective as to any State upon its enactment of this Agreement.
  2. Any party State may withdraw from this Agreement by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until one year after the Governor of the withdrawing State has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the Governors of all other party States.
  3. No withdrawal shall relieve the withdrawing State of any obligation imposed upon it by a contract to which it is a party. The duration of contracts and the methods and conditions of withdrawal therefrom shall be those specified in their terms.
IX Construction and Severability This Agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Agreement is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any State or of the United States, or the application thereof to any Government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Agreement and the applicability thereof to any Government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this Agreement shall be held contrary to the constitution of any State participating therein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to the State affected as to all severable matters.
D.C. Code § 38-2553 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25A / § 38-2553
§ 38-2553. Special Education Reform Plan.
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of Schools shall develop a Special Education Reform Plan (“Reform Plan”) which shall include the following:
(1) Measurable goals;
(2) Timelines for deliverables;
(3) Roles and responsibilities of all District agencies that provide special education related services;
(4) Proposed legislative initiatives;
(5) Targeted savings activities for fiscal years 2003 through 2005; and
(6) Continued review and input from Task Force members.
D.C. Code § 38-1910 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1910
§ 38-1910. Employment of substitutes — Retired teachers.
Status: in_force

Persons who have retired as teachers under the provisions of subchapter I of Chapter 20 of this title ;  or subchapter II of Chapter 20 of this title ;  or subchapter III of Chapter 83 of Title 5, United States Code;  may be employed as substitute teachers in the public schools of the District of Columbia when it is not practicable otherwise to secure qualified and competent persons.  Any such persons granted temporary employment under authority of this section shall continue to receive their annuities during such employment and no deduction shall be made from the compensation of such persons for retirement benefits.  The service rendered by such retired teachers employed as substitute teachers shall not be used to recompute their annuities.
D.C. Code § 38-2572.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25C / § 38-2572.03
§ 38-2572.03. Evaluation and termination of hearing officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Superintendent of Education may establish a process for submitting the records of individual hearing officers to the community review panel for evaluation before exercising a contract option year.
(b) The contract of a hearing officer may only be terminated for good cause and after the hearing officer has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard.
D.C. Code § 38-2802 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 28 / § 38-2802
§ 38-2802. Personnel files.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) shall, by December 31, 1998, contract with a firm experienced in human resource management to comprehensively rebuild all DCPS employee personnel files.
D.C. Code § 38-731.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7A / § 38-731.05
§ 38-731.05. Duties of the Financial Literacy Council.
Status: in_force

The Financial Literacy Council shall:
(1) Meet at least quarterly;
(2) Create and operate under its own rules of procedure;
(3) Develop a plan, to be submitted to the Mayor and the Council within 6 months after August 15, 2008, for the coordination of the District’s various financial literacy efforts;
(4) Submit to the Mayor and the Council an annual report and recommendations on the financial literacy status of the District, with the first report and recommendations to be delivered within 12 months of August 15, 2008;
(5) In the first report, the Council shall endeavor to address, among other issues, matters related to District residents’ recovery from foreclosure, bankruptcy, and consumer rights; and
(6) Submit to the Mayor and Council other reports and recommendations as it considers useful for the promotion of financial literacy in the District.
D.C. Code § 38-1906 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1906
§ 38-1906. Classification of research assistants.
Status: in_force

Research assistants shall be classified as teachers for payroll purposes and for retirement purposes.
D.C. Code § 38-2703 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 27 / § 38-2703
§ 38-2703. Assistance to the University of the District of Columbia.
Status: in_force

(a) In General. — Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary may provide financial assistance to the University of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year to enable the university to carry out activities authorized under part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 1060 et seq.).
(b) Authorization of Appropriations. — There are authorized to be appropriated to the District of Columbia to carry out this section $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
(c) Special Rule. — For any fiscal year, the University of the District of Columbia may receive financial assistance pursuant to this section, or pursuant to part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. § 1060 et seq.], but not pursuant to both this section and such part B.
D.C. Code § 38-1908 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1908
§ 38-1908. Heads of certain departments; compensation.
Status: in_force

From and after 10 days following August 28, 1958, there shall be only one person in charge of the following departments in the public school system of the District of Columbia: Art, business education, English, foreign languages, guidance and placement, history, home economics, industrial arts, mathematics, military science and tactics, music, science, trade and industrial education, and health, physical education, athletics, and safety; except that in the case of persons reassigned pursuant to this section, nothing contained herein shall be construed to decrease the rate of compensation that any such person is receiving on the effective date of this section. If such person is placed in a lower salary class and the present salary of the incumbent falls between 2 step rates for the newly assigned class, he shall receive the higher of such rates. Whenever a department is established hereafter in the public school system of the District of Columbia there shall be but 1 person in charge of such department.
D.C. Code § 38-2661.12 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26A-i / § 38-2661.12
§ 38-2661.12. Commission administration.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall choose annually from among its members a Chairperson and such other officers as it deems necessary. All meetings of the Commission shall be called by the Chairperson or a majority of the members, except the first meeting of the Commission shall be called by the Mayor.
(b) A majority of the Commission's voting members, not including any vacant or unfilled positions, shall constitute a quorum sufficient for conducting the business of the Commission.
(c) (1) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly.
  (2) All meetings shall be held in the District, be open to the public, and provide a reasonable time during the meeting for public comment.
  (3) A voting member's absence from 2 consecutive meetings or any 3 meetings in a calendar year shall be cause for removal.
(d) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive, in accordance with applicable District of Columbia law, reimbursement for expenses incurred while actually performing duties vested in the Commission.
(e) (1) The Commission shall employ an Executive Director and may employ such other staff as necessary to support its efficient operation.
  (2) The Commission shall appoint the Executive Director, who shall serve a 3-year term, by majority vote. The Executive Director may be reappointed by a majority vote.  After notice and an opportunity to be heard, the Commission may remove the Executive Director only for cause that relates to the Executive Director's character or efficiency by a majority vote of the Commission.
(f) Within 100 days after the date on which a majority of the voting members are sworn in, the Commission shall adopt rules of governance and procedure pertaining to its operations and the operations of athletic appeals panels, which it shall make publicly available.
(g) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1807.51 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1807.51
§ 38-1807.51. Management support systems.
Status: in_force

(a) Food services and security services. — Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the Board of Education shall enter into a contract for academic year 1995-1996 and each succeeding academic year, for the provision of all food services operations and security services for the District of Columbia public schools, unless the Superintendent determines that it is not feasible and provides the Superintendent’s reasons in writing to the Board of Education and the Authority.
(b) Development of new management and data systems. — Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the Board of Education shall, in academic year 1995-1996, consult with the Authority on the development of new management and data systems, as well as training of personnel to use and manage the systems in areas of budget, finance, personnel and human resources, management information services, procurement, supply management, and other systems recommended by the Authority. Such plans shall be consistent with, and contemporaneous to, the District of Columbia Government’s development and implementation of a replacement for the financial management system for the District of Columbia Government in use on April 26, 1996.
D.C. Code § 38-2571.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25C / § 38-2571.01
§ 38-2571.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Special Education Procedural Protections Expansion Act of 2014”.
D.C. Code § 38-401.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 4 / § 38-401.02
§ 38-401.02. Public liability insurance.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education may by regulation require persons and organizations, other than District of Columbia and federal agencies, holding use agreements or lease agreements with the Board of Education to carry public liability insurance including protection of the interests of the District of Columbia and its officers, employees, and agents, and the Board of Education and its members, officers, employees, and agents, with respect to claims for personal injuries and other damages allegedly occurring at properties where these leases or use agreements exist.
D.C. Code § 38-1802.14a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1802.14a
§ 38-1802.14a. Charter schools admissions task force.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a task force that shall study providing a neighborhood preference in charter school admissions for the 2013-2014 school year. The task force shall consist of:
  (1) The following 5 government officials, or their designees:
    (A) Chairman of the Public Charter School Board;
    (B) Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia;
    (C) State Superintendent of Education;
    (D) Deputy Mayor for Education; and
    (E) Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools; and
  (2) The following nongovernment members:
    (A) Two representatives from charter support organizations;
    (B) A representative from the education department of a national research organization;
    (C) A representative from a national charter school organization;
    (D) Two charter school leaders selected by the Public Charter School Board Chair; and
    (E) A labor representative.
(b) The task force shall:
  (1) Be chaired by the Chairman of the Public Charter School Board, or his or her designee;
  (2) Meet at an agreed to location as often as determined necessary by the Chairman of the task force;
  (3) Explore the feasibility of offering a neighborhood preference in charter school admissions for the 2013-2014 school year; and
  (4) By September 1, 2012, submit a report to the Council of its findings, which shall include:
    (A) Consideration of the various ways in which a neighborhood preference can be designed, including:
      (i) The pros and cons of a weighted lottery;
      (ii) Setting aside of a certain percentage of new seats;
      (iii) A geographically limited preference; and
      (iv) A preference based on rankings in a city-wide application process;
    (B) A definition of neighborhood for the purpose of setting boundaries in admissions;
    (C) An examination of models that are being used in other jurisdictions and evaluation of their applicability to the District; and
    (D) Recommendations based on its findings.
D.C. Code § 38-2001.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2001.02
§ 38-2001.02. Annuity — Deposit in United States Treasury.
Status: in_force

The amount so deducted and withheld from the annual salary of every teacher shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and shall be credited, together with interest at 4% per annum, compounded annually, to an individual account of the teacher from whose salary the deduction is made, which account shall be kept by the Auditor of the District of Columbia. The fund thus created shall be held and invested by the Treasurer of the United States until paid out as hereinafter provided, and the income derived from such investments shall constitute a part of said fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-1952 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1952
§ 38-1952. Sick and emergency leave.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1853.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18N / § 38-1853.01
§ 38-1853.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act” or the “SOAR Act”.