D.C. Code § 38-1207.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1207.04
§ 38-1207.04. Report on grant program participation.
Status: in_force

At the termination of each semester, the Trustees of the University shall furnish to the Council of the District of Columbia a statement of:
(1) The number of persons who, during that semester, received tuition grants and participated in one or more courses pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter;
(2) The total number of course enrollments attributable to these persons;
(3) The number of individuals included in the response to paragraph (1) of this section who successfully completed each course, who dropped out, or who otherwise did not complete a course in which the individual had enrolled; and
(4) The total amount of funds granted for the semester pursuant to this program to offset charges for tuition and required fees.
D.C. Code § 38-2617 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26 / § 38-2617
§ 38-2617. Flexible Schedule Pilot Program.
Status: in_force

(a) In School Year 2023-2024, OSSE shall administer a Flexible Schedule Pilot Program ("pilot") to assist participating LEAs in providing additional time for educators to engage in professional development, continuing education, course planning, collaboration, wellness, and other similar activities by providing financial support, resources and guidance, linkages to youth development program providers and partners, and research on existing flexible schedule models across the District.
(b) OSSE shall issue a call for applications and select participating LEAs for the pilot by March 15, 2024.
  (1) Participation in the pilot shall be based on criteria OSSE establishes, and the following considerations:
    (A) OSSE shall give priority to applications that prioritize elementary and middle schools;
    (B) The number of participating schools by ward should be proportional to the percentage of students attending school in that ward;
    (C) OSSE shall give priority to applications that prioritize schools with higher-than-average teacher attrition; and
    (D) The responses an LEA provides with its application pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.
  (2) Each LEA's application to the pilot shall include:
    (A) The names of the participating schools, the LEA's proposed flexible schedule for each participating school, and an explanation of how flexible scheduling will enhance student achievement for each participating school;
    (B) An explanation of how the participating schools identified in the application will meet the 1,080 instructional contact hours otherwise required by OSSE;
    (C) The school-level administrators who will be responsible for administering the pilot at each school;
    (D) A plan for engaging and communicating with families and students about the pilot;
    (E) The projected cost of the pilot and a description of anticipated expenses;
    (F) Youth development program providers or other partners the LEA plans to work with to support the pilot and for what purposes, if applicable;
    (G) Demographics of each school identified in the LEA's application including:
      (i) The ward in which the school is located;
      (ii) Number and percentage of students disaggregated by race, English language learner status, at-risk status, and special education status;
      (iii) Grade levels served; and
      (iv) The number of educators at the school, disaggregated by administrators, teachers, counselors, psychologists, and paraprofessionals; and
    (H) Any other information that OSSE may require.
(c) OSSE shall:
  (1) Collect data on schools using flexible schedules outside of the pilot that compares different scheduling models and educator attrition rates across those models;
  (2) Provide resources and access to technical support for participating schools;
  (3) Administer a post-pilot survey to educators that collects feedback on the:
    (A) Efficacy of the pilot model measured against its stated goals at each participating school;
    (B) Educators' satisfaction with the pilot at their school;
    (C) Educators' intent to continue working at their school; and
    (D) Any other information that OSSE deems useful;
  (4) Administer a post-pilot survey to students and families that collects feedback on their satisfaction with the implementation of the pilot at their school;
  (5) By February 1, 2026, make publicly available, a report that includes:
    (A) A description of the pilot at each school;
    (B) Background information on each pilot school including the demographic information received pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(G) of this section;
    (C) A description of costs associated with implementing the pilot at each school;
    (D) The results from the educator and student and family surveys issued pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection and an analysis of the results;
    (E) An analysis of other impacts or observations of the pilot not captured by the surveys and an analysis of external variables that may have contributed to survey outcomes and students' academic performance;
    (F) An accounting of staff attrition in each participating school comparing the average educator attrition rate over the 3 years before the pilot year to the attrition rate of the pilot year;
    (G) An analysis of the impact of the pilot on student learning in the impacted grades;
    (H) Recommendations for the most effective models of the pilot;
    (I) An analysis of the role that youth development program providers and partners played in supporting the pilot, if applicable; and
    (J) Recommendations for how successful pilot models can expand to other schools, and what barriers, policy or otherwise, may prevent adoption of successful pilot models.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Educator" includes a principal, assistant principal, teacher, assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, all school service providers, or any person who provides professional educational services or education psychological services at a school.
  (2) "Flexible schedule" means a scheduling arrangement that allows for variation in the instructional calendars and formats on a daily or weekly basis while continuing to provide academic instruction to students.
  (3) "Paraprofessional" means an individual employed by an LEA to provide instructional, behavioral, or other support for teachers and students in or outside of the classroom. This term includes instructional aides or assistants, teacher aides, and paraeducators.
  (4) "Youth development program" means a program or service that engages youth in a variety of social, emotional, educational, or recreational activities to promote improvements to their intellectual, behavioral, and physical well-being, consistent with a youth development approach.
D.C. Code § 38-841.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8C / § 38-841.02
§ 38-841.02. Nondiscrimination.
Status: in_force

Each applicable school in the District shall operate its athletic programs in a manner that does not discriminate against students or staff on the basis of sex, gender, or gender identity.
D.C. Code § 38-771.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7C / § 38-771.05
§ 38-771.05. Right to administrative review.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a final decision or order of OSSE imposing sanctions following a determination by OSSE that a violation of this chapter has occurred may obtain a review of the final decision or order in accordance with regulations issued by the Mayor pursuant to § 38-771.06 or the process set forth in § 38-771.07 , whichever is applicable; provided, that if the aggrieved party is a member of a collective bargaining unit, he or she may choose between the negotiated grievance process set forth in a collective bargaining agreement and the grievance process set forth in § 38-771.07 or in regulations issued by the Mayor pursuant to § 38-771.06 , whichever is applicable.
D.C. Code § 38-651.03a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 6 / § 38-651.03a
§ 38-651.03a. Seizure action plan and training requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) The responsible person shall submit a seizure action plan to the school for a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder.
(b) A valid seizure action plan shall include:
  (1) A written statement or authorization, signed by the student's health care provider, that states:
    (A) The name of the student;
    (B) Emergency contact information for the responsible person, or, if the student is 18 years of age or older, another adult suitable to serve as an emergency contact;
    (C) Contact information for the health care provider;
    (D) The name, purpose, and prescribed dosage of the seizure treatment prescribed to the student;
    (E) The method of administration for the seizure treatment;
    (F) The frequency that the seizure treatment is to be administered;
    (G) The symptoms necessitating administration of the seizure treatment;
    (H) The possible side effects of the seizure treatment as listed on the label;
    (I) Special instructions or emergency procedures; and
    (J) In the case of self-administered seizure treatment, confirmation that the student has been instructed in the proper technique of self-administration of the seizure treatment and has demonstrated the ability to self-administer the seizure treatment effectively;
  (2) Written authorization, signed by the responsible person, that states:
    (A) A trained employee or agent of the school may administer seizure treatment to the student in accordance with the student's seizure action plan;
    (B) In the case of self-administration, the student may possess and self-administer the seizure treatment in accordance with the student's seizure action plan; and
    (C) The name of the student and their seizure action plan may be distributed to school staff or agents who may encounter the student during their time at school; and
  (3) Written acknowledgment that the District, a school, or an employee or agent of a school, who has received training in the administration of seizure treatment, shall be immune from civil liability for the good-faith performance of responsibilities under this subchapter ; except, that no immunity shall extend to criminal acts, intentional wrongdoing, gross negligence, or wanton or willful misconduct.
(c) Any school staff or agent who receives personally identifiable health information through a seizure action plan pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall keep this information confidential.
(d) Beginning on June 1, 2025, the Department of Health shall offer a voluntary training on seizure awareness at least 3 times during each school year for school personnel and agents, which shall include recognition of the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to those symptoms.
(e) Schools shall notify, at minimum, all school personnel with direct contact with students with seizure action plans of the availability of the training offered under subsection (d) of this section and authorize personnel to attend this training.
D.C. Code § 38-1853.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18N / § 38-1853.04
§ 38-1853.04. General authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Opportunity Scholarships. — (1) In general. — From funds appropriated under § 38-1853.14(a)(1) , the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities with approved applications under § 38-1853.05 to carry out a program to provide eligible students with expanded school choice opportunities. The Secretary may award a single grant or multiple grants, depending on the quality of applications submitted and the priorities of this chapter.
  (2) Duration of grants. — The Secretary may make grants under this subsection for a period of not more than 5 years.
  (3) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.— (A) IN GENERAL.— In carrying out the program under this division, the Secretary may not limit the number of eligible students receiving scholarships under § 38-1853.07(a) , and may not prevent otherwise eligible students from participating in the program under this division, based on any of the following:
      (i) The type of school the student previously attended.
      (ii) Whether or not the student previously received a scholarship or participated in the program, including whether an eligible student was awarded a scholarship in any previous year but has not used the scholarship, regardless of the number of years of nonuse.
      (iii) Whether or not the student was a member of the control group used by the Institute of Education Sciences to carry out previous evaluations of the program under § 38-1853.09 .
    (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to waive the requirement under § 38-1853.05(b)(1)(B) that the eligible entity carrying out the program under this chapter must carry out a random selection process, which gives weight to the priorities described in § 38-1853.06 , if more eligible students seek admission in the program than the program can accommodate.
(b) D.C. Public Schools and Charter Schools. — From funds appropriated under paragraphs (2) and (3) of § 38-1853.14(a) , the Secretary shall provide funds to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, if the Mayor agrees to the requirements described in § 38-1853.11(a) , for—
  (1) the District of Columbia public schools to improve public education in the District of Columbia; and
  (2) the District of Columbia public charter schools to improve and expand quality public charter schools in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-610 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 6 / § 38-610
§ 38-610. Reporting and studies of lead poisoning tests.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall establish requirements for the mandatory reporting of all lead poisoning tests conducted in the District of Columbia.
(b) The Mayor shall use the data collected in subsection (a) of this section to conduct an epidemiological study for the purpose of preventing future lead poisoning. The Mayor shall submit the study to the Council of the District of Columbia within 2 years from October 15, 1993.
D.C. Code § 38-1603 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 16 / § 38-1603
§ 38-1603. Administration of grants.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1011.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 10A / § 38-1011.04
§ 38-1011.04. Sources of funding.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall apply for grants and additional federal funding that may be available as part of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, approved August 7, 1998 (112 Stat. 936; 29 U.S.C. § 9201 et seq.) (“the Act”), to support the Program and may administer funds pursuant to the Act.
(b) (1) To qualify for funding made available pursuant to the Act, agencies, organizations, and other groups that will offer adult technical career training as part of the Program shall be required to create and submit competitive proposals that match current and future employment needs within the District as identified by the Mayor.
  (2) Entities that have been previously certified by the Mayor for adult technical career training and who have an established success rate, as determined by the Mayor, shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(c) The Mayor shall apply for grants and additional federal funding that may be available as part of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, approved August 12, 2006 (120 Stat. 683; 20 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.).
(d) The Mayor shall apply for additional federal funding that may be available for technical career training in the form of competitive grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, approved February 17, 2009 (123 Stat. 115; 26 U.S.C. § 1, note).
D.C. Code § 38-197.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1B / § 38-197.01
§ 38-197.01. School Connect Pilot Program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Deputy Mayor for Education shall convene a working group to establish a plan for transition of the School Connect pilot program ("Pilot Program"), as operated by the Department of For-Hire Vehicles, and to provide recommendations for the repositioning of positions, vehicles, software, and any other assets to a District agency within the Education or Public Safety cluster.
(b) The working group shall include representation from:
  (1) The Department of For-Hire Vehicles;
  (2) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education;
  (3) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice;
  (4) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure; and
  (5) Agencies under the purview of each Deputy Mayor as each Deputy Mayor deems appropriate for participation.
(c) In establishing a Pilot Program transition plan, the working group shall consider:
  (1) An analysis of program performance, based on available data, including:
    (A) Pilot Program participation rate;
    (B) Pilot Program costs and identification of significant cost drivers;
    (C) Driver and transportation assistant satisfaction regarding program performance, job safety, work environment, and other factors deemed relevant; and
    (D) Parent and student satisfaction regarding performance, safety, reliability, and any other factors deemed relevant;
  (2) Alignment with recommendations of the School Safety Enhancement Committee, as applicable, as established in section 4192 of the School Safety Coordination Act of 2023, effective September 6, 2023 (D.C. Law 25-50; 70 DCR 10366) ;
  (3) The potential for use of Pilot Program vehicles and assets to enhance operations of school transportation or other transportation programs operated by the District; and
  (4) If the Pilot Program is intended to continue beyond the 2024-2025 school year, the recommended agency within the Education or Public Safety cluster under which it will be housed and operated.
(d) The Deputy Mayor for Education shall incorporate feedback from students and families currently served by the Pilot Program in working group deliberations and shall permit Pilot Program participants to attend working group meetings.
(e) No later than 30 days prior to the Mayor's submission of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget and financial plan, the Deputy Mayor for Education shall provide, in writing, an update on the recommendations of the working group to the Council committees with jurisdiction over the Education cluster and the Department of For-Hire Vehicles.
D.C. Code § 38-401 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 4 / § 38-401
§ 38-401. Control of school buildings; disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

(a) The control of the public schools in the District of Columbia by the Board of Education shall extend to include the negotiation and approval of use, license, and lease agreements, with or without monetary consideration, with respect to the use of public school buildings and parts thereof and the grounds appurtenant thereto, and land intended for such use, by or for any of the following:
  (1) Any agency or agencies of the District of Columbia government, the United States government, or any international organization;
  (2) Any person or organization providing an educational or recreational program involving students of the public schools, other children, youth, or adults;
  (3) Any person or organization providing a supplementary educational program;
  (4) Any person or organization conducting civic meetings for the free discussion of public questions;
  (5) Any person or organization operating a social center, including, but not limited to, the following:
    (A) A preschool center, child development center, or day care center;
    (B) A health clinic or a counseling service;
    (C) A community service program;
    (D) A community-based consumer cooperative; or
    (E) A studio or workshop for instruction, display, performance or promotion of the arts, or for other art-related purposes;
  (6) A playground or center for recreational activity; or
  (7) Any other use which the Board of Education may deem to be compatible with the normal use of the particular property and in the best interest of the local community, other than industrial uses, and which does not require major structural renovations at cost to the District of Columbia government to implement a particular agreement.
(b) In the execution of subsection (a) of this section, preference shall be given to agencies of the District of Columbia government.
(c) All fees and proceeds derived from licenses or use agreements entered into pursuant to this section and §§ 38-401.01 and 38-401.02 shall be paid to the Treasury of the District of Columbia, under regulations issued by the Mayor, and accounted for in the General Fund as a separate revenue source allocable to provide authority for the Board of Education to expend for the custody, cleaning, heating, air-conditioning, lighting, maintenance, security, and improvement of public school buildings and grounds, and the management of these licenses and use agreements.  Any unobligated balance remaining 90 days subsequent to the end of the fiscal year in which the revenues were received shall be transferred by the Board of Education to the debt service fund to be applied toward the repayment of capital outlay loans and interest outstanding on public school buildings and grounds acquired and held for school purposes, pursuant to § 1-105 over and above the amount appropriated by the Congress of the United States to the District of Columbia for such purposes.
(c-1) All proceeds received by the Board of Education for leasing school buildings shall be deposited into the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
(d) The authority of the Board of Education pursuant to this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the authority granted to the Board of Education by § 38-153 and by §§ 10-212 , 10-223 , and 10-224 , insofar as these provisions relate to the use of buildings and grounds under the control of the Board of Education.
(e) The Board of Education shall, in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules for the consideration and review of applications for the use of public school buildings and grounds by lease or otherwise, pursuant to this section. Final approval of each lease, license, or use agreement entered into by the Board of Education pursuant to this section and §§ 38-401.01 and 38-401.02 shall be reserved to the Board of Education which may delegate to the Superintendent any of its authority.
D.C. Code § 38-1801.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1801.01
§ 38-1801.01. Long-term reform plan.
Status: in_force

(a) In General. — (1) Plan. — The Superintendent, with the approval of the Board of Education, shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Authority, the Consensus Commission, and the appropriate congressional committees, a long-term reform plan, not later than 90 days after April 26, 1996, and each February 15 thereafter. The long-term reform plan shall be consistent with the financial plan and budget for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996, and each financial plan and budget for a subsequent fiscal year, as the case may be, required under § 47-392.01 .
  (2) Consultation. — (A) In general. — In developing the long-term reform plan, the Superintendent:
      (i) Shall consult with the Board of Education, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Authority, and the Consensus Commission; and
      (ii) Shall afford the public, interested organizations, and groups an opportunity to present their views and make recommendations regarding the long-term reform plan.
    (B) Summary of recommendations. — The Superintendent shall include in the long-term plan a summary of the recommendations made under subparagraph (A)(ii) of this paragraph and the response of the Superintendent to the recommendations.
(b) Contents. — (1) Areas to be addressed. — The long-term reform plan shall describe how the District of Columbia public schools will become a world-class education system that prepares students for lifetime learning in the 21st century and which is on a par with the best education systems of other cities, States, and nations. The long-term reform plan shall include a description of how the District of Columbia public schools will accomplish the following:
    (A) Achievement at nationally and internationally competitive levels by students attending District of Columbia public schools;
    (B) The preparation of students for the workforce, including:
      (i) Providing special emphasis for students planning to obtain a postsecondary education; and
      (ii) The development of individual career paths;
    (C) The improvement of the health and safety of students in District of Columbia public schools;
    (D) Local school governance, decentralization, autonomy, and parental choice among District of Columbia public schools;
    (E) The implementation of a comprehensive and effective adult education and literacy program;
    (F) The identification, beginning in grade 3, of each student who does not meet minimum standards of academic achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics in order to ensure that such student meets such standards prior to grade promotion;
    (G) The achievement of literacy, and the possession of the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, communicate effectively, and perform competently on districtwide assessments, by students attending District of Columbia public schools prior to such student’s completion of grade 8;
    (H) The establishment of after-school programs that promote self-confidence, self-discipline, self-respect, good citizenship, and respect for leaders, through such activities as arts classes, physical fitness programs, and community service;
    (I) Steps necessary to establish an electronic data transfer system;
    (J) Encourage parental involvement in all school activities, particularly parent teacher conferences;
    (K) Expired.
    (L) The establishment of classes, beginning not later than grade 3, to teach students how to use computers effectively;
    (M) The development of community schools that enable District of Columbia public schools to collaborate with other public and nonprofit agencies and organizations, local businesses, recreational, cultural, and other community and human service entities, for the purpose of meeting the needs and expanding the opportunities available to residents of the communities served by such schools;
    (N) The establishment of programs which provide counseling, mentoring (especially peer mentoring), academic support, outreach, and supportive services to elementary, middle, and secondary school students who are at risk of dropping out of school;
    (O) The establishment of a comprehensive remedial education program to assist students who do not meet basic literacy standards, or the criteria of promotion gates established in § 38-1803.21 ;
    (P) The establishment of leadership development projects for middle school principals, which projects shall increase student learning and achievement and strengthen such principals as instructional school leaders;
    (Q) The implementation of a policy for performance-based evaluation of principals and teachers, after consultation with the Superintendent and unions (including unions that represent teachers and unions that represent principals);
    (R) The implementation of policies that require competitive appointments for all District of Columbia public school positions;
    (S) The implementation of policies regarding alternative teacher certification requirements;
    (T) The implementation of testing requirements for teacher licensing renewal;
    (U) A review of the District of Columbia public school central office budget and staffing reductions for each fiscal year compared to the level of such budget and reductions at the end of fiscal year 1995; and
    (V) The implementation of the discipline policy for the District of Columbia public schools in order to ensure a safe, disciplined environment conducive to learning.
  (2) Other information. — For each of the items described in subparagraphs (A) through (V) of paragraph (1), the long-term reform plan shall include:
    (A) A statement of measurable, objective performance goals;
    (B) A description of the measures of performance to be used in determining whether the Superintendent and Board of Education have met the goals;
    (C) Dates by which the goals shall be met;
    (D) Plans for monitoring and reporting progress to District of Columbia residents, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Authority, the Consensus Commission, and the appropriate congressional committees regarding the carrying out of the long-term reform plan; and
    (E) The title of the management employee of the District of Columbia public schools most directly responsible for the achievement of each goal and, with respect to each such employee, the title of the employee’s immediate supervisor or superior.
(c) Amendments. — The Superintendent, with the approval of the Board of Education, shall submit any amendment to the long-term reform plan to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Authority, the Consensus Commission, and the appropriate congressional committees. Any amendment to the long-term reform plan shall be consistent with the financial plan and budget for fiscal year 1996, and each financial plan and budget for a subsequent fiscal year, as the case may be, for the District of Columbia required under § 47-392.01 .
D.C. Code § 38-2561.07 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25B / § 38-2561.07
§ 38-2561.07. Certificate of Approval for nonpublic special education schools or Programs — General.
Status: in_force

(a) The SEA shall develop and administer a Certificate of Approval process for nonpublic special education schools or programs that serve District of Columbia students with disabilities with funding from the District of Columbia government by January 1, 2009. The Certificate of Approval process shall include an evaluation of the nonpublic special education school or program, including an onsite inspection of the operations and facilities of the school or program. The SEA shall issue a Certificate of Approval to a nonpublic special education school or program after determining that:
  (1) The school or program complies with the regulations set forth in Chapters 22, 25, 30, and 38 of Title 5 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, the requirements of this chapter, and any applicable fire safety, building code, health, and sanitation requirements;
  (2) The types of care being provided by the school or program are consistent with the applicable laws and regulations of the District of Columbia; and
  (3) The school or program prohibits by policy and practice aversive intervention.
(b) Any nonpublic special education school or program that will be affected by the Certificate of Approval process shall be allowed to participate in the development and revision of applicable standards pursuant to the IDEA.
(c) A Certificate of Approval shall be for a period not to exceed 3 years.
(d) The SEA shall develop and maintain a list of approved nonpublic special education schools and programs, and shall display this list along with appropriate information about each nonpublic special education school or program on its website.
(e) The initial application and the Certificate of Approval shall include the following information:
  (1) Name of the school or program;
  (2) Location of the school or program;
  (3) The name and address of the individual or entity responsible for governing and operating the school or program;
  (4) The classification of the educational school or program to include, but not be limited to, one or more of the following:
    (A) Nursery school;
    (B) Kindergarten;
    (C) Elementary school with sequential grades specified;
    (D) Secondary school with sequential grades specified; and
    (E) Special education and related services; and
  (5) Any additional information the SEA requires.
(f) A school or program shall operate in a manner that is consistent with the specifications recorded on the Certificate of Approval issued to the individual or entity with legal responsibility for governing and operating the school or program.
(g) The SEA may issue a provisional Certificate of Approval to schools or programs that meet minimum requirements to be established by SEA regulations.
(h) Repealed.
(i) In issuing Certificates of Approval to residential child care facilities, or when otherwise required, the SEA shall coordinate with the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Human Services, the Child and Family Services Agency, the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, and the Medical Assistance Administration of the Department of Health, or any other appropriate public agency.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.13
§ 38-2021.13. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) The term “teacher,” under this part, shall include all teachers employed by the Board of Education in the public day schools of the District of Columbia, including other educational employees whose salaries are established in the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1945 [repealed], as amended, except the employees of the Department of School Attendance and Work Permits; whenever the pronoun “his” occurs in this part it shall be construed to mean both male and female; and the term “annual salary” shall be construed to mean the total annual income received during the fiscal year for service rendered in the public day schools (not including summer schools) of the District of Columbia, including basic salary, automatic increases, and longevity allowances, provided for in the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1945 [repealed], as amended, and all wartime additional compensation or bonus, and this definition of “annual salary” shall not be construed to affect any deductions which have been made prior to July 1, 1946, from any teacher’s “annual salary” as defined in subchapter I of this chapter .
(b) The term “average salary” shall mean the largest annual rate resulting from averaging, over any period of 3 consecutive years of eligible service, or in the case of a survivor annuity under § 38-2021.09(b) based on service of less than 3 years, over the total eligible service in the public schools of the District of Columbia, a teacher’s rates of annual salary in effect during such period, with each rate weighted by the time it was in effect.
(c) For purposes of this part, the term “eligible service” means service in the public schools of the District of Columbia under a temporary, probationary, or permanent appointment to a position, the rate of compensation of which is prescribed in the salary schedule adopted pursuant to §§ 1-611.11 and 1-617.16 .
(d) For the purposes of this part, the term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
(e) For the purposes of this part, the term “domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4) .
(f) For the purposes of this part, the term “Internal Revenue Code” or “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
D.C. Code § 38-841.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8C / § 38-841.04
§ 38-841.04. Additional requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) Each public or public charter high school shall establish a 3-member Gender Equity Review Committee or identify at least 3 senior administrators to establish criteria for ensuring the gender equity in the school’s athletic program, evaluate the athletics program, and manage Title IX issues at the LEA. This grievance procedures and criteria shall be posted publicly on the school’s website.
(b) An LEA shall develop grievance procedures that are made available upon request or to any person alleging a violation of Title IX in accordance with Title IX regulations.
(c) An applicable school shall maintain Title IX records for a minimum of 10 years. The Title IX records shall be subject to review by the Mayor and shall include the following:
  (1) A Title IX Plan, which shall include a self-evaluation of the school’s entire athletic program based on the annual assurance of compliance required by this chapter and proposed plans and timetables, as appropriate, to ensure gender equity in the athletics program, including items such as practice times, facilities, coaching stipends, and athletic budgets;
  (2) A summary of Title IX complaints, including the resolution of each, for the current and previous 9 years;
  (3) A copy of the school’s grievance procedures; and
  (4) For public and public charter high schools, a list of members of the GERC or the 3 senior administrators serving in this capacity and their contact information.
D.C. Code § 38-1922 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1922
§ 38-1922. Payment of salary.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education of the District of Columbia is authorized to pay the full salary of the educational employee of said Board during the time such employee is performing teaching duties in a foreign country under such exchange program, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such educational employee were actually performing his teaching duties in his regularly assigned position in the public schools of the District of Columbia, and any such educational employee participating in such program shall, for purposes of promotion, computation of annual increment, computation of service for pension credit, including salary contributions to the pension fund, and leave of absence credits, be considered as performing teaching duties in the schools of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-701 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7 / § 38-701
§ 38-701. Textbooks and supplies furnished without charge.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Education shall issue to each student of the public elementary schools, public junior high schools, and public senior high schools textbooks, workbooks, and adequate instructional materials for each core curriculum subject, free of charge, by the second week of each new semester. The Superintendent shall certify to the Board of Education, within 30 days of each new semester, that each student has been issued textbooks, workbooks, and adequate instructional materials for each core curriculum subject, free of charge.
(b) The Board of Education shall evaluate and certify every 5 years that all textbooks used in the public school system meet the Board of Education’s goals and objectives and the curriculum framework established for District of Columbia public schools.
(c) The Board of Education may require a refundable deposit for textbooks issued to students in grades 7 through 12, to offset costs associated with lost or damaged textbooks. If the Board of Education requires a textbook deposit pursuant to this subsection, the Board of Education shall provide for a refund of the deposit at the conclusion of the relevant semester or school year for which the textbook was issued.
(d) The Board of Education shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
D.C. Code § 38-1804.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1804.01
§ 38-1804.01. Annual budgets for schools.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — For fiscal year 1997 and for each subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall make annual payments from the general fund of the District of Columbia in accordance with the formula established under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Formula. — (1) In general. — The Mayor and the District of Columbia Council, in consultation with the Board of Education and the Superintendent, shall establish not later than 90 days after April 26, 1996, a formula to determine the amount of:
    (A) The annual payment to the Board of Education for the operating expenses of the District of Columbia public schools, which for purposes of this paragraph includes the operating expenses of the Board of Education and the Office of the Superintendent; and
    (B) The annual payment to each public charter school for the operating expenses of each public charter school.
  (2) Formula calculation. — Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection the amount of the annual payment under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be calculated by multiplying a uniform dollar amount used in the formula established under such paragraph by:
    (A) The number of students calculated under § 38-1804.02 that are enrolled at District of Columbia public schools, in the case of the payment under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection; or
    (B) The number of students calculated under § 38-1804.02 that are enrolled at each public charter school, in the case of a payment under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection.
  (3) Exceptions. — (A) Formula. — Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Mayor and the District of Columbia Council, in consultation with the Board of Education and the Superintendent, may adjust the formula to increase or decrease the amount of the annual payment to the District of Columbia public schools or each public charter school based on a calculation of:
      (i) The number of students served by such schools in certain grade levels; and
      (ii) The cost of educating students at such certain grade levels.
    (B) Payment. — Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, the State Superintendent of Education, with the advice and consent of the District of Columbia Council, may adjust the amount of the annual payment under paragraph (1) of this subsection to increase the amount of such payment if a District of Columbia public school or a public charter school serves a high number of students:
      (i) With special needs;
      (ii) Who do not meet minimum literacy standards; or
      (iii) To whom the school provides room and board in a residential setting.
    (C) Adjustment for facilities costs. — Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Mayor and the District of Columbia Council, in consultation with the Board of Education and the Superintendent, shall adjust the amount of the annual payment under paragraph (1) of this subsection to increase the amount of such payment for a public charter school to take into account leases or purchases of, or improvements to, real property, if the school, not later than April 1 of the fiscal year preceding the payment, requests such an adjustment.
    (D) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection:
      (i) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall develop a plan to address deficiencies in the current uniform per student funding formula assumptions funding students requiring an intensive program of special education services and to support improved services and the expanded availability of appropriate programs for these students in the public schools and public charter schools, including in self-contained and non- self-contained settings.
      (ii) The OSSE shall study and recommend, prior to the beginning of school year 2007-2008, alternative approaches for funding such students that support the actual costs of services required by a student’s Individual Education Plan.
      (iii) The OSSE may provide supplemental funding, in accordance with the plan, in addition to the uniform per pupil funding formula amount to a special education school serving students in need of an intensive program of special education services who have been diagnosed as having one or more disabling conditions for which the students’ Individual Educational Plans require services in a self-contained setting during the regular school day; provided, that the amount of the total per student funding shall not exceed the negotiated rate for education and related services approved for such students by the Maryland Department of Education.
    (E) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, for fiscal year 2011, supplemental funding in addition to the supplemental allocations authorized by § 38-2905 may be provided to local education agencies (“LEAs”) for special education services, including programs that increase the capacity of the LEA to provide special education services.
(c) The requirements to meet IDEA’s Maintenance of Effort Obligation and Use of Formula Special Education Payments are as follows:
  (1) (A) All public schools within the District of Columbia receiving Special Education Payments and federal grant funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), must expend, in total or per capita, an equal or greater amount of its non-federal, District funds on allowable special education costs each subsequent fiscal year as required by 34 CFR § 300.203 “Maintenance of effort”, except as provided in 34 CFR § 300.204 “Exception to maintenance of effort”, and 34 CFR § 300.205 “Adjustment to local fiscal efforts in certain fiscal years”.
    (B) This requirement applies to the District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) and all public charter schools regardless of whether they have elected DCPS as their LEA for special education purposes.
    (C) Special education attorney fee expenditures made pursuant to 34 CFR § 300.517 shall not be included in the IDEA Maintenance of Effort calculation for DCPS or public charter schools.
    (D) If it is determined at any point, that DCPS or a public charter school has failed to maintain level of effort for expenditures made with non-federal, District funds for special education as defined in 34 CFR § 300.203-205 of IDEA, the District shall withhold an amount equal to the difference from the school’s next scheduled Formula base payment. In no case shall such withholding be taken from Special Education Payments made to the school in any fiscal year.
    (E) If a public charter school relinquishes its charter or if a final decision is made by the eligible chartering authority to revoke the charter as described in § 38-1802.13 , the public charter school shall refund to OSSE the unexpended amount of the Special Education Payment necessary to ensure compliance with 34 CFR § 300.203. In no case shall federal funds, for which accountability to the federal government is required, be used to pay this liability.
  (2) Expenditure of Special Education Payments by public schools are restricted for use in accordance with allowable special education costs unless an LEA is in compliance with 34 CFR § 300.203 and has received an Annual Determination as required by 34 CFR § 300.600(a) of “Meets Requirements” for the most recent year for which this information is available.
  (3) Expenditures for attorney fees related to IDEA due process hearings pursuant to 34 CFR § 300.517 may not be paid from Special Education Payments; except that such fees may be paid from funds received for Special Education Compliance Funding. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a public school from paying for attorney fees from other non-special education portions of its Formula payments.
  (4) All Special Education Payments must be expended within the fiscal year within which they were appropriated, unless the LEA is in compliance with the IDEA maintenance of effort requirements in 34 CFR § 300.203 and received an Annual Determination of “Meets Requirements” under 34 CFR § 300.600(a).
  (5) (A) If DCPS or a public charter school does not have an Annual Determination of “Meets Requirements” and fails to expend in its entirety Special Education Payments on allowable special education costs within the fiscal year within which the funds are appropriated, the public school must reserve the full amount of unspent funds. The reserved funds shall be expended pursuant to a Corrective Action Plan approved by OSSE.
    (B) If DCPS or a public charter school fails to comply with the requirements of this paragraph, the District shall withhold an amount equal to the unspent portion of such funds from the school’s next scheduled Formula base payment. In no case shall such withholding be taken from Special Education Payments made to the school in any fiscal year.
(d) DCPS and public charter schools shall provide to OSSE, at least annually, a certified report of all expenditures made with Special Education Payments for each fiscal year.
(e) OSSE shall issue guidance to clarify reporting requirements for the purpose of determining whether DCPS and each public charter school have:
  (1) Expended Special Education Payments on allowable special education costs as required by this section;
  (2) Made expenditures for attorney fees related to IDEA due process hearings pursuant to 34 CFR § 300.517 in accordance with subsection (c)(3) of this section; and
  (3) Complied with federal IDEA Maintenance of Effort requirements.
(f) The OSSE, utilizing official budget and expenditure data provided by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, shall monitor the DCPS and public charter schools for compliance with the requirements in this section.
(g) DCPS and public charter schools shall adhere to monitoring policies issued by OSSE pursuant to this section.
(h) In the event the distribution of a Formula payment is delayed to DCPS or a public charter school, the school shall receive additional time to expend the distribution based upon the difference in the number of days between the scheduled distribution date and the actual distribution date of funds to DCPS or the public charter school.
(i) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Allowable special education costs” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-2901(1A) .
  (2) “Special Education Compliance Funding” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-2901(11B) .
  (3) “Special Education Payment” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-2901(11C) .
D.C. Code § 38-310 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3 / § 38-310
§ 38-310. Documentation to be submitted to establish status as other primary caregiver.
Status: in_force

(a) A person seeking to enroll a student as an other primary caregiver shall provide documentation that establishes his or her status as an other primary caregiver in conjunction with documentation that establishes the caregiver’s residency status pursuant to §§ 38-308 and 38-309 .
(b) Status as an other primary caregiver shall be established through the use of one of the following items:
  (1) Previous school records indicating that the student is in the care of the caregiver;
  (2) Immunization or medical records indicating that the student is in the care of the caregiver;
  (3) Proof that the caregiver receives public or medical benefits on behalf of the student;
  (4) A signed statement, sworn under penalty of perjury, that he or she is the primary caregiver for the student; or
  (5) An attestation from a legal, medical or social service professional attesting to the caregiver’s status relevant to the student.
(c) The statement submitted pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection shall be submitted on a standard form to be issued by the State Education Office, and shall be available at all District of Columbia public schools buildings, public charter schools, the DCPS student residency office, the Board of Education’s public charter school office, the Public Charter School Board, and the State Education Office. The form shall delineate appropriate indicators of primary caregiver status. The statement need not be notarized, but shall make clear that it is sworn under penalty of perjury;
(d) The attestation submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) of this section shall be submitted on a standard form to be issued by the State Education Office. The form shall delineate appropriate indicators of the status, and shall be available at all District of Columbia public school buildings, public charter schools, the DCPS student residency office, the Board of Education’s public charter school office, the Public Charter School Board, and the State Education Office. The attestation need not be notarized.
(e) If the person seeking to enroll the student cannot establish his or her primary caregiver status pursuant to this section then the principal or the principal’s designee attempting to verify residency shall refer the person to the DCPS student residency office or the appropriate chartering authority and procedures established by the Board of Education or the appropriate chartering authority pursuant to § 38-311 shall be followed.
D.C. Code § 38-1207.06 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1207.06
§ 38-1207.06. Additional educational opportunities.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall not be construed to prohibit the University from offering eligible parents, caretaker relatives, or legal guardians eligible pursuant to this subchapter additional financial assistance, additional educational opportunities free of charge or at reduced charge, or other assistance supplemental to or in addition to the minimum requirements specified by this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-3401 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 34 / § 38-3401
§ 38-3401. Universal street safety education.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall develop and make available to public schools and public charter schools in the District an educational curriculum for children in the first through fifth grades regarding the safe use of public streets and premises open to the public by pedestrians and users of bicycles. At a minimum, the curriculum shall address:
  (1) The safe use of bicycles;
  (2) Traffic laws and regulations;
  (3) The use of bicycle lanes and trails; and
  (4) Safe pedestrian practices.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "bicycle" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 50-1609(1) .
D.C. Code § 38-1851.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18M / § 38-1851.03
§ 38-1851.03. General authority.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.01a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.01a
§ 38-2021.01a. Retirement credit for leave without pay.
Status: in_force

(a) Any teacher who enters on approved leave without pay to serve as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of teachers, for the purpose of bargaining with the District of Columbia concerning grievances, disputes, hours of employment, or conditions of work, may, within 60 days after entering on such leave without pay, file with the Board of Education of the District of Columbia an election to receive full retirement credit for his periods of that leave without pay and arrange to pay currently into the teachers’ retirement fund established pursuant to this part, through the Board of Education, amounts equal to the retirement deductions plus additional amounts equivalent to such amounts, in lieu of District of Columbia contributions which would be applicable if he were in pay status. A teacher who is on approved leave without pay and serving as a full-time officer or employee of such an organization on May 22, 1970, may similarly make such election within 60 days after such date. If the election and all payments herein provided are not made, the teacher shall receive no credit for such periods of leave without pay occurring on or after May 22, 1970.
(b) A teacher may deposit, with interest computed in accordance with § 38-2023.14(b) , an amount equal to retirement deductions representing any period or periods of approved leave without pay while serving, prior to May 22, 1970, as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of teachers, and may receive full retirement credit for such period or periods of leave without pay. In the event of the death of such teacher, any individual entitled to annuity under this part may make such deposit.
D.C. Code § 38-2001.08 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2001.08
§ 38-2001.08. Credit for service outside District.
Status: in_force

In computing length of service of retiring teachers credit may be given, year for year, but not to exceed 10 years, for public school service or its equivalent outside the District of Columbia; provided, that no credit for service outside of the public schools of the District of Columbia shall be given to any teacher entering the said public schools after June 30, 1926, until he shall have deposited to the credit of the teachers’ retirement fund of the District of Columbia a sum equal to the contributions that would have been required of the teacher if such service had been rendered in the public schools of the District of Columbia, with interest thereon at 4% per annum, compounded annually, said contributions to be based on the average annual salary of the class to which the teacher is appointed; provided further, that when the average annual salary of the class exceeds $2,000 the contributions shall be based on a salary of $2,000; provided further, that if the teacher so elects he may deposit the required sum in the fund in any number of monthly installments not exceeding 100, with interest at 4% per annum, compounded annually; and provided further, that the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to any teacher who receives an annuity from any state or municipality other than the District of Columbia, nor to allow any teacher more than one year’s credit for all services rendered in any one fiscal year.
D.C. Code § 38-156 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-156
§ 38-156. Power to raze buildings; limitations.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, with the consent of the Council by resolution, shall have the power to raze structures. The razing of any building, structure, or part of any building or structure that is on the National Register of Historic Places, the District of Columbia inventory of historic sites, or for which application for one of these listings is pending, shall not be approved.
D.C. Code § 38-2313 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 23 / § 38-2313
§ 38-2313. Grant of certain lands — Transfer.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2756 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 27B / § 38-2756
§ 38-2756. DC Promise grants.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-131 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-131
§ 38-131. Provisional duties of the Chancellor.
Status: in_force

The Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools is authorized to accept the resignation or the application for retirement of any employee, to grant leave of absence to any employee, to extend or terminate any temporary appointment, and to make all changes in personnel and appointments growing out of such resignation, retirement, leave of absence, termination of temporary appointment, or caused by the decease or suspension of any employee.
D.C. Code § 38-302 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3 / § 38-302
§ 38-302. Tuition required of nonresidents; deposit of payments.
Status: in_force

(a) In the case of: (1) each adult who attends a public school of the District of Columbia and does not reside in the District of Columbia; and (2) each child who attends such a public school and does not have a parent, guardian, custodian, or other primary caregiver who resides in the District of Columbia, or is not an orphan; there shall be paid to the State Education Office the amount fixed by the State Education Office pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The amount which shall be paid with respect to each person subject to subsection (a) of this section shall be fixed by the State Education Office as the amount necessary to cover all expenses incurred by the District of Columbia public schools or public charter schools that are a result of each person’s use of a school’s services, as determined by § 38-2602 , and in accordance with Chapter 29 of this title . Following the final determination of the amounts, the State Education Office shall publish the tuition rate determinations in the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, upon the submission of evidence satisfactory to the State Education Office that care, custody, and substantial support are supplied by the person or persons with whom a child is residing in the District of Columbia, and that the parent or guardian of such child is unable to supply such care, custody, and support, or that such child is self-supporting, such child shall be considered a resident of the District of Columbia for the purpose of school attendance and exempt from the requirement to pay tuition.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a child in the care and custody of the District pursuant to § 16-2320(a)(3) who, while attending a DCPS or public charter school, or while enrolled in a DCPS or public charter school and attending a non-public school or program pursuant to § 38-2561.03 , ceases to be in that care and custody as a result of being placed in the permanent care and custody of a parent, guardian, or custodian who resides outside the District of Columbia shall be considered a resident of the District of Columbia for the purpose of school attendance and shall be exempt from the requirement to pay tuition for the period of time until the child completes the educational program offered at the school the child currently attends, if the child attends a DCPS or public charter school, or the remainder of the school year in which the change in care and custody occurs and through the end of the following school year, if the child is currently enrolled in a DCPS or public charter school and attending a non-public school or program pursuant to § 38-2561.03 .
D.C. Code § 38-1955 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1955
§ 38-1955. Additional leave credits for service prior to July 1, 1949.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-121.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-121.01
§ 38-121.01. District of Columbia Public Schools use of private funds.
Status: in_force

(a) The annual District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) budget submission shall identify and list all donations, whether monetary or gifts in kind, of $100,000 or more, donated to DCPS, in a single donation or in multiple donations by a benefactor, for its benefit or purpose, whether directly or indirectly.
(b) The Mayor shall submit an annual report, along with the budget submission, on the use of non-government funds that specifies for each benefactor:
  (1) Name and address;
  (2) Amount of the planned or actual expenditure donation;
  (3) The intended use of the donation; and
  (4) The specific goods or services purchased on behalf of or donated to DCPS.
(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “donation” means any gift, grant, devise, or bequest of any real or personal property, or other type of asset.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.18 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.18
§ 38-2021.18. Applicability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part shall constitute a defined benefit plan and a governmental plan, as described in section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code  , which is intended to qualify under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code  . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this part, Chapter 7 of Title 1 ( § 1-701 et seq.), or Chapter 9 of Title 1 ( § 1-901.01 et seq.), the provisions of this part shall apply to and control the provision of any annuity payable. The provisions of this part shall apply to all teachers on the rolls of the public schools of the District who accrue service after June 30, 1997, under the Teachers’ Retirement Program established pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 1 ( § 1-901.01 et seq.), if otherwise eligible.
D.C. Code § 38-781.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7D / § 38-781.01
§ 38-781.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Chancellor” means the chief executive officer of DCPS, as established by § 38-174 .
(2) “DCMR” means the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.
(3) “DCPS” means the District of Columbia Public Schools agency established by § 38-171 .
(4) “Parent” means a natural parent, adoptive parent, step-parent, or any person who has legal custody of a student by court order.
(5) “Passing grade” means:
  (A) For pre-kindergarten through 5th grade, achieving proficient or advanced grades in a subject or content area; and
  (B) For 6th through 12th grade, receiving credit for a course.
(6) “Principal” means a principal at a DCPS school.
(7) “Promoted” describes students in pre-kindergarten through 11th grade who are advanced to the next grade level.
(8) “Promotion” means advancement to the next grade level for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 11.
(9) “Retained” describes students who are required to repeat their current grade level due to their failure to meet promotion criteria.
(10) “Retention” means repetition of a student’s current school grade level due to the student’s failure to meet promotion criteria.
(11) “School year” means the school term beginning in August of one year and ending in the following year. The term “school year” does not include summer school.
(12) “Subject” and “content area” mean a particular course of study, such as mathematics, English language arts, writing, or literature.
D.C. Code § 38-2804 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 28 / § 38-2804
§ 38-2804. Allocation of funds to each school system.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Public Schools and its Chief Financial Officer shall, by October 1, 1998, provide to the Council of the District of Columbia a comprehensive Fiscal Year 1999 budget displaying in detail the amount of funds to be applied to each school system function and the amount of funds to be expected by each individual school. This budget shall state all underlying budget assumptions including, but not limited to, average salaries.
D.C. Code § 38-2609 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26 / § 38-2609
§ 38-2609. Development of the educational data warehouse system.
Status: in_force

(a) The OSSE, in coordination with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, shall develop and implement a longitudinal educational data warehouse system (“EDW system”) to be used by:
  (1) The OSSE;
  (2) The University of the District of Columbia;
  (3) Public schools;
  (4) Public charter schools;
  (5) Publicly funded educational programs;
  (6) Policymakers;
  (7) Institutions of higher education; and
  (8) Researchers.
(b) The EDW system shall be used to compile, analyze, research, and organize student, teacher, and school-level data to:
  (1) Facilitate compliance with District of Columbia and federal reporting requirements;
  (2) Aid in local and state-level policymaking and programming; and
  (3) Improve information exchanges, while maintaining the confidentiality of individual student and staff data, in accordance with District of Columbia and federal confidentiality laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) (1) The EDW system shall be designed to allow for compatibility with other data systems that currently exist or that are in development in the District of Columbia.
  (2) (A) Upon the request of the State Superintendent, necessary data pertaining to students, teachers, and school levels shall be submitted to the OSSE for the purpose of constructing, updating, or maintaining the EDW system by:
      (i) The University of the District of Columbia;
      (ii) A public school;
      (iii) A public charter school; or
      (iv) An entity administering a publicly funded educational program.
    (B) The requested data shall be submitted within a reasonable time, as determined by the OSSE, following a request, and in a standardized format to be established by the OSSE.
(d) (1) All providers of public education in the District of Columbia shall participate in the EDW system, including:
    (A) The University of the District of Columbia;
    (B) Public schools;
    (C) Public charter schools; and
    (D) Entities operating publicly funded educational programs.
  (2) The OSSE shall ensure that technical assistance and training is provided to the staff participating in the EDW system.
(e) (1) The OSSE shall ensure that a unique identifier is assigned to every student and teacher in a:
    (A) Public school;
    (B) Public charter school; or
    (C) A publicly funded educational program.
  (2) The OSSE shall ensure that a unique identifier is assigned to every student of the University of the District of Columbia.
  (3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to a student the first time that the student receives educational services from a provider of public education in the District of Columbia.
(f) (1) By March 14, 2022, OSSE, in coordination with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, shall develop and submit to the Council a plan for:
    (A) Creating a standardized course-coding system, such as the School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED) Classification System as provided in the National Forum on Education Statistics guidance, to identify, code, and track all courses offered by the District's LEAs. The system shall include:
      (i) Course codes and descriptions;
      (ii) Course enrollment, including dual enrollment;
      (iii) Final course grades; and
      (iv) Credit hours;
    (B) Developing and implementing an early warning system for use by the LEAs to identify individual students at risk of high school disengagement or dropping out of school, which shall use at least the following statewide data:
      (i) Student test scores on prior English language arts and math statewide assessments;
      (ii) Chronic absenteeism and truancy rates in the 8th grade;
      (iii) Out-of-school suspension rates;
      (iv) Mid-year school transfer rates; and
      (v) Designation of students as special education, English language learner, or at-risk.
    (C) Making improvements to the District's EDW system that align with the National Forum of Education Statistics guidance for statewide data system capacities and the collection, maintenance of, and longitudinal linkage of standard statewide data system data elements.
  (2) (A) The plan required pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include a detailed cost analysis and implementation timeline for each component of the plan.
    (B) A plan that proposes a pilot rather than full-scale implementation of all components required in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
    (C) If OSSE proposes not to use the course coding system commonly used in Virginia and Maryland, then it needs to explain in particular detail why.
D.C. Code § 38-2411.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2411.03
§ 38-2411.03. Agreement with Gallaudet University for model secondary school.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1702.14 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1702.14
§ 38-1702.14. Annual budgets for public schools.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-751.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-751.02
§ 38-751.02. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2001.14 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2001.14
§ 38-2001.14. Records to be kept by Mayor.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall prepare and keep all needful tables, records, and accounts required for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. The records to be kept shall include data showing the mortality experience of the teachers in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia and the rate of withdrawal from such service, and any other information pertaining to such service that may be of value and may serve as a guide for future valuations and adjustments of the plan for the retirement of teachers.
D.C. Code § 38-236 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-236
§ 38-236. Annual reporting requirements.
Status: recodified

Recodified as § 38-236.09 .
D.C. Code § 38-751.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7B / § 38-751.04
§ 38-751.04. Survey.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1973 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1973
§ 38-1973. Promotions — groups A-1, B, C, and D; administrative errors.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1941 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1941
§ 38-1941. Payment of salaries.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1208.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1208.05
§ 38-1208.05. Executive Director.
Status: in_force

(a) VEST shall be directed by an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the President of UDC, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees of UDC.
(b) The Executive Director shall employ staff as needed, in accordance with annual appropriations.
D.C. Code § 38-1631.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 16A / § 38-1631.01
§ 38-1631.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
  (1) "Athletic association" means a nonprofit, intercollegiate sport governance association that regulates the eligibility of players and institutions.
  (2) "College athlete" means an individual who attends or is eligible to attend an institution and engages in or is eligible to engage in an intercollegiate sport.  The term does not include an individual:
    (A) Participating in a sport in kindergarten through grade 12 or at a youth, preparatory school, recreation, or similar level; or
    (B) Permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport for that sport.
  (3) "Conference" means a person, other than an athletic association, with the primary purpose of governing the athletic programs of more than one institution.
  (4) "Department" means the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection.
  (5) "Group license" means a name, image, or likeness agreement that covers the name, image, or likeness of more than one college athlete.
  (6) "Institution" means a public or private institution of higher education in the District, including a community college, junior college, college, or university.
  (7) "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a college athlete are established by an athletic association.  The term does not include a recreational, intramural, or club sport.
  (8) "Name, image, or likeness" includes a symbol, word, name, or design that readily identifies a college athlete.
  (9) "Name, image, or likeness activity" means licensing, transferring, or other commercial use of a name, image, or likeness.
  (10) "Name, image, or likeness agent" means an individual who:
    (A) Directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a college athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the athlete's parent or guardian to enter into an agency contract or name, image, or likeness agreement;
    (B) Enters into an agency contract with an athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the athlete's parent or guardian; or
    (C) Directly or indirectly offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain name, image, or likeness compensation or a name, image, or likeness agreement.
  (11) "Name, image, or likeness agreement" means an express or implied agreement, oral or in a record, under which a third party provides name, image, or likeness compensation.
  (12) "Name, image, or likeness compensation" means money or other thing of value provided by a third party in exchange for use of a college athlete's name, image, or likeness.
  (13) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
  (14) "Record" means information:
    (A) Inscribed on a tangible medium; or
    (B) Stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.
  (15) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any other territory or possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
  (16) "Student" means an individual enrolled at an institution under the rules of the institution.
  (17) "Third party" means a person, other than an institution, that offers, solicits, or enters into a name, image, or likeness agreement or offers or provides name, image, or likeness compensation.
D.C. Code § 38-2572.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25C / § 38-2572.02
§ 38-2572.02. Hearing officer selection.
Status: in_force

(a) OSSE shall administer impartial due process hearings as required by IDEA (20 U.S.C. § 1415(f) and 20 U.S.C. § 1439(a)(1)) and may issue regulations necessary for this purpose.
(b) In selecting hearing officers for administering special education due process hearings, OSSE shall submit potential candidates for review to a 7-member community review panel.
(c) (1) The members of the community review panel shall be appointed by OSSE and consist of the following:
    (A) One attorney knowledgeable in the field of special education who has experience representing parents and who is admitted to practice and in good standing in the District of Columbia;
    (B) One attorney knowledgeable in the field of special education who has experience representing schools and who is admitted to practice and is in good standing in the District of Columbia;
    (C) One educator knowledgeable in the field of special education and special education programming;
    (D) One representative from a charter school LEA who is knowledgeable in the field of special education and special education programming;
    (E) One representative from DCPS who is knowledgeable in the field of special education and special education programming; and
    (F) Two parents of individuals who are or at one time were eligible to receive special education and related services in the District of Columbia.
  (2) No member of the community review panel may be an employee of OSSE.
(d) Following its review of candidates for hearing officers, the community review panel shall forward its recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education.
D.C. Code § 38-1205.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1205.13
§ 38-1205.13. Merger.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-901 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-901
§ 38-901. Whole school-day sessions.
Status: in_force

All children of school age being instructed in the schools of the District beyond the 2nd grade shall be given a whole school-day session.
D.C. Code § 38-821.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8A / § 38-821.02
§ 38-821.02. Healthy school meal subsidies and healthy school grants.
Status: in_force

(a) Repealed.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Funding for healthy schools initiatives may be used as follows:
  (1) To provide additional funding for healthy school meals, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse public schools, public charter schools, participating private schools, and organizations participating in the Summer Food Service Program as follows:
    (A) Twenty cents for each breakfast meal served that meets the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 and 38-822.03 ; and
    (B) Ten cents for each lunch meal served that meets the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 and 38-822.03 .
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) To eliminate the reduced-price copayment under § 38-822.03(b)(1) , the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools, for each lunch meal that meets the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 and 38-822.03 and is served to a student who qualifies for reduced-price meals, the greater of:
    (A) Forty cents; or
    (B) The difference between the U.S. Department of Agriculture reimbursement rate for a free lunch and a reduced-price lunch.
  (4) Repealed.
  (4A) (A) To provide resources to implement alternative breakfast serving models, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall provide an annual subsidy of $2 per student to public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools that implement an approved alternative breakfast serving model.
    (B) Schools shall use funds received pursuant to this paragraph to purchase equipment and supplies needed to operate the alternative breakfast serving model.
  (5) (A) To encourage local foods to be served in schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall provide an additional 5 cents per day reimbursement to public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools when at least one component of a reimbursable breakfast or lunch meal is comprised entirely of locally grown and unprocessed foods; provided, that the schools report the name and address of the farms where the locally grown foods were grown to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
    (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “locally grown and unprocessed foods” shall not include milk.
  (6) To increase physical activity in schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education may issue grants through a competitive process or a formula grants process to public schools, public charter schools, or organizations that provide technical assistance to public schools or public charter schools to increase the amount of physical activity in schools; provided, that a school receiving a grant pursuant to this paragraph shall seek to:
    (A) Meet the requirements of § 38-824.02 ; and
    (B) Increase the amount of physical activity in which its students engage.
  (7) To support school gardens or promote health education, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall make grants available, subject to the availability of funds, through a competitive process or a formula grants process to public schools, public charter schools, and other organizations.
  (8) Repealed.
  (9) To increase nutrition education in schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall make grants available, subject to the availability of funds, through either a competitive grant process or a formula grants process, to public schools, public charter schools, and organizations that provide technical assistance to public schools and public charter schools to incorporate nutrition education into the school day.
  (10) To increase cafeteria staff's abilities to provide healthy meals for students, the Office of the State Superintendent for Education may issue grants through a competitive process or a formula grants process to public schools, public charter schools, or other organizations for the acquisition of school kitchen equipment and for providing training sessions on cooking skills and nutrition for school cafeteria workers and school food service vendors.
  (11) To decrease food and food packaging waste at schools and provide greater food access to those in need, the Office of the State Superintendent for Education may issue grants through a competitive process or a formula grants process to local education agencies, schools, nonprofit organizations, or partnerships developed among schools or with nonprofit organizations to support efforts to address food and food packaging waste, including implementation and management of share tables, purchase or provision of reusable food service ware, including from third-party reusable food service ware providers, and other food waste and food waste packaging reduction programs.
  (12) (A) In School Year 2025-2026, $300,000 in funds shall be used to assist at least 2 community-based organizations in partnering with schools and childcare development facilities to create and sustain healthy working environments for educators through a competitive grant program.
    (B) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education ("OSSE") shall select grant recipients, after a call for applications, by no later than November 26, 2025.
    (C) Participation in the program shall be based on criteria OSSE establishes.
    (D) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "educator" includes a principal, assistant principal, teacher, assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, all school service providers, or any person who provides professional educational services or education psychological services at a school.
(d) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education may, by rule, increase the amounts, as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, to further improve the quality and nutrition of school meals.
(e) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education may withhold local funds provided by subsection (c) of this section from public schools and public charter schools that do not meet any or all of the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 , 38-822.03 , 38-822.05 , and 38-822.06 .
(f) Repealed.
(g) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2581.07 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25D / § 38-2581.07
§ 38-2581.07. Science-based reading program.
Status: in_force

Beginning with School Year 2024-2025, each LEA shall adopt a science-based reading program.
D.C. Code § 38-921 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-921
§ 38-921. Teachers of aeronautics.
Status: in_force

The Board is further authorized to employ a sufficient number of teachers of aeronautics, not to exceed 6, adequately to instruct those pupils who elect to pursue the said course, at the salary rates authorized for teachers in the senior high schools.
D.C. Code § 38-272.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2A / § 38-272.01
§ 38-272.01. Establishing high-quality standards.
Status: in_force

(a) The OSSE shall develop high-quality content standards and program requirements that pre-k programs that receive funds under this chapter are required to meet by September 1, 2014.
(b) The program requirements shall include:
  (1) An adult-to-child ratio of one-to-8 for children 30 months to 3 years of age and of one-to-10 for children 4 years of age or older, or as otherwise approved by OSSE;
  (2) A comprehensive curriculum that is aligned with the District of Columbia Early Learning Standards;
  (3) Accreditation by a national accrediting body approved by OSSE;
  (4) The minimum hours and days of operation;
  (5) Valid and reliable assessments that meet accepted standards of technical adequacy to measure educational objectives and outcomes;
  (6) Teacher qualifications, which may include a waiver of certain academic and degree requirements for current teachers, or current assistant teachers, with a minimum of 10 years of experience as of July 18, 2008, who are employed in programs meeting the educational objectives and outcomes of the HQ standards; provided, that by September 1, 2017, all teachers and assistant teachers shall be required to meet the academic and degree requirements as established by the OSSE and approved by the State Board of Education;
  (7) A professional development and training plan for pre-k teachers and assistant teachers;
  (8) A plan to foster parental support and involvement;
  (9) A plan to coordinate support services;
  (10) A plan to ensure inclusion of children with disabilities, in accordance with federally-stated goals;
  (11) Facilities requirements;
  (12) Licensure requirements; and
  (13) A process for continuous improvement, classroom assessment, and child outcome assessment.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.17 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.17
§ 38-2021.17. Funds not assignable or subject to execution.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in subchapter VI of Chapter 5 of Title 1 ( § 1-529.01 et seq.), none of the money mentioned in this part, including any assets of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-713(a) , shall be assignable, either in law or equity, or be subject to execution or levy by attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, except with respect to a domestic relations order that substantially meets all of the requirements of section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code  , as determined solely by the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
D.C. Code § 38-1106 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 11 / § 38-1106
§ 38-1106. Appropriations.
Status: in_force

There is authorized to be appropriated from the revenues of the District of Columbia an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and subchapter II of this chapter . The authorization made by this section shall include any amounts made available pursuant to § 10-619 .
D.C. Code § 38-1631.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 16A / § 38-1631.05
§ 38-1631.05. Institution, conference, and athletic association involvement.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution, conference, or athletic association may assist a college athlete:
  (1) In evaluating the permissibility of name, image, or likeness activity, including compliance with the law and institution, conference, and association rules;
  (2) With the disclosure requirements of § 38-1631.06 ;
  (3) By providing a good-faith evaluation of a name, image, or likeness agent or third party;
  (4) With selecting, arranging for, or providing payment to a name, image, or likeness agent; and
  (5) With selecting, arranging for, or collecting payment from a third party engaged in specific name, image, or likeness agreements with a college athlete or athletes.
(b) An institution may permit a college athlete to use the institution's facilities for name, image, or likeness activity under the same terms and conditions as other students at the institution.
(c) An institution, conference, or athletic association shall educate a college athlete about name, image, or likeness compensation, agreements, and activity by offering financial literacy and life skills programming to college athletes. At a minimum, the programming should include:
  (1) Information concerning student loan, financial aid, and debt management;
  (2) Time management skills necessary for success as a college athlete and an overview of available academic support services;
  (3) Budgeting based on cost of attendance, living expenses, and scholarship resources;
  (4) An explanation of services offered by and guidance for accessing banks and basic banking products;
  (5) An introduction to income taxes, including income earned as an independent contractor; and
  (6) Warnings about payday and predatory lending practices.
(d) This subsection shall not be construed to place an obligation on an institution to provide individualized tax or legal guidance to college athletes seeking or earning name, image, or likeness compensation.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-932 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-932
§ 38-932. Duties and responsibilities; authorizations; promulgation of rules.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1201.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1201.01
§ 38-1201.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This unit may be cited as the “District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act”.
D.C. Code § 38-2661.31 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26A-i / § 38-2661.31
§ 38-2661.31. Rules governing interscholastic athletics programs.
Status: in_force

Within 120 days after the April 7, 2017, the Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules, consistent with this chapter , governing interscholastic athletics programs in the District.
D.C. Code § 38-2572.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 25C / § 38-2572.04
§ 38-2572.04. Attorney abuses.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to IDEA and other applicable law, the chief hearing officer in the office for administering special education due process hearings (“office”) may enter an order restricting the practice of any attorney before the office after a showing that the attorney has engaged in a pattern of filing frivolous pleadings.
(b) A pattern of filing frivolous pleadings shall be established when an attorney has:
  (1) Three or more federal court judgments against him or her due to the filing of frivolous pleadings;
  (2) Three or more pleadings that are deemed by the chief hearing officer for the office as frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation, including pleadings that were filed for an improper purpose, such as to harass, to cause unnecessary delay, or to needlessly increase the cost of litigation; or
  (3) Filed a due process complaint without the knowledge and consent of the represented party.
(c) The restrictions that may be imposed by the chief hearing officer of the office include:
  (1) Disqualification from a particular case;
  (2) Suspension or disqualification from practice in special education due process hearings in the District of Columbia;
  (3) A requirement that an attorney obtain ethics or other professional training; or
  (4) A requirement that an attorney appear only when accompanied by another attorney.
(d) An attorney subject to a restriction under subsection (c) of this this section shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard before the imposition of the restriction or as soon after imposition of the restriction as is practicable.
(e) Any person suffering a legal wrong or adversely affected or aggrieved by any order under this section may obtain judicial review of that order in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-938 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-938
§ 38-938. Title to property upon dissolution.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1808.52 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1808.52
§ 38-1808.52. Primary purpose and findings.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 38-312.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 3 / § 38-312.03
§ 38-312.03. Report on the status of residency fraud investigations, levying and collection of fines, and retroactive tuition.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall submit a report to the Council on the status of residency fraud investigations and the levying and collection of fines and retroactive tuition within 30 days of July 31, 2012, and on an annual basis thereafter. The report for each local education agency shall include:
(1) The number of cases investigated due to suspected fraud;
(2) The number of cases that were determined to be residency fraud;
(3) Of the cases that were determined to be residency fraud, the number that were assessed fines or retroactive tuition charges;
(4) The amount of fines and retroactive tuition charges imposed; and
(5) The amount of fines and retroactive tuition collected.
D.C. Code § 38-902 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-902
§ 38-902. School officials not to profit on supplies or textbooks purchased for schools.
Status: in_force

No school official, teacher, or member of the Board of Education shall receive any pecuniary benefit on account of school supplies or textbooks purchased for the use of the public schools in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-2910 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 29 / § 38-2910
§ 38-2910. Procedure for adjusting appropriation in case of revenue unavailability.
Status: in_force

If in any given fiscal year the Council finds that full funding of the Formula from local revenues is inconsistent with legal requirements for a balanced budget, the following shall apply:
(1) The Council shall reduce the foundation level accordingly, and set a schedule for achieving or restoring full funding, however, funding shall not be less than 95% of the previous fiscal year’s funding; and
(2) The Mayor, Council, Superintendent/CEO, and Board of Education shall use their best efforts to obtain temporary supplemental funding from other revenue sources.
D.C. Code § 38-2981 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 29C / § 38-2981
§ 38-2981. Turkey Bowl Revenue Generation and Sponsorship.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor may enter into one or more written agreements for advertisements and sponsorships to supplement local funding for the annual District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (“DCIAA”) Championship Turkey Bowl and other DCIAA athletic activities and programs.  The Mayor may delegate this authority to the Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”).
(b) The Chancellor of DCPS may sub-delegate, by written order, the authority to contract for advertisements or sponsorships to another official within DCPS.
(c) An agreement  pursuant to this chapter shall not require the District to expend  funds.
(d) Only advertisements  shall be agreed to in exchange for corporate goods, services, or funds.
(e) There shall be  no limit to the value of goods, services, or funds that may be received  from an organization, registered or not, or from an individual, regardless  of whether the organization is located, or the individual resides,  within the District of Columbia.
(f) Any sponsorship  or advertisement pursuant to this chapter shall be memorialized by  written agreement of the parties.
(g) The Chief Financial  Officer shall deposit all cash proceeds received from advertisements  and sponsorships pursuant to this chapter to the credit of the District  of Columbia Public Schools in the same manner as that used for donations  under § 1-329.01 .
(h) The Chancellor  of DCPS shall keep an accounting of all goods, services, and funds  received pursuant to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 38-2252 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 22C / § 38-2252
§ 38-2252. "Grow Your Own" Teacher Preparation Support Program establishment.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) OSSE shall establish, in collaboration with UDC, District university grantees, and the District's LEAs, a dual pathway "Grow Your Own" Teacher Preparation Support Program for the purpose of educating, training, and providing financial support to public high school dual enrollment students, public high school graduates, and paraprofessionals to become licensed teachers at DCPS schools or certified teachers at District public charter schools.
(b) Through UDC and District university grantees, the Program shall provide:
  (1) Education and training to District residents that will lead to:
    (A) The successful completion of coursework for a baccalaureate or a master's degree in education or teaching needed to become a teacher licensed by OSSE or a certified teacher at a District public charter school;
    (B) Passage of examinations required by OSSE or an LEA to become a teacher licensed by OSSE or a certified teacher at a District public charter school; and
    (C) Hiring by an LEA as a licensed or certified teacher.
  (2) Two pathways to teacher licensure or certification, which shall be:
    (A) The baccalaureate degree pathway, which shall be available to District residents who:
      (i) Enroll as or are public high school dual enrollment students that intend to continue to pursue a baccalaureate or master's degree in education or teaching to become a teacher licensed by OSSE or a certified teacher at a District public charter school; or
      (ii) Are public high school graduates who are pursuing a baccalaureate or master's degree in education or teaching to become a teacher licensed by OSSE or a certified teacher at a District public charter school; and
    (B) The paraprofessional pathway, which shall be available to District residents who are paraprofessionals currently employed by an LEA and who need to complete additional coursework or obtain a baccalaureate or master's degree in education or teaching to become a teacher licensed by OSSE or a certified teacher at a District public charter school; and
  (3) Financial assistance to Program participants for payment of:
    (A) Tuition and fees at UDC or a District university grantee, to the extent charged;
    (B) Academic costs, including books and supplies; and
    (C) Testing fees associated with examinations required by OSSE or an LEA to become a licensed or certified teacher.
(c) (1) UDC shall select individuals to enroll or who are enrolled in UDC to participate in the Program, consistent with the eligibility criteria established pursuant to § 38-2255 .
  (2) District university grantees shall select individuals to enroll or who are enrolled in their institutions to participate in the Program consistent with the eligibility criteria established pursuant to § 38-2255 and their grant agreements with OSSE.
  (3) OSSE and UDC shall coordinate to ensure that Program participants do not receive Program financial assistance from more than one post-secondary institution at the same time.
D.C. Code § 38-1851.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18M / § 38-1851.11
§ 38-1851.11. Authorization of appropriations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-822.04a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8A / § 38-822.04a
§ 38-822.04a. Central kitchen report.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days of October 1, 2019, the Office of Planning shall submit a report to the Mayor and the Council describing best practices for developing a central kitchen in the District to:
  (1) Prepare, process, grow, and store healthy and nutritious foods for schools and nonprofit organizations;
  (2) Support nutrition education programs; and
  (3) Provide job-training programs for students and District residents.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall:
  (1) Include research and case studies on central kitchen facilities in other jurisdictions;
  (2) Identify any agencies that should design, build, or manage a central kitchen facility; and
  (3) Consider how a central kitchen facility could assist other facilities serving meals, such as child development centers, senior centers, recreation centers, and corrections facilities.
D.C. Code § 38-451 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 4B / § 38-451
§ 38-451. Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization; establishment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-502 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 5 / § 38-502
§ 38-502. Certification of immunization required.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in this chapter or rules issued pursuant to § 38-503 , no student shall attend a school or child development facility in the District without a certification of immunization reflecting that the student has received each immunization on the list of immunizations or is exempt from immunization in accordance with § 38-506 .
  (2) At least annually, a responsible person shall furnish a certification of immunization for each student attending a school or child development facility to the LEA; private, parochial, or independent school; or child development facility to which the student is admitted in accordance with the rules established pursuant to § 38-503 .
(b) A responsible person shall furnish a certification of immunization for each student admitted to a college or university in accordance with the policy established by the college or university pursuant to § 38-503 .
(c) Beginning with School Year 2023-2024, healthcare professionals shall electronically submit all certifications of immunization to the public health authorities.
D.C. Code § 38-2001.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2001.11
§ 38-2001.11. Consent to deductions.
Status: in_force

Every teacher who shall continue in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia after January 15, 1920, as well as every person who on and after January 15, 1920, 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 in this subchapter; 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 subchapter, notwithstanding the provisions of said Public Act No. 254, approved June 20, 1906, 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 § 38-2023.16 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2023.16
§ 38-2023.16. Tax-sheltered annuity program.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 1-611.11 and 1-617.16 , and of any other law or regulation affecting the salary of teachers or school officers employed in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as the “Mayor”) is authorized to enter into an agreement with a teacher or school officer to reduce the salary of that teacher or school officer by an amount requested by that teacher or school officer, and to contribute that amount for the purchase of an annuity contract described in § 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the taxability of beneficiaries of annuity plans) for that teacher or school official.
(b) The reduction in salary effected under an agreement authorized by this section shall not be considered in computing the salary for any teacher or school officer for any other purpose including, but not limited to, the determination of benefits or contributions under Chapters 81 (relating to workmen’s compensation) and 87 (relating to life insurance) of Title 5 of the United States Code.
(c) The Mayor shall prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term “teacher or school officer” includes all teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia who receive compensation according to the salary schedules under §§ 1-611.11 and 1-617.16 , and to whom the provisions of part A of this subchapter are applicable.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to any pay period of any teacher or school officer beginning on or after the 180th day after April 26, 1972.
D.C. Code § 38-2401.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2401.04
§ 38-2401.04. Elementary and secondary education programs.
Status: in_force

(a) General authority. — (1) (A) The Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University is authorized, in accordance with the agreement under § 38-2401.05 , to maintain and operate exemplary elementary and secondary education programs, projects, and activities for the primary purpose of developing, evaluating, and disseminating innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials that can be used in various educational environments serving individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing throughout the nation.
    (B) The elementary and secondary education programs described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall serve students with a broad spectrum of needs, including students who are lower achieving academically, who come from non-English-speaking homes, who have secondary disabilities, who are members of minority groups, or who are from rural areas.
    (C) The elementary and secondary education programs described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall include:
      (i) The Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, to provide day facilities for elementary education for students who are deaf from the age of onset of deafness to age fifteen, inclusive, but not beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent, to provide such students with the vocational, transitional, independent living, and related services they need to function independently, and to prepare such students for high school and other secondary study; and
      (ii) The Model Secondary School for the Deaf, to provide day and residential facilities for secondary education for students who are deaf from grades nine through twelve, inclusive, to provide such students with the vocational, transitional, independent living, and related services they need to function independently, and to prepare such students for college, other postsecondary opportunities, or the workplace.
  (2) The Model Secondary School for the Deaf may provide residential facilities for students enrolled in the school:
    (A) Who live beyond a reasonable commuting distance from the school; or
    (B) For whom such residency is necessary for them to receive a free appropriate public education within the meaning of part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C. § 1411 et seq.].
(b) Administrative requirements. — (1) The elementary and secondary education programs shall:
    (A) Provide technical assistance and outreach throughout the nation to meet the training and information needs of parents of infants, children, and youth who are deaf or hard of hearing;
    (B) Provide technical assistance and training to personnel for use in teaching (i) students who are deaf or hard of hearing, in various educational environments, and (ii) students who are deaf or hard of hearing with a broad spectrum of needs as described in subsection (a); and
    (C) Establish and publish priorities for research, development, and demonstration through a process that allows for public input.
  (2) To the extent possible, the elementary and secondary education programs shall provide the services required under paragraph (1) in an equitable manner, based on the national distribution of students who are deaf or hard of hearing in educational environments as determined by the Secretary for purposes of § 618(b) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C. § 1418(b)]. Such educational environments shall include:
    (A) Regular classes;
    (B) Resource rooms;
    (C) Separate classes;
    (D) Separate, public or private, nonresidential schools; and
    (E) Separate, public or private, residential schools and homebound or hospital environments.
  (3) If a local educational agency, intermediate educational unit, or state educational agency refers a child to, or places a child in, one of the elementary or secondary education programs to meet its obligation to make available a free appropriate public education under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C. § 1411 et seq.], the agency or unit shall be responsible for ensuring that the special education and related services provided to the child by the education program are in accordance with part B of that Act and that the child is provided the rights and procedural safeguards under § 615 of that Act [20 U.S.C. § 1415].
  (4) If the parents or guardian places a child in one of the elementary or secondary education programs, the University shall:
    (A) Notify the appropriate local educational agency, intermediate educational unit, or state educational agency of that child’s attendance in the program;
    (B) Work with local educational agencies, intermediate educational units, and state educational agencies, where appropriate, to ensure a smooth transfer of the child to and from that program; and
    (C) Provide the child a free appropriate public education in accordance with part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and procedural safeguards in accordance with the following provisions of § 615 of such Act:
      (i) Subparagraphs (A), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b), and paragraph (2) of such subsection.
      (ii) Subsection (d), except the portion of paragraph (4) requiring that findings and decisions be transmitted to a state advisory panel.
      (iii) Paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (e). Paragraph (3) of such subsection is not applicable to a decision by the University to refuse to admit or to dismiss a child, except that, before dismissing any child, the University shall give at least 60 days notice to the child’s parents and to the local educational agency in which the child resides.
      (iv) Subsection (f ).
D.C. Code § 38-1418 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 14 / § 38-1418
§ 38-1418. Payments by Mayor to medical and dental schools — Method of payment.
Status: in_force

Payments under § 38-1416 by the Mayor may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement at such intervals as the Mayor may find necessary and with appropriate adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made.
D.C. Code § 38-841.07 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8C / § 38-841.07
§ 38-841.07. Title IX athletic equity strategic plans.
Status: in_force

By August 1, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter, DCSAA shall develop a 5-year strategic plan to encourage and ensure gender equity in compliance with Title IX in public and public charter high schools. The plan shall include:
(1) Data submitted to the DCSAA under this chapter for the prior 5 years;
(2) A listing of schools by gender participation gap by greatest to least, to be measured by the difference between the percentage of enrolled students who are girls and the percentage of total athletic opportunities, measured as spots on teams, provided to girls;
(3) A description of athletic funding, by school;
(4) A strategy for ensuring athletic gender equity;
(5) An account of the District’s high school student-athlete graduation rates, college attendance rates, and college athletic scholarship acceptance rates by gender, as available; and
(6) A survey of best practices from other national membership organizations, states, municipalities, and local community-based organizations.
D.C. Code § 38-2411.07 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2411.07
§ 38-2411.07. Compensation of members.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1003 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 10 / § 38-1003
§ 38-1003. Accountability for funds received.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Board of Education shall account for all funds received pursuant to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 38-2751 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 27B / § 38-2751
§ 38-2751. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-922 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-922
§ 38-922. Free textbooks, maps, and supplies.
Status: in_force

The Board shall provide the pupils of the senior high schools, free of charge, with the use of all aeronautical textbooks, maps, and other necessary educational supplies required for said course.
D.C. Code § 38-1202.10 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1202.10
§ 38-1202.10. State consent.
Status: in_force

The enactment of this unit 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 § 38-1202.09 .
D.C. Code § 38-1413 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 14 / § 38-1413
§ 38-1413. Grants from Secretary of Education — Application.
Status: in_force

The Secretary may from time to time set dates by which applications for grants under § 38-1412 for any fiscal year must be filed by the Mayor. A grant under § 38-1412 may be made only if application therefor:
(1) Is approved by the Secretary;
(2) Contains such information as the Secretary may require to make the determinations required of him under this subchapter and such assurances as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter; and
(3) Provides for such fiscal control and accounting procedures and reports and access to the records of the Mayor and the applicant schools as the Secretary may from time to time require in carrying out his functions under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-1411 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 14 / § 38-1411
§ 38-1411. Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this subchapter to assist private nonprofit medical and dental schools in the District of Columbia in their critical financial needs in meeting the operational costs required to maintain quality medical and dental educational programs and to increase the number of students in such institutions as a necessary health manpower service to the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-2402.07 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2402.07
§ 38-2402.07. Gallaudet University Federal Endowment Program.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-152 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-152
§ 38-152. Education of pages.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe.
D.C. Code § 38-3501 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 35 / § 38-3501
§ 38-3501. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Applicable June 30, 2026.
D.C. Code § 38-1851.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18M / § 38-1851.01
§ 38-1851.01. Purpose.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2759 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 27B / § 38-2759
§ 38-2759. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1301 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 13 / § 38-1301
§ 38-1301. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection, education, and welfare of the citizens of the District of Columbia and its students, by:
(1) Establishing minimum standards concerning the quality of postsecondary education, ethical and business practices, health and safety, and fiscal responsibility, to protect against substandard, transient, unethical, deceptive, or fraudulent postsecondary educational institutions and practices;
(2) Prohibiting the granting of false or misleading postsecondary educational credentials;
(3) Prohibiting misleading literature, advertising, solicitation, or representation by postsecondary educational institutions or their agents;
(4) Providing for the preservation of essential academic records;
(5) Providing for a commission to advise the Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia as to the postsecondary educational needs of the District of Columbia; and
(6) Providing for a commission to serve as the state approving agency for veterans benefits.
D.C. Code § 38-1631.10 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 16A / § 38-1631.10
§ 38-1631.10. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter , a court shall consider the promotion of uniformity of the law among jurisdictions that have enacted it.
D.C. Code § 38-1308 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 13 / § 38-1308
§ 38-1308. Supplemental funding.
Status: in_force

The Mayor and the Council shall be authorized to obtain supplemental funding for the Commission. The Council shall approve the receipt of any such supplemental funding.
D.C. Code § 38-1110 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 11 / § 38-1110
§ 38-1110. Grants to Federal City College and Washington Technical Institute.
Status: in_force

Grants to the District of Columbia under the acts referred to in § 38-1107 and under § 38-1109(b) and the earnings of sums appropriated under § 38-1108 shall be shared equally between the Federal City College and the Washington Technical Institute.
D.C. Code § 38-651.04a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 6 / § 38-651.04a
§ 38-651.04a. Student access to epinephrine.
Status: in_force

(a) OSSE shall establish and administer an undesignated epinephrine auto-injector plan that authorizes a public school to possess and administer undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors.
(b) (1) By June 1, 2016, the Department of Health shall obtain a standing order signed by at least one practicing physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse licensed in the District to permit public schools to use undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors in emergency circumstances.
  (2) By July 1, 2016, OSSE shall develop and implement an epinephrine administration training program, which shall provide training and certification of employees and agents of a public school on the storage and emergency use of a designated or undesignated epinephrine auto-injector on a person suffering an episode of anaphylaxis.
  (3) Upon implementation of the UEA plan, each public school shall ensure that it has at least 2 employees or agents certified in the use of an undesignated epinephrine auto-injector who are available to administer epinephrine during all hours of the school day.
  (4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "certified" means an individual who has obtained a certificate of completion of the epinephrine administration training that is developed and implemented by OSSE and approved by the Mayor.
(c) (1) Under the UEA plan, OSSE shall:
    (A) Implement the UEA plan, with guidance from the Department of Health;
    (B) Procure and distribute undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors to public schools for use in emergency circumstances;
    (C) Monitor the supply of undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors, including ensuring that the supply is restocked as auto-injectors are used;
    (D) Ensure the destruction of expired undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors at public schools; and
    (E) Maintain records regarding the procurement, distribution, and disposition of undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors for 3 years.
  (2) (A) A public school shall store undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors in a secure but easily accessible location in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
    (B) Each public school shall maintain, at all times, no fewer than 2 unexpired undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors of each dosage available through the UEA plan.
(d) (1) An employee or agent of a public school who is certified pursuant to this section may administer an undesignated epinephrine auto-injector to a student who the employee or agent believes in good faith to be suffering or about to suffer an anaphylactic episode.
  (2) Undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors may be used on public school property, including the school building, playground, and school bus, as well as during field trips or sanctioned excursions away from public school property. The certified employee or agent of the public school may carry an appropriate supply of the public school's undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors on field trips or excursions.
  (3) Within 24 hours of the administration of an undesignated epinephrine auto-injector, the public school shall notify OSSE and the physician, physician assistant, or advance practice nurse who provided the standing order for the undesignated epinephrine auto-injector of its use.
  (4) As soon as practicable following the administration of medication pursuant to this section, the public school shall inform the student's responsible person that the medication was administered.
(e) An employee or agent of a public school who is certified pursuant to this section may administer a designated epinephrine auto-injector to the student to whom it is prescribed, who the employee or agent believes in good faith to be suffering or about to suffer an anaphylactic episode.
D.C. Code § 38-1702.18 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1702.18
§ 38-1702.18. Payments to charter schools.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1805.71 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18 / § 38-1805.71
§ 38-1805.71. Gifts, donations, bequests, and devises.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — A District of Columbia public school or a public charter school may accept directly from any person a gift, donation, bequest, or devise of any property, real or personal, without regard to any law or regulation of the District of Columbia.
(b) Tax laws. — For the purposes of the income tax, gift tax, and estate tax laws of the Federal Government, any money or other property given, donated, bequeathed, or devised to a District of Columbia public school or a public charter school, shall be deemed to have been given, donated, bequeathed, or devised to or for the use of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-823.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8A / § 38-823.01
§ 38-823.01. Local food sourcing, reimbursement, and education.
Status: in_force

Public schools and public charter schools shall serve locally grown, locally processed, and unprocessed foods from growers engaged in sustainable agriculture practices whenever possible. Preference shall be given to fresh unprocessed agricultural products grown and processed in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
D.C. Code § 38-1202.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1202.01
§ 38-1202.01. Establishment of Board of Trustees and University.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a body corporate by name of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, which by that name and style shall have perpetual succession. It shall be charged with the responsibility of governing the University of the District of Columbia and shall possess all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the objects and perform the duties authorized by this section, and §§ 38-1202.06 and 38-1204.03 , including the power to:
  (1) Adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed;
  (2) Make contracts;
  (3) Sue and be sued;
  (4) Complain and defend in its name in any court of competent jurisdiction;
  (5) Make, deliver, and receive deeds, leases, and other instruments;
  (6) Take title to real and other property in its name;
  (7) Adopt, prescribe, amend, repeal, and enforce bylaws, rules, and regulations it considers necessary for the governance and administration of the University; and
  (8) Procure and contract for goods and services.
(b) There is hereby authorized to be established an independent agency of the government of the District of Columbia known as the University of the District of Columbia which shall be governed by the Board of Trustees as established in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Board of Trustees shall consist of 15 voting members selected in the following manner:
  (1) Eleven members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
  (2) One member shall be a full-time student in good standing at the University elected by secret ballot by the student community at an election at which each registered student at the University shall be entitled to one vote.
  (3) Each of the 3 remaining members shall be a holder of a degree from the University of the District of Columbia or from one or more of its predecessor institutions, including Miner Teachers College, Wilson Teachers College, District of Columbia Teachers College, Washington Technical Institute, or Federal City College, and shall be elected by a postal ballot election at which each living person who holds a degree from any of the foregoing institutions shall be sent a ballot and shall be entitled to vote.
  (4) The Board of Trustees shall be responsible for the efficient and fair conduct of the elections for student and alumni Trustees pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. The elections shall be governed by election rules adopted by the Board of Trustees in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 . The initial rules shall be adopted by the Board of Trustees within 100 days of February 27, 1990, and shall include provisions for nomination of candidates by petition and may also provide for a nominating committee which, if it is appointed, shall submit for inclusion on the ballot twice as many names of nominees as there are positions to be filled. The Board of Trustees may, in its discretion, seek and receive advice and assistance from the Board of Elections and Ethics in preparing the election rules. The Board of Elections and Ethics may, by agreement with the Board of Trustees of the University, furnish other assistance requested by the Board of Trustees.
(c-1) Four of the 11 Trustees appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council may be nonresidents of the District of Columbia. At least 7 of the 11 Trustees shall reside in the District of Columbia at the time of their confirmation by the Council. The Mayor shall submit the names of District residents and nonresidents in a proportion to comply with the provisions of this subsection, when submitting nominees to the Council.
(d) All terms on the Board of Trustees shall begin on May 15.  The student member elected pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section shall serve for a term of one year.  The term for all of the other members shall be 5 years.  Depending on the date of his or her election or appointment, a member of the Board may actually serve a partial term.
(e) A member of the Board of Trustees who is elected as an alumnus or alumna pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of this section, including for a partial term, may be re-elected to serve one additional term, after which the individual may not again be elected pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of this section until 5 years have passed since his or her last day of service on the Board.
(f) A member of the Board of Trustees who is appointed pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this section may serve 3 consecutive terms, including partial terms.  No member shall serve more than 15 consecutive years regardless of whether elected or appointed, or both, and shall not serve thereafter until 5 years have passed since his or her last day of service on the Board.
(g) Each member of the Board of Trustees serving on February 27, 1990, shall continue to serve until May 15th following the conclusion of his or her previously established term.
(h) Repealed.
(i) Repealed.
(j) A chairperson and a vice-chairperson of the Board of Trustees:
  (1) Shall be chosen by a majority vote of the Trustees;
  (2) Shall serve as chairperson or vice-chairperson until May 15 next following his or her election to that office; and
  (3) May be re-elected as chairperson or vice-chairperson if still a member of the Board of Trustees.
(k) A member of the Board of Education shall not serve as a Trustee of the University. Except as provided in subsection (l) of this section a paid officer or employee of the University of the District of Columbia shall not serve as a Trustee. A retired officer or employee of the University of the District of Columbia, shall, however, be eligible to serve as a Trustee. A Trustee shall forfeit his or her membership on the Board upon failure to maintain the qualifications required by this subsection.
(l) The Chief Executive Officer of the University shall be a non-voting ex officio member of the Board of Trustees.
(m) Repealed.
(n) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1982 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1982
§ 38-1982. Teacher retirement provisions applicable to certain employees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2411.06 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2411.06
§ 38-2411.06. Administrative provisions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2402.08a — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2402.08a
§ 38-2402.08a. Scholarship program.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — The Secretary may make grants to institutions of higher education that have teacher training programs in deaf education or special education for the purpose of providing scholarships to individuals who are deaf for careers in deaf education or special education. Such institutions shall give priority consideration in the selection of qualified recipients of the scholarships to individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, particularly minority individuals who are deaf and who are underrepresented in the teaching profession. Grants may be used by institutions to assist in covering the cost of courses of training or study for such individuals and for establishing and maintaining fellowships or traineeships with stipends and allowances as may be determined by the Secretary.
(b) Authorization of appropriations. — For the purpose of making grants under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997.
D.C. Code § 38-1405 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 14 / § 38-1405
§ 38-1405. Repeal provisions.
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts enacted prior to May 4, 1896, and all charters obtained by any medical or dental college prior to March 4, 1896, under the general corporation laws in force in said District, so far as inconsistent with this subchapter, are hereby repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2001.09 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2001.09
§ 38-2001.09. Refund on leaving service; reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon separation of any teacher from the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia, except for retirement under § 38-2001.03 or § 38-2001.04 , he shall receive the amount of his deductions, together with the interest then credited thereon.
(b) No teacher who shall withdraw the amount of his deductions under this section shall, after reinstatement, be entitled to credit for previous service unless he shall deposit in the fund the amount so withdrawn by him; provided, that the amount required to be so deposited may be paid by the teacher, if he so elects, in any number of monthly installments, not exceeding 100, with interest at 4% compounded annually, but no credit for previous service shall be given in any case of retirement where the teacher has been separated from teaching service in any public school system for more than 5 years.
D.C. Code § 38-2661.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26A-i / § 38-2661.13
§ 38-2661.13. Duties of the Commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall:
(1) Oversee the functions and operations of the DCSAA;
(2) Recommend changes to and annually approve the DCSAA handbook;
(3) Establish athletic appeals panels pursuant to § 38-2661.14 and issue the final decisions of such panels;
(4) Advise the Mayor, OSSE, and the Council on matters related to interscholastic athletics in the District and recommend rules to regulate interscholastic athletics programs and competitions; and
(5) Take actions necessary and consistent with the laws of the District to implement its duties under this section.
D.C. Code § 38-1207.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1207.01
§ 38-1207.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Eligible caretaker relative” means an individual as defined in § 4-205.15(2)(B) , who has primary responsibility for the care of a dependent child.
(2) “Eligible legal guardian” means any individual:
  (A) Appointed as a testamentary or appointive guardian pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 21 ; and
  (B) Necessary for the maintenance of a household as provided in § 4-205.15(2)(D) .
(3) “Eligible parent” means a child’s natural or adoptive parent in a family eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or Program on Work, Employment, and Responsibility pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title 4 .
(4) “Tuition grant” means a sum equal to the basic instructional charge for a full- or part-time program at the University and includes all required fees.
(5) “State” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States.
D.C. Code § 38-771.07 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7C / § 38-771.07
§ 38-771.07. Due process.
Status: in_force

(a) Until rules are issued pursuant to § 38-771.06 , any party aggrieved by a final decision or order of OSSE imposing sanctions following a determination by OSSE that a violation of this chapter has occurred may obtain a review of the final decision or order by filing a written notice of appeal to the Mayor within 10 calendar days from the date on which OSSE imposed the sanction being contested.
(b) The written notice of appeal shall contain the following information:
  (1) The type and the effective date of the sanction imposed;
  (2) The name, address, and telephone number of the aggrieved party or the aggrieved party’s representative, if any;
  (3) A copy of OSSE’s notice of final decision;
  (4) A statement as to whether the aggrieved party or anyone acting on his or her behalf has filed an appeal under any negotiated review procedure pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, or has filed a complaint with any other agency regarding this matter;
  (5) The identity of the collective bargaining unit, if any, of which the aggrieved party is a member;
  (6) A statement as to whether the aggrieved party requests a hearing;
  (7) A concise statement of the facts giving rise to the appeal;
  (8) An explanation as to why the aggrieved party believes OSSE’s action was unwarranted and any supporting documentation;
  (9) A statement of the specific relief the aggrieved party is requesting; and
  (10) The signature of the aggrieved party and his or her representative, if any.
(c) If a hearing is requested, the Mayor shall hold a hearing within 30 calendar days after the receipt of the notice of appeal and hearing request and shall issue a written ruling no later than 10 calendar days after the hearing. If no hearing is requested, the Mayor shall issue a written ruling within 30 days of receipt of the notice of appeal.
(d) Appeals filed pursuant to this section, and any hearings held, shall be administered in accordance with § 2-501 et seq.
(e) For the purposes of this section, a notice of appeal is considered received on the date it was postmarked.
D.C. Code § 38-785.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7E / § 38-785.03
§ 38-785.03. Notice of Invitation for an education research practice partnership.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) No later than 90 days after March 28, 2019, the Mayor shall draft a Notice of Invitation ("Notice") for an education research practice partnership for the purpose of receiving proposals from an independent, non-governmental entity that shall be responsible for conducting education research.
  (2) The independent, non-governmental entity may be a university, college, nonprofit organization, or a combination of organizations joined for this purpose.
(b) (1) Prior to issuance of the Notice, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council a proposed resolution to approve the proposed Notice for a 45-day period of Council review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess.
  (2) If the Council does not approve the proposed Notice within this 45-day review period, the proposed resolution shall be deemed disapproved.
  (3) If the Council disapproves the proposed resolution, the Council may include recommendations for revisions that should be made to the Notice before it is re-transmitted to the Council for approval.
  (4) Once the Notice is approved by the Council, the Mayor shall issue it within 30 days.  The final Notice issued by the Mayor shall be substantially similar to the proposed Notice approved by the Council.
(c) The Notice, at a minimum, shall require:
  (1) A commitment to the Partnership that shall be for no less than 10 years;
  (2) An estimate of the initial start-up cost to establish the Partnership and the annual costs needed to operate the Partnership;
  (3) Identification of potential sources of funding, including funds contributed by the applicant entity, funds anticipated from named private sources, and funds, if any, needed from the District for the initial start-up costs and annual operations of the Partnership;
  (4) A description of the entity's current staffing level and a staffing plan for how the entity will fulfill the responsibilities of the Partnership, including how the entity plans to increase staffing capacity, whether the researchers conducting research for the Partnership will be full-time dedicated staff, and whether they shall be required to log a certain number of billable hours or be required to be faculty at the entity;
  (5) Demonstration that the entity has the capacity and expertise to collect, maintain, store, clean, de-identify, use, interpret, translate and publish any data provided to it in a safe, secure, accountable, and confidential manner, consistent with relevant federal and local laws and regulations, including section 438 of the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974, approved August 21, 1974( 88 Stat. 571; 20 U.S.C. § 1232g et seq. ) and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F.R Part 99;
  (6) An explanation of internal review processes to ensure the validity of research methods and outcomes;
  (7) Examples of other educational research done in collaboration with either the District government or another government entity, including whether and how the entity and government partner jointly arrived at the research questions, provided interim deliverables, communicated in a meaningful way throughout the life of the project, adjusted the course of the project as needed in response to stakeholder feedback, provided results in multiple formats aligned with stakeholder need, and ensured that the work was useful and productive for the government partner, and, if not useful, what measures were taken to rectify the usefulness of the products either in the short or long term, and evidence of how this work intentionally built capacity for both researchers and government partners;
  (8) An explanation of what processes are in place or would be in place to ensure accountability and transparency of Partnership work and independence with regard to funders, the public, and government entities; and
  (9) An explanation of what processes are in place or would be in place to collaborate effectively with a large and diverse advisory committee designed to be a partner in all research work.
[(c-1)] The Notice shall state a deadline for responses, which shall be no greater than 60 days from the date of issuance of the Notice.
(d) (1) All proposals received through the Notice process shall be reviewed by a 6-person review panel, which shall be comprised of 3 representatives chosen by the Mayor and 3 representatives chosen by the Chairman of the Council.
  (2) No later than 30 business days after the proposal deadline, the review panel shall meet to initiate review of all the proposals received in a timely manner.
  (3) At least 2 of the representatives chosen by the Mayor and at least 2 of the representatives chosen by the Chairman of the Council shall select and approve the independent, non-governmental entity.
D.C. Code § 38-2001.19 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2001.19
§ 38-2001.19. Application of subchapter — Annuities under prior act.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to: (1) all teachers who were on the rolls of the public schools of the District of Columbia for the month of June, 1926, if otherwise eligible; and (2) all teachers who, on June 30, 1926, were receiving an annuity under the provisions of this subchapter, the annuity to be paid each such teacher after June 30, 1926, to be computed in the manner provided herein; provided, that nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require a reduction in the amount of the annuity being paid to any teacher on July 1, 1926.
D.C. Code § 38-1956 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1956
§ 38-1956. Maternity leave.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1837.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18A / § 38-1837.02
§ 38-1837.02. Oversight and composition of the Task Force.
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Charter School Board shall oversee the Task Force, which shall be comprised of the following members, or their designees:
  (1) The Mayor;
  (2) The Chairman of the Council;
  (3) The Deputy Mayor for Education;
  (4) The State Superintendent of Education;
  (5) The Chairperson of the Public Charter School Board;
  (6) The Executive Director of the Public Charter School Board; and
  (7) The Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia.
(b) The following shall serve as advisory members of the Task Force;
  (1) The chief financial officers, or their designees, of at least 6 public charter schools, representing a range of enrollment, grade levels, and geographic location;
  (2) Professionals in the field of public charter school financing;
  (3) Representatives from public charter school advocacy groups; and
  (4) Other individuals considered necessary or beneficial by the Public Charter School Board.
D.C. Code § 38-1205.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1205.11
§ 38-1205.11. Mayoral stipends.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall make available tuition stipends for students of the School of Law who are bona fide residents of the District of Columbia and who agree to employment by the District of Columbia government, or by any public service organization or institution designated by the Mayor, for a period of time immediately following the students’ graduation from the School of Law. The length of service required shall be established by the terms of the stipends. Any stipend recipient who fails to perform the post-graduation work requirement shall be held liable to the District of Columbia for 3 times the amount of stipend funds provided to the recipient.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.01
§ 38-2021.01. Salary deductions; deposit.
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on the first day of the first pay period which begins after December 31, 1969, there shall be deducted and withheld from the annual salary of each teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia an amount equal to 7% of the teacher’s annual salary; except that in the case of teachers hired on or after the first day of the first pay period that begins after October 29, 1996, there shall be deducted and withheld from the annual salary of each teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia an amount equal to 8% of the teacher’s annual salary. The amounts deducted and withheld from the annual salary of each teacher, including amounts so deducted and withheld prior to July 1, 1946, under subchapter I of this chapter , shall be credited to an individual account of the teacher from whose salary the deduction is made, together with interest at 4% per annum, compounded annually up to July 1, 1946, and thereafter at 3% per annum, compounded annually from December 31st of the year in which the deductions are made; provided, that such interest shall not be credited after December 31, 1956, except that in the case of a teacher separated before he has completed 5 years of eligible service interest shall be credited to the date of separation or the end of the 90-day period beginning on November 17, 1979, whichever is earlier. These individual interest-bearing accounts shall be kept by the Custodian of Retirement Funds. After the end of the 90-day period beginning on November 17, 1979, any amounts deducted and withheld pursuant to this subsection shall be paid 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) .
(b) Repealed.
(c) Amounts deducted and withheld from the annual salary of each teacher shall be:
  (1) Picked up by the public schools of the District of Columbia, as described in section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
  (2) Deducted and withheld from the annual salary of the teachers as salary reduction contributions;
  (3) Paid by the public schools of the District of Columbia to the Custodian of Retirement Funds, as defined in § 1-702(6) ; and
  (4) Made a part of the teacher’s annuity benefit.
(d) Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, the amounts contributed under this section shall be fully (100%) vested.
(e) Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, upon the employer’s request, a contribution that was made by a mistake of fact shall be returned to the employer by the trustee within one year after the payment of the contribution. A portion of a contribution returned pursuant to this section shall be adjusted to reflect earnings or gains. Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, the right or claim of a participant or beneficiary to an asset of the trust or a benefit under this part shall be subject to and limited by the provisions of this subsection.
D.C. Code § 38-1123 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 11 / § 38-1123
§ 38-1123. Board of Vocational Education — Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board is hereby vested with the following powers and duties:
  (1) To develop detailed plans for and to establish, organize, and operate in the District of Columbia the Washington Technical Institute;
  (2) To establish policies, standards, and requirements governing admission, programs, graduation (including the award of degrees) and general administration of the Washington Technical Institute;
  (3) To appoint and compensate, without regard to the civil service laws or Chapter 51 and subchapter III of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code, a President for the Washington Technical Institute;
  (4) To employ and compensate such officers as it determines necessary for the Washington Technical Institute, and such educational employees for the Washington Technical Institute as the president thereof may recommend in writing. Such officers and educational employees may be employed and compensated without regard to: (A) the civil service laws; (B) Chapter 51 and subchapter III of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to classification of positions in government service); (C) §§ 6301 through 6305 and 6307 through 6311 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to annual and sick leave for federal employees); (D) Chapter 15 and §§ 7324 through 7327 [omitted], of Title 5, United States Code (relating to political activities of government employees); (E) § 3323 and subchapter III of Chapter 83 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to civil service retirement); and (F) §§ 3326, 3501, 3502, 5531, 5532 [repealed], 5533, and 6303 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to dual pay and dual employment); but the employment and compensation of such officers and educational employees shall be subject to: (i) Sections 7902, 8101 through 8138, and 8145 through 8150 of Title 5, United States Code, and §§ 292 and 1920 through 1922 of Title 18, United States Code (relating to compensation for work injuries); (ii) Chapter 87 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to government employees group life insurance); (iii) Chapter 89 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to health insurance for government employees); and (iv) §§ 1302, 2108, 3305, 3306 [repealed], 3308 through 3320, 3351, 3363, 3364 [repealed], 3501 through 3504, 7511, 7512, and 7701 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to veteran’s preference). Subject to the approval of the Mayor, the compensation schedules for such officers and employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time consistent with the public interest and in accordance with rates for comparable types of positions in like technical institutes. Salary levels shall be determined based on duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. The Vocational Board, upon the recommendations of the President of the Washington Technical Institute, shall establish, with the approval of the Mayor and without regard to the provisions of any other law, retirement and leave systems for such officers and employees which shall be comparable to such systems in like technical institutes;
  (5) To employ and compensate noneducational employees of the Vocational Board and the Washington Technical Institute in accordance with:
    (A) The civil service laws;
    (B) Chapter 51 and subchapter III of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to classification of positions in government service);
    (C) Section 3323 and subchapter III of Chapter 83 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to civil service retirement);
    (D) Sections 7902, 8101 through 8138, and 8145 through 8150 of Title 5, United States Code, and §§ 292 and 1920 through 1922 of Title 18, United States Code (relating to compensation for work injuries);
    (E) Chapter 87 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to government employee’s group life insurance);
    (F) Chapter 89 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to health insurance for government employees);
    (G) Sections 1302, 2108, 3305, 3306 [repealed], 3308 through 3320, 3351, 3363, 3364 [repealed], 3501 through 3504, 7511, 7512, and 7701 of Title 5, United States Code (relating to veteran’s preference); and
    (H) Any other laws applicable to noneducational employees of the Board of Education;
  (6) To fix, from time to time, tuition to be paid by students attending the Washington Technical Institute. Tuition charged nonresidents shall be fixed in such amounts as will, to the extent feasible, approximate the cost to the District of Columbia of the services for which such charge is imposed. Receipts from the tuition charged students attending the institute shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia;
  (7) To fix, from time to time, fees to be paid by students attending the Washington Technical Institute. Receipts from such fees shall be deposited into a revolving fund in a private depository in the District, which fund shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for such purposes as the Vocational Board shall approve. The Vocational Board is authorized to make necessary rules respecting deposits into and withdrawals from such fund;
  (8) To transmit annually to the Mayor estimates of the appropriation required for the Washington Technical Institute for the ensuing year;
  (9) To accept services and moneys, including gifts or endowments, from any source whatsoever, for use in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter. Such moneys shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of a trust fund account which is hereby authorized and may be invested and reinvested as trust funds of the District of Columbia. The disbursement of the moneys from such trust funds shall be in such amounts, to such extent, and in such manner as the Vocational Board, in its judgment, may determine necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter;
  (10) To submit to the Mayor recommendations relating to legislation affecting the administration and programs of the Washington Technical Institute;
  (11) To make such rules and regulations as the Vocational Board deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(b) A person shall, at the time of his registration to attend the Washington Technical Institute, be considered to be a legal resident of the District of Columbia for purposes of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this section if:
  (1) Such person is domiciled in the District of Columbia on the date of such registration and has been so domiciled during all of the 3-month period immediately preceding such date; and
  (2) In case such person on such date: (A) has not attained 21 years of age; (B) has not been relieved of the disabilities of minority by order of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (C) has a living parent or a court-appointed guardian or custodian; there is domiciled in the District of Columbia on such date an individual who is the parent or court-appointed guardian or custodian of such person, and who has been so domiciled for all of the 3-month period immediately preceding such date.
D.C. Code § 38-2401.11 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2401.11
§ 38-2401.11. Authority.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing a residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education for individuals who are deaf in order to prepare them for successful employment, the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under this part is authorized to operate and maintain a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
D.C. Code § 38-731.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 7A / § 38-731.04
§ 38-731.04. Members of the Financial Literacy Council.
Status: in_force

(a) The Financial Literacy Council shall consist of 9 members, as follows:
  (1) One member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council.
  (2) One member shall be appointed by the chairperson of the Council committee with oversight of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking.
  (3) One member shall be appointed by the Chief Financial Officer.
  (4) Six members shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be comprised of:
    (A) One member who shall represent the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking;
    (B) One member who shall represent the District of Columbia Public Schools; and
    (C) Four members who shall be District residents with extensive knowledge of financial institutions, personal finance, and financial literacy programs.
(b) Members shall not be compensated for their service on the Financial Literacy Council.
(c) Members shall serve for terms of 4 years; provided, that of the initial members appointed:
  (1) Members appointed under subsection (a)(4)(C) of this section shall serve initial terms of 2 years; and
  (2) Members appointed under subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4)(A), and (a)(4)(B) of this section shall serve initial terms of 4 years.
(d) The Mayor shall designate one member as the chairperson. The designated member shall serve as chairperson until the conclusion of his or her current term of membership.
D.C. Code § 38-1853.13 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 18N / § 38-1853.13
§ 38-1853.13. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this division:
(1) Core subject matter. — The term 'core subject matter' means—
  (A) mathematics;
  (B) science; and
  (C) English, reading, or language arts.
(2) Elementary school. — The term “elementary school” means an institutional day or residential school, including a public elementary charter school, that provides elementary education, as determined under District of Columbia law.
(3) Eligible entity. — The term “eligible entity” means any of the following:
  (A) A nonprofit organization.
  (B) A consortium of non profit organizations.
(4) Eligible student. — The term “eligible student” means a student who is a resident of the District of Columbia and comes from a household—
  (A) receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.); or
  (B) whose income does not exceed—
    (i) 185 percent of the poverty line; or
    (ii) in the case of a household with a student participating in the opportunity scholarship program in the preceding year under this division or 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 the date of enactment of this division [April 15, 2011], 300 percent of the poverty line.
(5) Mayor. — The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(6) Parent. — The term “parent” has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. § 7801].
(7) Participating eligible student. — The term “participating eligible student” means an eligible student awarded an opportunity scholarship under this division, without regard to whether the student uses the scholarship to attend a participating school.
(8) Participating school. — The term “participating school” means a private elementary school or secondary school participating in the opportunity scholarship program of an eligible entity under this division.
(9) Poverty line. — The term “poverty line” has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. § 7801].
(10) Secondary school. — The term “secondary school” means an institutional day or residential school, including a public secondary charter school, that provides secondary education, as determined under District of Columbia law, except that the term does not include any education beyond grade 12.
(11) Secretary. — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.
D.C. Code § 38-1206.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1206.02
§ 38-1206.02. Powers of Trustees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-207 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-207
§ 38-207. Authority of police over truant child.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A law enforcement officer who has reasonable grounds to believe, based on the minor's age and other factors, that a minor is truant from any public, independent, private, or parochial school on a day and during the hours when the school is in session shall take that minor into custody and deliver the minor to the public, independent, private, or parochial school where the minor is presently enrolled, so long as the school is located in the District.
  (2) If the minor is not currently enrolled at a public, independent, private, or parochial school, the law enforcement officer shall take the minor to the District of Columbia Public Schools placement office.
  (3) If a minor is enrolled in a public, independent, private, or parochial school located within the District of Columbia, the educational institution shall receive that minor from a law enforcement officer during the hours when the school is in operation.
(b) On the request of a person who has reached the age of 18 years, graduated from high school, or received a general equivalency diploma, and who has previously been taken into custody pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Metropolitan Police Department shall seal all records relating to custody authorized by subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Within 2 business days of a minor student’s 10th unexcused absence during a school year, the educational institution shall send the minor’s parent:
  (1) Information from the Chief of Police about the compulsory attendance requirements and criminal penalties for violations of this chapter; and
  (2) A letter notifying the parent that he or she may be in violation of the school attendance requirements under this chapter and may be subject to prosecution.
D.C. Code § 38-1904 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1904
§ 38-1904. Teaching vacancies.
Status: in_force

Teaching vacancies which occur during any school year may be filled by the assignment of teachers of special subjects and teachers not now assigned to classroom instruction, and such teachers are hereby made eligible for such assignment without further examination.
D.C. Code § 38-1975 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1975
§ 38-1975. Evening, summer, and Americanization schools; salaries.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1310 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 13 / § 38-1310
§ 38-1310. Exempt institutions.
Status: in_force

(a) The following types of educational institutions or activities are excluded from the coverage of this chapter:
  (1) Courses of instruction not purporting to lead to a degree conducted by any person solely for the training of the employees of the person, and for which no fee is charged;
  (2) Education offered by the District or federal government or any instrumentality of the governments, except course approval for veterans under an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 38, United States Code, to provide that after the expiration of the Korean conflict veterans’ education and training program, approval of courses under the war orphan’s educational assistance program shall be by State approving agencies (38 U.S.C. § 3500 et seq.);
  (3) Education solely avocational or recreational in nature and not leading to a degree and institutions offering the education exclusively, as determined by the Commission;
  (4) Education offered by an eleemosynary or nonprofit institution, organization, or agency, if no fee is charged for the education and no credit toward a degree or any degree, diploma, or certificate is awarded;
  (5) Courses or programs of instruction given by or approved by a professional body, fraternal organization, civic club, or benevolent order principally for the professional education of its own members or advancement or similar purpose and for which no degree or degree credit is awarded and for which there is no public advertising; and
  (6) An educational institution that is organized or chartered outside of the District of Columbia and does not operate in the District of Columbia, except that any agent of an institution who operates in the District shall not be exempt, and the Commission may apply the standards of this chapter to the institution in determining whether to license an agent.
(b) A degree-granting institution shall be entitled to a conditional exemption from all other provisions of this chapter if, upon request to the Commission:
  (1) It can show that it has been authorized by the Congress of the United States to grant degrees;
  (2) It is accredited by a regional accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education;
  (3) It files annually with the Commission the following:
    (A) A current audited financial statement of the institution;
    (B) A certified statement as to the institution’s accreditation status, including whether any conditions have been imposed and whether any action has been taken toward revoking or limiting that status; and
    (C) A copy of each course catalogue and a response to the Commission’s annual data survey;
  (4) It makes provision for a representative of the Commission to serve as an observer on all visits to the institution by evaluators from a regional accrediting association; and
  (5) It furnishes to the Commission a copy of all reports submitted to and received from the accreditation association, including the reports of an evaluation submitted to the institution by the accrediting association and notices of accrediting association action regarding accreditation of the institution.
(c) An institution entitled to a conditional exemption under subsection (b) of this section that is required by a regional accrediting association to show cause why its accreditation should not be revoked, or that has had its accreditation withdrawn, shall notify the Commission immediately of the action by the regional accrediting association. The exemption shall expire and the institution shall become fully subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter as of the date it receives notice of the withdrawal of accreditation status by the regional accrediting association.
(d) The Commission, upon request, may reinstate an institution’s conditional exemption once accreditation is re-established and the Commission has determined that it meets the provisions of this chapter appropriate to the exempt status.
(e) A conditional exemption authorized by this section extends only to programs or courses within the scope of the institution’s accreditation as certified by the accrediting association.
(f) The Commission shall issue a conditional exemption to an off-campus program offered within the District of Columbia by an unconditionally accredited degree training institution or group of institutions. All other requirements of conditional exemptions under this section shall apply to the programs, when the Commission determines that:
  (1) The local offering is for the institution’s own students, regularly enrolled on its home campus and does not fulfill more than 25% of the normal degree requirements; or
  (2) The local offering is open only to employees of a person, and there is no cost to the employee.
(g) Nothing shall be stated or implied, in any diploma, degree, certificate, or document evidencing same, or elsewhere in the publications or correspondence of the institution that a program excluded from the requirements of this chapter has been reviewed, approved, or authorized by the Commission, the District government or any officer of the District government.
(h) Any self study undertaken by an educational institution as part of the accreditation process, any site evaluation by an accrediting association, or any other report submitted by the educational institution to the accrediting association or by the accrediting association to the educational institution that contains an evaluation judgment about the institution that is not prepared for publication shall, when submitted to the Commission in accordance with this chapter, be exempt from public disclosure under the provisions of subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , and the Commission shall not disclose the report or take official licensure action solely on the basis of the contents of the report. The Commission shall disclose whether or not an educational institution has received the award, reaffirmation, amendment, or revocation of accreditation from an accrediting association.
D.C. Code § 38-2021.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 20 / § 38-2021.04
§ 38-2021.04. Disability retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) Any teacher who completes 5 years of eligible service, and who, before becoming eligible for retirement under the conditions defined in §§ 38-2021.01 to 38-2021.03 , acquires a physical or mental disability and is incapable of satisfactorily performing the duties of his position by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on the part of the teacher, shall upon his own application or upon order of the Board of Education as provided later in this section be retired on an annuity computed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 38-2021.05 and 38-2021.06 and beginning on the day after his pay ceases and he meets the service and disability requirements for title to annuity. Proof of freedom from vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct for a period of more than 5 years next prior to having a disability for useful and efficient service shall not be required in any case. No claim shall be allowed under the provisions of this section unless the application for retirement shall have been executed prior to the applicant’s separation from the service or within 6 months thereafter. No teacher shall be retired under the provisions of this section unless examined under the direction of the Director of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia, and as a result of said examination, in his judgment, or in the judgment of the Superintendent of Schools concurred in by two thirds of the members of the Board of Education, shall have been found to be physically or mentally incapacitated for efficient service.
(b) Every annuitant retired under the provisions of this section, unless the disability for which retired be permanent in character, shall at the expiration of one year from the date of such retirement and annually thereafter, until reaching retirement age as defined in § 38-2021.03 , be examined under the direction of the Director of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia in order to ascertain the nature and degree of the annuitant’s disability, if any. If an annuitant shall recover before reaching retirement age he shall be reappointed by the Board of Education in accordance with such rules and regulations as the said Board may prescribe to the first position, equal or similar to any position in the public schools occupied by the annuitant before retirement, which becomes vacant after the date the Board of Education receives written notification from the Director of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia that the annuitant has recovered and is able to discharge his duties as a teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia. Payment of the annuity shall be continued until the date of reappointment by the Board of Education. In the event that the annuitant refuses to accept the employment prescribed in this section no annuity shall be paid after the date of such refusal. Should the annuitant fail to appear for examination as required under this section, payment of the annuity shall be suspended until continuance of the disability shall have been satisfactorily established. Upon written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Education may order or direct at any time such medical or other examination as it shall deem necessary to determine the facts relative to the nature and degree of disability of any teacher retired on an annuity under this section.
(b-1) Any initiation, termination, or change of annuity payments made under subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to review and final determination by the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if during any calendar year an annuitant who is receiving a disability annuity under this section and who has not reached retirement age (as defined in § 38-2021.03 ) receives income from wages or self-employment, or both, in an amount not less then 80% of the current rate of pay of the position occupied by the annuitant before retirement, the annuity of such annuitant shall be terminated by the District of Columbia Retirement Board effective January 1st of the first calendar year after such calendar year, except that this sentence shall not apply with respect to income received during the year in which the annuitant retired. The annuity of any annuitant whose annuity is terminated under the preceding sentence shall be restored, at the rate which would have been in effect but for such termination, effective January 1st of any year following a year during which the amount of such annuitant’s income from wages and self-employment is less than 80% of the current rate of pay of the position occupied by the annuitant before retirement, or effective immediately if the District of Columbia Retirement Board determines that, outside of normal fluctuations in such annuitant’s income, such annuitant’s income is reduced to a level which on an annual basis is less than 80% of such current rate of pay.
(d) In cases where the annuity is discontinued under the provisions of this section, as much of the annuity payments as would have been provided by an annuity whose actuarial value at the time of retirement was equal to the contributions accumulated with interest shall be charged against the teacher’s individual account and, unless the teacher shall become reemployed in a position covered under the Teachers’ Retirement Program established pursuant to the Chapter 9 of Title 1 [ § 1-901.01 et seq.], the teacher shall be considered as having been separated from the service for other than retirement purposes and entitled to the benefits set forth in § 38-2021.09 .
D.C. Code § 38-272.04 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2A / § 38-272.04
§ 38-272.04. Pre-k Program Assistance Grant Fund; establishment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-913 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 9 / § 38-913
§ 38-913. Subsistence and transportation of children with disabilities.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education is authorized to provide for the furnishing of subsistence supplies and transportation for children with severe disabilities attending special education schools or classes established for their benefit in the public school system of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 38-1208.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1208.02
§ 38-1208.02. Establishment of the Office of Vocational Education and Skills Training at the University of the District of Columbia.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b) , the Council establishes an Office of Vocational Education and Skills Training under the President of the University of the District of Columbia.
(b) VEST shall be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all government-sponsored vocational education, adult apprenticeship, and workforce skills training performed by UDC and DCPS.
D.C. Code § 38-1701.03 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1701.03
§ 38-1701.03. Purposes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-1124 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 11 / § 38-1124
§ 38-1124. Board of Vocational Education — Facilities.
Status: in_force

The Mayor and the Board of Education may furnish to the Vocational Board, upon request of such Board, such space and facilities in private buildings or in public buildings of the government of the District of Columbia, records, information, services, personnel, offices, and equipment as may be available and which are necessary to enable the Vocational Board properly to perform its functions under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-111 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1 / § 38-111
§ 38-111. Investigation or trial of teacher.
Status: in_force

When a teacher is on trial or being investigated he or she shall have the right to be attended by counsel and by at least 1 friend of his or her selection.
D.C. Code § 38-213 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-213
§ 38-213. Court jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The Family Division of the Superior Court is hereby given jurisdiction in all cases arising under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 38-251.06 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 2 / § 38-251.06
§ 38-251.06. Delivery of home or hospital instruction.
Status: in_force

(a) An LEA shall begin delivering home or hospital instruction no later than 5 school days following an approval of an application for home or hospital instruction.
(b) An LEA shall provide a minimum number of hours per week of direct instruction for eligible students according to the medical certification of need.
  (1) For eligible students absent on an intermittent or partial basis, the LEA may adjust the minimum required amount of direct instruction based on the student's schedule and amount of in-school instruction the student is expected to receive.
  (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "direct instruction" means instruction provided in-person by a home or hospital instructor or, with the consent of the parent, instruction provided by a home or hospital instructor via real-time videotelephony; provided, that an LEA may provide direct instruction via real-time videotelephony without the consent of the parent in the following circumstances:
    (A) During a public health emergency;
    (B) When the student has been diagnosed with a communicable disease;
    (C) When a household member has been diagnosed with a communicable Disease, if the student is to receive instruction at home; or
    (D) When the LEA determines safety concerns prevent the delivery of in-person services.
(c) An LEA shall develop a home and hospital instruction program that provides content aligned to that being provided in the student's classroom.
(d) To satisfy the provisions of this section, an LEA may:
  (1) Employ staff to provide instructional services to a student;
  (2) Contract with private providers to deliver instructional services;
  (3) Contract with other LEAs to provide instructional services; or
  (4) Combine any of the delivery options described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.
D.C. Code § 38-2402.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2402.01
§ 38-2402.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:
(1) The term “international student” means an individual who:
  (A) Is not a citizen or national of, or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United States;
  (B) Does not provide evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service that he or she is in the United States for other than temporary purposes with the intention of becoming a citizen of, or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United States; and
  (C) Is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in American Samoa, Guam, Palau (but only until the Compact of Free Association with Palau takes effect), the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.
(2) The term “construction” includes construction and initial equipment of new buildings, and expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings and equipment therein, including architect’s services, but excluding off-site improvements.
(3) The term “institution of higher education” means an educational institution in any state which (A) admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; (B) is legally authorized within such state to provide a program of education beyond secondary education; (C) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s degree; (D) includes one or more professional or graduate schools; (E) is a public or nonprofit private institution; and (F) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. For the purpose of subparagraph (F) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which the Secretary determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered.
(4) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.
(5) The term “state” means each of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau (but only until the Compact of Free Association with Palau takes effect).
(6) The term “NTID” means the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
(7) The term “University” means Gallaudet University.
D.C. Code § 38-173 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 1A / § 38-173
§ 38-173. Budget requirements of the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2401.12 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 24 / § 38-2401.12
§ 38-2401.12. Agreement for National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Status: in_force

(a) General authority. — (1) The Secretary is authorized to establish or continue an agreement with an institution of higher education for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The Secretary, in considering proposals from institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement under this chapter, shall give preference to institutions which are located in metropolitan industrial areas.
  (2) The Secretary and the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under this section shall, within 1 year after October 1, 1992, assess the need for modification of the agreement. The Secretary and the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under this section shall also periodically update the agreement as determined to be necessary by the Secretary or the institution.
(b) Provisions of agreement. — The agreement shall:
  (1) Provide that federal funds appropriated for the benefit of NTID will be used only for the purposes for which appropriated and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter and the agreement made pursuant thereto;
  (2) Provide that the Board of Trustees or other governing body of the institution, subject to the approval of the Secretary, will appoint an advisory group to advise the Director of NTID in formulating and carrying out the basic policies governing its establishment and operation, which group shall include individuals who are professionally concerned with education and technical training at the postsecondary school level, persons who are professionally concerned with activities relating to education and training of individuals who are deaf, and members of the public familiar with the need for services provided by NTID;
  (3) Provide that the Board of Trustees or other governing body of the institution will prepare and submit to the Secretary, not later than June 1 following the fiscal year for which the report is submitted, an annual report containing an accounting of all indirect costs paid to the institution of higher education under the agreement with the Secretary, which accounting the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, with such comments and recommendations as the Secretary may deem appropriate;
  (4) Include such other conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this part;
  (5) Provide that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by federal funds appropriated for the benefit of NTID will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with 40 U.S.C. §§ 276a—276a-5 [now see 40 U.S.C. § 3142] commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act; except that the Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App.) and 40 U.S.C. § 276c [now see 40 U.S.C. § 3145] ; and
  (6) Establish a policy of outreach and recruitment to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities, particularly individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
(c) Limitation. — If, within 20 years after the completion of any construction (except minor remodeling or alteration) for which such funds have been paid: (1) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was constructed or the agreement is terminated, unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institution from its obligation; or (2) the institution ceases to be the owner of the facility, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which has the same ratio with respect to the current market value of the facility as the amount of federal funds expended for construction of such facility bears to the total cost of construction of the facility. The current market value of the facility shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which the facility is situated.
D.C. Code § 38-2601.02 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 26 / § 38-2601.02
§ 38-2601.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(a) (1) "Child with a disability" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, approved April 13, 1970, (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. § 1401(3)).
  (1A) "CTE grant program" is the supplemental career and technical education grant program established by § 38-2611 that provides grants to DCPS and public charter schools to support and enhance their career and technical education programs.
  (1B) "DCPS" means the District of Columbia Public Schools established by § 38-171 .
  (1C) "Districtwide assessments" has the same meaning as provided in § 38-1800.02(13) .
  (2) “Field test” means a test used during the test-development process to assess the quality and appropriateness of test items, administration procedures, scoring, and reporting.
  (2A) "Formula" shall have the meaning as provided in § 38-2901(8) .
  (2B) "Fund" means the CTE Grant Program Fund established by § 38-2612 .
  (2C) “IDEA “ means the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, approved April 13, 1970 (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. ), and its implementing regulations.
  (2D) "Individualized education program" or "IEP" means a written plan that specifies the special education programs and services to be provided to meet the unique educational needs of a child with a disability, as required under section 614(d) of IDEA (20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)).
  (2E) "LGBTQ" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-1381 .
  (3) "Local education agency" or "LEA" means an educational institution at the local level that exists primarily to operate a publicly funded school or schools in the District of Columbia, including the District of Columbia Public Schools and a District of Columbia public charter school.
  (4) "OSSE" means the Office of the State Superintendent of Education established by § 38-2601 .
  (5) "Practice test" means any test or other evaluation that has as its primary purpose the simulation of a Districtwide assessment or other test or evaluation as administered by an LEA rather than for assessing student proficiency levels or informing instruction and remediation needs.
  (5A) "Public charter school" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-1800.02 .
  (6) "State Superintendent" means the head of OSSE appointed by the Mayor pursuant to § 38-2601 .
  (7) "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System" means the national school-based survey coordinated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and young adults, or a similar successor survey.
D.C. Code § 38-1702.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 17 / § 38-1702.01
§ 38-1702.01. Chartering authority.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-2911 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 29 / § 38-2911
§ 38-2911. Periodic revision of Formula.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Mayor and Council, in consultation with representatives of DCPS and of the Public Charter Schools, shall review and revise this Formula within 2 years of its establishment, within 2 years after this initial review and revision, and once every 4 years subsequently. Revisions shall be based upon information and data including study of actual costs of education in the District of Columbia, consideration of performance incentives created by the Formula in practice, research in education and education finance, and public comment.
  (2) Beginning January 30, 2017, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a report every 2 years that reviews the Formula and includes recommendations for revisions to the Formula based upon a study of actual costs of education in the District of Columbia, research in education and education finance, and public comment.
(b) The study of actual costs of education pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include but not be limited to the following:
  (1) The relation of funding levels to student outcomes;
  (2) Maintenance of effort in specified areas of focus to promote continuity of effective practices;
  (3) Improved techniques for determining specific levels of funding needed to provide adequate special education services;
  (4) Improved measures of change in the cost of education; and
  (5) A review of the costs associated with serving at-risk students and of how at-risk students are identified.
(c) The Office of the State Superintendent for Education shall be responsible for the development of the report required by subsection (a) of this section and shall convene a working group, which shall be comprised of, at a minimum, representatives from DCPS, public charter schools, and the public, to solicit input and recommendations regarding revisions to the Formula.
D.C. Code § 38-1002 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 10 / § 38-1002
§ 38-1002. Fees for select District of Columbia Board of Education adult, community, and continuing education courses.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia Board of Education (“Board of Education”) is authorized to charge fees for all adult, community, and continuing education courses, and for employee certification and recertification and certification of university teacher education programs, provided that no additional fees shall be charged for ongoing courses in Academic Year 1994-1995 and Fiscal Year 1995 until those courses are completed.
(b) The amount which shall be charged with respect to each select adult, community, and continuing education course shall be fixed annually by the Board of Education as 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 such an amount and changes in the amount fixed by this subsection are set by the Board of Education in accordance with § 2-505 . Following the final adoption of such amounts, the Board of Education shall transmit a copy to the Mayor and a copy to the Council of the District of Columbia.
(c) All amounts received by the Board of Education under this section shall be paid to the D.C. Treasurer and accounted for in the General Fund as a separate revenue source allocable to provide authority for the offering of select adult, community, and continuing education courses for which fees will be charged.
(d) As part of its fiscal year 1995 Supplemental Budget, the Board of Education shall request that an amount equal to the fees collected and deposited into the General Fund pursuant to this chapter, be appropriated to the Board of Education for the purpose of paying for instructors’ salaries, textbooks and supplies, and other operating costs associated with offering select adult, community, and continuing education courses.
(e) Waivers, in whole or in part, of fees for select adult, community, and continuing education courses may be granted by the Board of Education only to District residents, regardless of an individual’s or a student’s employment status with the Board or the District of Columbia Public Schools.
D.C. Code § 38-2903 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 29 / § 38-2903
§ 38-2903. Foundation level.
Status: in_force

(a) The foundation level or cost of providing public education services is $15,070 per student for Fiscal Year 2026 and $14,110 for subsequent fiscal years. The foundation level may be revised in subsequent years in accordance with provisions for inflation, revenue unavailability, and periodic review and revision of the Formula, pursuant to §§ 38-2909 [repealed], 38-2910 , and 38-2911 .
(b) By December 31, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council the algorithm that will be used to determine the next fiscal year's Formula foundation level, which shall include variables for the cost of teachers and other classroom-based personnel and for both school-based and non-school-based administrative personnel.  The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall publish the algorithm on its website.
D.C. Code § 38-1905 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 19 / § 38-1905
§ 38-1905. Vocational education.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education is authorized and empowered to establish occupational schools on the elementary school level for pupils not prepared to pursue vocational courses in the trade or vocational schools and also to carry on trade or vocational courses on the senior high school level or in senior high schools.
D.C. Code § 38-841.01 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 8C / § 38-841.01
§ 38-841.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Applicable schools” means any public or public charter high school beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and any public or public charter middle school beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
(2) “Athletic program” means all interscholastic sports offered to students by an applicable school.
(3) “Competition level” means the division or categorization of teams by ability or competitiveness, which may include varsity, junior varsity, and intramural.
(3A) "DCSAA" means the District of Columbia State Athletic Association.
(4) “GERC” means a Gender Equity Review Committee established pursuant to § 38-841.04(a) .
(5) “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.
(6) “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.
(7) “OSSE” means the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
(8) “Participant” means a student who is attending an applicable school and a member on the tryout roster or official team roster of an interscholastic or intramural activity or sport who participated in team practices, contests, and competitions, or otherwise engaging in other activities as part of the team and was eligible for participation.
(9) “Participation rate” means the ratio of the number of participants of that gender in the athletic program to the number of students of that gender in the student body.
(10) “Title IX” means Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, approved June 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 373; 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688 ).
(11) “Title IX regulations” means 34 CFR § 106.1 et seq.
D.C. Code § 38-3201 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 32 / § 38-3201
§ 38-3201. Mayor to provide notice to Board when locating certain facilities near schools.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall give at least 60 days written notice to the District of Columbia Board of Education or the governing body of a private or parochial school of the proposed establishment of a homeless shelter, correctional facility, halfway house, or drug treatment center, to be located within 400 feet of a school, or adjacent school grounds in the District of Columbia, used for the instruction of minors.
(b) The Mayor shall give great weight to written comments of the District of Columbia Board of Education in regard to the establishment or current operation of a homeless shelter, correctional facility, halfway house, or drug treatment center located within 400 feet of a District of Columbia public school, of the adjacent school grounds, used for the instruction of minors.
D.C. Code § 38-1205.05 — DC Code / Title 38 / Chapter 12 / § 38-1205.05
§ 38-1205.05. Suspension, removal, and termination of Governors.
Status: repealed

Repealed.