Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=1-608.01a
Timestamp: 2019-12-05 17:52:51
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§ 1-608.01a. Creation of the Educational Service.
(a) For the purpose of this subchapter, the term "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia for educational employees of the University of the District of Columbia.
(1) University of the District of Columbia. In keeping with the purpose of this chapter, the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall issue rules and regulations embodying principles of merit and equal employment governing, among others, appointment, promotion, retention, reassignment, professional development and training, classification, and salary administration (except as provided in § 1-602.03), employee benefits, reduction-in-force, adverse action, grievances, and appeals, provided that such rules and regulations concerning adverse actions and regulations covering adverse actions and appeals shall be consistent with subchapters V, VI, VII, XVII-A and XVII of this chapter.
(2)(A)(i) Excluding those employees in a recognized collective bargaining unit, those employees appointed before January 1, 1980, those employees who are based at a local school or who provide direct services to individual students, and those employees required to be excluded pursuant to a court order (collectively, "Excluded Employees"), a person appointed to a position within the Educational Service shall serve without job tenure.
(I) All Educational Service employees within the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS");
(B)(i) A person employed within the Educational Service in DCPS, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education as of January 22, 2008, who is not an Excluded Employee shall be reappointed noncompetitively to the Educational Service, in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. A person employed by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education ("OSSE") as of August 16, 2008, who is not an Excluded Employee, shall be reappointed noncompetitively to the Educational Service, in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iii) A person declining such reappointment shall receive a written 15-day separation notice and shall be entitled to severance pay pursuant to § 1- 624.09.
(C)(i) A person employed within the Educational Service in DCPS, or the Office of the State Superintendent of Education who is not an Excluded Employee, shall be a probationary employee for one year from his or her date of hire ("probationary period") and may be terminated without notice or evaluation.
(ii) Following the probationary period, an employee may be terminated, at the discretion of the Mayor; provided, that the employee has been provided a 15- day separation notice and has had at least one evaluation within the preceding 6 months, a minimum of 30 days prior to the issuance of the separation notice.
(i) Conviction of a felony at any time following submission of an employee's job application;
(ii) Conviction of another crime at any time following submission of an employee's job application when the crime is relevant to the employee's position, job duties, or job activities;
(E) A terminated employee shall retain his or her veterans preference eligibility, if any, in accordance with federal laws and regulations issued by the United States Office of Personnel Management but shall be separated without competition, assignment rights, retreat rights, a right to re-assignment under either the Agency Reemployment Priority Program or the Displaced Employee Program established pursuant to section 2400 of the District of Columbia Personnel Manual, or a right to any internal or administrative review, subject to any right under Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2, federal law, or common law.
(I) Within 180 days of January 22, 2008, the Mayor shall submit a list to the Council, for informational purposes, of those people employed within the Educational Service in DCPS, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization as of the effective date of the Emergency Act, who, pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, declined reappointment and were terminated and who accepted reappointment but were subsequently terminated. The Mayor shall maintain a database of this information on an ongoing basis to be submitted to the Council pursuant to section 5 of the Public Education Personnel Reform Amendment Act of 2008, effective March 20, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-122; 55 DCR 1506).
(iii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term "reduction-in-force" means a reduction in personnel, the need for which shall be declared by the Mayor, that is necessary due to a lack of funding or the discontinuance of a department, program, or function of an agency. A reduction-in-force shall not be considered a punitive or corrective action as it relates to an employee separated pursuant to the reduction in force and no blemish on an employee's record shall ensue.
(c)(1) For the purpose of this subsection, "relative" means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, spouse, domestic partner, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 801A, 25 DCR 5740; Aug. 1, 1979, D.C. Law 3-14, 2(b), 25 DCR 25 10565; Aug. 7, 1980, D.C. Law 3-81, § 2(h), 27 DCR 2632; May 22, 1981, D.C. Law 4-2, § 2(d), (e), 28 DCR 2586; Apr. 3, 1982, D.C. Law 4-92, § 2(d), (e), 29 DCR 745; Mar. 14, 1985, D.C. Law 5-159, § 21, 32 DCR 30; Aug. 1, 1985, D.C. Law 6-15, § 7(b), 32 DCR 3570; Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-177, § 3(h), 33 DCR 7241; Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-203, § 2(b), 36 DCR 450; Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1277, Pub. L. 101-168, § 110B(b)(2); Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 1001(b), 42 DCR 3684; Mar. 5, 1996, D.C. Law 11-98, § 301(a), (b), 43 DCR 5; Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. [215], Pub. L. 104-134, § 145(2); Aug. 1, 1996, D.C. Law 11-152, § 302(g), 43 DCR 2978; Sept. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 2372, Pub. L. 104-194, § 138(2); June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(f), 45 DCR 2464; July 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-138, § 2(b), 45 DCR 2972; Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-146, Pub. L. 105-277, § 153; Apr. 12, 2000. D.C. Law 13-91, § 103(i), 47 DCR 520; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 3(e), 53 DCR 6198; Feb. 6, 2008, D.C. Law 17-108, § 203(e), 54 DCR 10993; Mar. 20, 2008, D.C. Law 17-122, § 2(a), 55 DCR 1506; Aug. 16, 2008, D.C. Law 17-219, §§ 4004(a), 4019(a), 55 DCR 7598; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 3(d), 55 DCR 6758; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, §§ 224(a), 225, 56 DCR 1117; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, §§ 9(c), 143, 59 DCR 6190.)
1981 Ed., § 1-609.1.
1973 Ed., § 1-338.2.
D.C. Law 13-91, in par. (1) of subsec. (b), substituted "subchapters V, VI, VII, XVII-A and XVIII" for "subchapters V, VI, VII, XVII and XVIII".
D.C. Law 16-305, in subsec. (b)(2)(K), substituted "persons with disabilities" for "handicapped persons".
D.C. Law 17-108, rewrote subsecs. (d)(1) and (2); in subsec. (d)(7)(B), substituted "7 consecutive years" for "5 consecutive years"; and added subsec. (f). Prior to amendment, subsecs. (d)(1) and (2) read as follows:
"(d)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of § 2-1401.01 et seq., an applicant for District government employment in the Educational Service who is a bona fide resident of the District at the time of application shall be given a hiring preference over a non-resident applicant. This preference shall be in addition to, and not instead of, qualifications established for the position.
D.C. Law 17-122, in subsec. (a), substituted "Board" for "Boards" and deleted "the District of Columbia Board of Education for educational employees of the Board of Education and" following "means"; in subsec. (b), substituted "Board" for "Boards" and rewrote par. (2); in subsec. (c), substituted "Board" for "Boards"; in subsec. (d), substituted "Mayor or Board" for "Boards". Prior to amendment, par. (2) of subsec. (b) read as follows:
"(2) The Board of Education. The Board of Education shall issue rules and regulations which shall provide for the following:
"(A) A positive recruitment program designed to meet current and projected personnel needs;
"(B) Open competition for initial appointment to the service;
"(C) Appointment procedures designed to achieve maximum objectivity, reliability, and validity through a practical assessment of attributes necessary to successful job performance and career development as provided in subchapter VII of this chapter;
"(D) Appointments to be made on the basis of merit by selection from the highest qualified available eligible persons based on specific job requirements, from appropriate lists or files established on the basis of the provisions of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph with appropriate regard for affirmative action goals and veterans preference as provided in subchapter VII of this chapter;
"(E) Appointments made without time limitation in accordance with subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, as permanent Educational Service status appointments upon satisfactory completion of a probationary period of at least 1 year;
"(F) Temporary and other time-limited appointments in appropriate cases which do not confer permanent status, but are to be made, insofar as practicable, in accordance with subparagraph (D) of this paragraph;
"(G) Appointments to continuing positions (in the absence of lists of eligibles), which do not confer permanent status, subject to meeting minimum qualification standards and subject to termination as soon as lists of qualified eligibles for permanent appointment can be established in accordance with subparagraph (D) of this paragraph;
"(H) Emergency appointments for not more than 30 days to provide for maintenance of essential services in situations of natural disaster or catastrophes where normal employment procedures are impracticable;
"(I) Promotion of permanent employees, giving due consideration to demonstrated ability, quality and length of service;
"(J) Reinstatements, reassignments, and transfers of employees with permanent status;
"(K) Establishment of programs, including trainee programs, designed to attract and utilize persons with minimal qualifications, but with potential for development, in order to provide career development opportunities for members of disadvantaged groups, persons with disabilities, women, and other appropriate target groups. These programs may provide for permanent appointments to trainee or similar positions through competitive procedures established by the Boards;
"(L)(i) Reduction-in-force procedures, with: (I) a prescribed order of separation based on tenure of appointment, length of service, including creditable federal and military service, District residency, veterans preference, and relative work performance; (II) priority reemployment consideration for employees separated; (III) consideration of job sharing and reduced hours; and (IV) employee appeal rights;
"(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Education shall not issue rules that require or permit nonschool-based personnel or school administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same competitive level as classroom teachers;
"(M) Separation for cause, which shall be subject to the adverse action and appeal procedures provided for in subchapter XVI-A of this chapter; and
"(N) Selections to the Educational Service shall be made in accordance with equal employment opportunity principles as set forth in subchapter VII of this chapter."
D.C. Law 17-219, in subsec. (b)(2), repealed subpar. (A)(ii)(II), rewrote subpar. (A)(ii)(III), substituted "the Office of the State Superintendent of Education as of" for "the Office of the State Superintendent for Education, and the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization as of" and inserted "A person employed by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education ('OSSE') as of August 16, 2008, who is not an Excluded Employee, shall be reappointed noncompetitively to the Educational Service, in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this paragraph." in subpar. (B)(i), inserted "or, in the case of employees employed by the OSSE before August 16, 2008, within 30 days of August 16, 2008," in subpar. (B)(ii), and substituted "or the Office of the State Superintendent of Education who is not" for "the Office of the State Superintendent for Education, or the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization who is not" in subpar. (C)(i).
Prior to amendment, subsec. (b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) read as follows:
"(III) All Educational Service employees within the Office of the State Superintendent for Education transferred pursuant to [§ 38-2602.01]."
D.C. Law 17-353, in subsec. (b)(2)(A)(ii)(I), inserted a semicolon at the end; in subsec. (b)(2)(F)(i)(III), inserted "the" following "within"; and, in subsec. (d)(2), substituted "Mayor or the Board" for "Mayor or Board".
D.C. Law 19-171, in subsec. (b)(2)(B)(i), (C)(i), (I), substituted "Superintendent of Education" for "Superintendent for Education"; and, in subsec. (f), substituted "The board" for ""Each board".
For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 1001 of Multiyear Budget Spending Reduction and Support Temporary Act of 1995 (D.C. Law 10-253, March 23, 1995, law notification 42 DCR 1652).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Public Education Personnel Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-241, January 22, 2008, 55 DCR 983).
For temporary (90 day) additions, see §§ 3, 5 of Public Education Personnel Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-241, January 22, 2008, 55 DCR 983).
For temporary (90 day) amendment, see § 4019(a) of Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-468, July 28, 2008, 55 DCR 8746).
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-2, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-608.01.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-92, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-608.01.
Law 5-159 was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 5-540, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on November 20, 1984 and December 4, 1984, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on December 10, 1984, it was assigned Act No. 5-224 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-98, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.07
The "Residency Preference Amendment Act of 1988", referred to in subsection (d)(3), is D.C. Law 7-203.
Editor's note: Both D.C. Law 11-52 and D.C. Law 11-98 added a new (b)(2)(L-i). The versions were almost identical, and effect has been given to D.C. Law 11-98.
Repeal of Law 12-138: Section 153 of Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-146, repealed D.C. Law 12-138, which had added a subsection (e) to this section.
Sections 3 to 5 of D.C. Law 17-122 provide:
"Sec. 3. Rulemaking.
"The Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of section 2. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, by resolution, within the 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
"Sec. 4. Voluntary early-retirement request.
"The Mayor shall submit a request to the United States Office of Personnel Management that it authorize voluntary early retirement to employees in the Educational Service classification of the District of Columbia Public Schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization hired prior to 1987 and entitled to federal benefit payments.
"Sec. 5. Evaluation and re-authorization.
"On September 15, 2012, the Mayor shall submit to the Council an assessment of the personnel reform enacted by this act, which shall include:
"(1) A comprehensive list of the employees terminated pursuant to this act, as described in section 801A(b)(2)(I) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2- 139; D.C. Official Code § 1-608.01a(b)(2)(I); and
"(2) An assessment of the progress in public education achieved as a result of this act that warrants continuation of the provisions of this act."
Short title: Section 4003 of D.C. Law 17-219 provided that subtitle B of title IV of the act may be cited as the "Educational Service Amendment Act of 2008".