Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=38-24%7CI%7CA&e=8
Timestamp: 2019-12-05 17:49:16
Document Index: 391086418

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 38', '§ 101', '§ 151', '§ 203', '§ 31', '§ 38', '§ 102', '§ 203', '§ 31', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 618', '§ 615', '§ 615', '§ 104', '§ 112', '§ 203', '§ 35', '§ 31', '§ 615', '§ 1400', '§ 1415', '§ 1418', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 2', '§ 105', '§ 113', '§ 203', '§ 31']

§ 38-2401.01. Continuation of Gallaudet College as Gallaudet University.
(a) Gallaudet University. -- The Gallaudet College created by an Act entitled "An Act to amend the charter of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, change its name, define its corporate powers, and provide for its organization and administration, and for other purposes" is continued as a body corporate under the name of Gallaudet University. Hereafter, Gallaudet College shall be known as Gallaudet University and have perpetual succession and shall have the powers and be subject to the limitations contained in this chapter.
(b) Purpose. -- The purpose of Gallaudet University shall be to provide education and training to individuals who are deaf and otherwise to further the education of individuals who are deaf.
(Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 781, Pub. L. 99-371, § 101; Oct. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151, Pub. L. 102-421, § 151(a)(1), (4); Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 732, Pub. L. 103-73, § 203(a).)
1981 Ed., § 31-1841.1.
"An Act to amend the charter of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, change its name, define its corporate powers, and provide for its organization and administration, and for other purposes," referred to in subsection (a), is 68 Stat. 265.
§ 38-2401.02. Property rights.
(a) Property rights described. -- Gallaudet University is vested with all the property and the rights of property, and shall have and be entitled to use all authority, privileges, and possessions and all legal rights which it has, or which it had or exercised under any former name, including the right to sue and be sued and to own, acquire, sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of property it may own now or hereafter acquire. Gallaudet University shall also be subject to all liabilities and obligations now outstanding against the corporation under any former name.
(b) Disposal of real property. -- (1) With the approval of the Secretary, the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University may convey fee simple title by deed, convey by quitclaim deed, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any or all real property title to which is vested in Gallaudet University, Gallaudet College, the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, or any predecessor corporation.
(Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 781, Pub. L. 99-371, § 102; Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 733, Pub. L. 103-73, § 203(b).)
1981 Ed., § 31-1841.2.
§ 38-2401.04. Elementary and secondary education programs.
(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:
(2) The Model Secondary School for the Deaf may provide residential facilities for students enrolled in the school:
(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. Such educational environments shall include:
(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, 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.
(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).
(Aug. 4, 1986, Pub. L. 99-371, § 104, as added Oct. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151, Pub. L. 102-421, § 112; Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 733, Pub. L. 103-73, § 203(d); Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-255, § 35(a), 44 DCR 1271.)
1981 Ed., § 31-1841.3a.
Law 11-255, the "Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996," was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 11-905. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on November 7, 1996, and December 3, 1996, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on December 24, 1996, it was assigned Act No. 11-519 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 11-255 became effective April 9, 1997.
"The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" and "§ 615 of that Act", referred to in (a)(2)(B), (b)(3) and (b)(4)(C) are codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. and 20 U.S.C. § 1415, respectively.
"Section 618(b) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act", referred to in (b)(2), is codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1418(b).
§ 38-2401.05. Agreement with Gallaudet University.
(a) General authority. -- The Secretary and Gallaudet University shall establish, within one year after October 1, 1992, a new agreement governing the operation and national mission activities, including construction and provision of equipment, of the elementary and secondary education programs at the University. The Secretary and the University shall periodically update the agreement as determined to be necessary by the Secretary or the University.
(2) Provide that the University will make an annual report, to be part of the report required under § 38-2402.04, to the Secretary on the operations and national mission activities of the elementary and secondary education programs, including such other information as the Secretary may consider necessary;
(4) 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 the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School or the Model Secondary School for the Deaf 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 the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5) 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 § 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c); and
(Aug. 4, 1986, Pub. L. 99-371, § 105, as added Oct. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151, Pub. L. 102-421, § 113; Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 733, Pub. L. 103-73, § 203(e).)
1981 Ed., § 31-1841.3b.