District of Columbia Administrative Code

1032 PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES 1032.1 The Superintendent is authorized to establish the tenure category of permanent part-time for employees who serve less than full-time. Tenure in this category shall be subject to all applicable Board rules including selection through the c…

1100 CLASSIFICATION POLICY 1100.1 The Board of Education shall pay, in an equitable manner, all of its employees by the application of recognized classification principles, within the framework of governing legal and regulatory requirements, premised upon the following: (a) Equal…

1101 APPEAL OF POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS 1101.1 Each employee shall have the right to appeal the classification of his or her position. 1101.2 Supervisory personnel shall guarantee and protect the right to appeal under this section to ensure that the right may be fully exercised b…

1102 COMPENSATION POLICY 1102.1 Compensation of all Educational Service employees shall be fixed in accordance with the following principles: (a) Compensation shall be competitive with that provided to other public and private sector employees having comparable duties, responsibi…

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1105 SALARY PLACEMENT FOR ET 3-15 EMPLOYEES 1105.1 Salary placement for employees appointed, reappointed, or reassigned to a position in salary class ET shall be granted according to the number of years of service credit at the time of salary certification, as determined by the D…

1106 APPOINTMENT AT A RATE OF PAY ABOVE THE MINIMUM 1106.1 The Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Superintendent, shall authorize rates of pay above the minimum for categories of positions where it is extremely difficult to recruit at the minimum step rate of a salary…

1107 SALARY RETENTION 1107.1 An employee who has been placed in a lower grade position through no fault of the employee shall retain his or her current grade for two (2) years from the date of demotion, and the employee’s pay will not be reduced. 1107.2 At the end of the two (2) …

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1110 MERIT PROMOTION POLICY 1110.1 It shall be the policy of the Board of Education to fill vacancies with the best qualified candidates available. 1110.2 Through its Merit Promotion Program, the Board of Education seeks to meet the following objectives: (a) To bring to the atten…

1111 TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS 1111.1 An individual serving in the Educational Service shall have served one (1) full year at the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the position being filled before being eligible for permanent or temporary promotion, includin…

1112 SALARY PROMOTION FOR CLASS ET EMPLOYEES 1112.1 Employees in salary classes ET-3 through ET-15 shall be promoted to a higher educational group upon the completion of additional graduate credits beyond the bachelor’s degree, in accordance with established policy. 1112.2 Salary…

1113 WITHIN-GRADE STEP INCREASES 1113.1 An educational employee with permanent or probationary status shall be eligible for within-grade salary increases through the rates of the class upon satisfactory completion of the appropriate waiting period, as prescribed in this section o…

1114 TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS 1114.1 An employee who receives a temporary assignment to a position to perform the duties and responsibilities of a higher grade may be compensated at that grade whenever possible. 1114.2 Temporary promotion under the terms of this section shall not exc…

1200 SICK LEAVE 1200.1 For purposes of this section, the term “sick leave” means an authorized absence from a regularly scheduled tour of duty because of illness or other medical reasons. 1200.2 Sick leave shall be credited to all full-time employees in the Educational Service an…

1201 ANNUAL LEAVE 1201.1 Annual leave is an authorized absence from a regularly scheduled tour of duty, and is intended for vacation periods and for general and emergency absences. 1201.2 Annual leave shall be credited to all full-time employees in the Educational and Career Serv…

1202 ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE 1202.1 It shall be the policy of the Board of Education to grant absence from duty without charge to leave to employees in the Career and Educational Service in situations where the interest of the Board is served and in any other situations deemed appro…

1203 COMPENSATORY TIME AND LEAVE 1203.1 The term “compensatory leave” means an authorized absence from duty with pay in lieu of payment for authorized overtime. 1203.2 Compensatory time and leave in lieu of paid overtime may be authorized for eligible employees of the Career Serv…

1204 EXTENDED LEAVE OF ABSENCE 1204.1 All employees in the Educational Service shall be eligible for extended leaves of absence for periods in excess of thirty (30) days and not to exceed two (2) years. 1204.2 Extended leave of absence may be authorized for, but is not limited to…

1205 REINSTATEMENT 1205.1 The reinstatement of any employee of the Board of Education on authorized leave of absence shall be at the option of the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee; provided, that such an employee shall be entitled to reinstatement on application in…

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1210 HEALTH BENEFITS 1210.1 The health insurance benefit provisions of Chapter 89 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code shall be applicable to all employees in the Educational, Career, and Excepted Service, except those specifically excluded by statute or regulation. 1210.2 Procedures for …

1211 LIFE INSURANCE 1211.1 The life insurance benefits provisions of chapter 87 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code shall be applicable to all employees in the Educational, Career, and Excepted Services, except those specifically excluded by statute or regulation. 1211.2 Procedures for a…

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1215 EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING 1215.1 It shall be the policy of the Board of Education to provide appropriate employee development and training opportunities to all employees of the Board. 1215.2 The Superintendent shall maintain programs for the training and development …

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1220 INCENTIVE AWARDS 1220.1 It shall be the policy of the Board of Education to provide incentive awards, monetary or honorary, to employees or groups of employees for suggestions, inventions, superior accomplishments, length of service, and other meritorious efforts which contr…

1300 EMPLOYEE CONDUCT 1300.1 Each employee of the Board of Education shall at all times maintain a high level of ethical conduct in connection with the performance of official duties, and shall refrain from taking, ordering, or participating in any official action that would adve…

1301 TRANSFERS 1301.1 Transfers within the Board of Education shall be granted to employees of the D.C. Public Schools in accordance with procedures established by the Superintendent. 1301.2 The terms of any negotiated collective bargaining agreement pertaining to transfers shall…

1302 HOURS OF DUTY 1302.1 The work week for employees of the Board of Education shall be not more than forty (40) hours or five (5) days per week. 1302.2 The work week of forty (40) hours or five (5) days does not include a thirty (30) minute duty-free lunch period each day, exce…

1303 DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES 1303.1 For purposes of this section, the term “detail” means the temporary assignment of an employee, without change in a pay category, to one of the following: (a) A job other than the job to which the employee is officially assigned; or (b) Duties separ…

1304 TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE 1304.1 The Superintendent shall develop procedures to effect temporary, time-limited appointments in the Educational Service to meet an administrative need, such as, but not limited to, the following: (a) To fill a continuing p…

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1306 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 1306.1 Official performance evaluation ratings for all employees of the Board of Education shall be inclusive of work performed through June 30th, unless otherwise specified in this section. 1306.2 Ratings shall reflect the level of competence of emplo…

1307 PROBATIONARY PERIOD 1307.1 An employee initially entering or transferring into the Educational Service shall meet certification requirements of the Board of Education and serve a probationary period. 1307.2 An initial appointee to the EG salary class, except those appointed …

1309 QUALIFICATIONS OF PARAPROFESSIONALS. 1309.1 All paraprofessionals employed by D.C. Public Schools shall have earned a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, regardless of the paraprofessionals' hiring date. 1309.2 An instructional paraprofessional who provides dir…

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1315 RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PRIVACY OF RECORDS 1315.1 All official personnel records of employees of the Board of Education shall be established, maintained, and disposed of in a manner designed to ensure that greatest degree of applicant or employee privacy, while providing adeq…

1316 EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO OFFICIAL PERSONNEL RECORDS 1316.1 The official personnel records of an employee shall be disclosed to the employee or any designated representative of the employee’s choice. 1316.2 All disclosures shall be made in the presence of a representative of the Di…