District of Columbia Administrative Code

929 GRADUATION 929.1 Graduates of public charter schools shall meet the requirements set forth in the school’s charter. Such requirements may be greater than, but not less than, the requirements for graduation from the District of Columbia Public Schools: (a) Satisfactory complet…

930 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES 930.1 In the case of a petition that does not contain the identification and information required under section 2202(6)(B)(i), but does contain the timetable required under section 2202(6)(B)(ii), an eligible chartering authority may only appr…

931 APPROVAL AND OPENING OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 931.1 Prior to the granting of full approval by the Board of Education and no later than ninety (90) days prior to the opening of school, applicants to establish a public charter school shall submit information demonstrating that…

932 OCCUPANCY 932.1 The Trustees shall ensure that as the student enrollment increases, the Certificate of Occupancy is updated by the District to show approval of occupancy for the number of students in the current year. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 1694, 1712 (F…

933 FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 933.1 The Board of Education shall review each charter which it has granted or renewed, pursuant to the D.C. School Reform Act of 1995, as follows: (a) Section 2212: (1) (a)(3)(A) at least once every five (5) years to determine wheth…

934 REVOCATION 934.1 Pursuant to the D.C. School Reform Act of 1995, as amended, the Board of Education, an eligible chartering authority, may revoke the charter of a public charter school to which it has granted a charter, if the Board determines that the school: (a) Committed a…

935 PROBATIONARY PERIOD 935.1 In cases in which the school has committed a violation of the conditions, terms, standards, or procedures set forth in the charter, but not a violation of applicable law, the school will be served notice of a probationary period not to exceed one hun…

936 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 936.1 Each public charter school shall submit an annual report to the Board of Education not later than July 15th of each year. 936.2 The contents of the annual report shall include, but may not be limited to the following: (a) A report on …

937 MONITORING OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 937.1 The Board of Education shall conduct site visitations to each public charter school for the purpose of executing its oversight responsibilities, including: (a) To ensure that each school complies with applicable laws and the provisio…

100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 100.1 The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards, procedures and requirements for the following: The operation and governance of the District of Columbia State Athletics Commission (DCSAC); The operation of the District of Columbia State Athletic…

101 STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: DUTIES 101.1 The DCSAA shall interpret, enforce, and implement the provisions set forth in the Act, this chapter and the DCSAA Handbook. 101.2 The DCSAA shall update and publish the DCSAA Handbook annually, including an update of all approved sport…

102 MEMBER SCHOOLS 102.1 Each District of Columbia Public School with an interscholastic athletics program serving grades 9 to 12 shall be a member of the DCSAA. 102.2 Any secondary school located within the boundaries of the District of Columbia containing grades 9 through 12, o…

103 MEMBER SCHOOL: CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY 103.1 The LEA or member school shall make the initial determination of a student’s eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletics and certify eligibility status for all enrolled and participating students as set forth in th…

104 STUDENT ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE 104.1 Requirements for students to be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at a member school shall be applied uniformly to all member schools and amongst all students participating or seeking to participate in interscholasti…

105 STUDENT ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT 105.1 An international student participating in a foreign exchange program shall be considered immediately eligible for a maximum period of one (1) calendar school year if the student: Has not completed the country of …

106 STUDENT ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE: DESIRED SPORT AT OTHER SCHOOL 106.1 Students in grade nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12) attending a member school in which a desired sport is not offered (school of enrollment), may request authorization to participate from th…

107 STUDENT ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE: TRANSFERS 107.1 A student who transfers enrollment from any school, including a member school, to any member school in grades nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12) is ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics unless h…

108 STUDENT INELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE 108.1 A student who is ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics is prohibited from playing with a DCSAA member school team during the period of such ineligibility. The student shall, however, be permitted to practice with the…

109 WAIVER OF STUDENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 109.1 The DCSAA may grant a student a waiver of any of the student eligibility requirements set forth in this chapter, subject to the following: A request for a waiver due to hardship, as defined in this chapter, shall include suppor…

110 COMPLAINTS OR CHALLENGES PROCEDURES 110.1 The DCSAA, on its own motion, or upon receipt of a complaint or challenge submitted in accordance with this section, may investigate conduct that would constitute a violation of the requirements of this chapter. The DCSAA shall hear a…

111 STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION: ATHLETICS APPEALS PANEL 111.1 The DCSAC shall establish Athletics Appeals Panels (AAP) to hear appeals of: LEA decisions related to student eligibility; and Final written decisions of the DCSAA. 111.2 The Chairperson of the DCSAC shall appoint a sep…

112 ALL-STAR CONTESTS 112.1 A student who participates in a team sport may participate in an “all-star” competition for the sport that occurs outside the interscholastic season of the sport without jeopardy to his or her eligibility if: The all-star competition is an activity ap…

113 MEMBER SCHOOL AND LEA REGULATIONS AND POLICIES 113.1 Member school and/or LEA regulations or policies shall not be in conflict with this chapter or the DCSAA handbook. Member school and/or LEA standards shall meet the state minimum standards and requirements. 113.2 Member sch…

199 DEFINITIONS 199.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed: Adult Student - A student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, or who has been emancipated from parental control by marriage, operation of statute, or the order of a cour…

100 DISTRICTS 100.1 The Police Patrol Division shall consist of seven (7) districts, composed of station houses maintained as police facilities open to provide services to the public. 100.2 No existing precinct station house shall be closed to the public except upon approval of t…

101 HARBOR JURISDICTION 101.1 The harbor jurisdiction shall be under the command of an official of the Metropolitan Police Force. 101.2 The harbor commander shall be held responsible for enforcing the laws and regulations relating to the harbors and rivers within the District of …

103 PERSONNEL 103.1 The Metropolitan Police Force of the District of Columbia shall consist of one (1) chief of police and any number of assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, inspectors, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, investigators, technicians, and privates as Congress may from ti…

104 LEAVE OF ABSENCE 104.1 Each of the members of the Metropolitan Police Force shall be entitled to any leave of absence with pay, which includes annual leave, sick leave, compensatory leave, and holiday leave, as Congress shall from time to time provide. SOURCE: Regulation No. …

105 ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPORARY CAREER SERVICE POSITION OF "SENIOR POLICE OFFICER" 105.1 Pursuant to D.C. Law 9-163, the Retired Police Officer Redeployment Amendment Act of 1992 (hereafter "Redeployment Act"), D.C. Official Code § 4-618.1, there is hereby established within the M…

106 ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT 106.1 A former police officer shall have been retired for at least six (6) months and less than five (5) years at the time of application in order to be eligible for appointment to the position of Senior Police Officer. 106.2 Police officers retired…

107 SALARY ENTITLEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS 107.1 Senior Police Officers shall be paid at the first step of the current Class 1 (Private) schedule. 107.2 Senior Police Officers shall be entitled to shift differentials, overtime pay, holiday pay and other leave benefits on the same te…

108 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 108.1 All Senior Police Officer appointments shall be for a term of thirteen (13) months, renewable for subsequent terms upon 60 days notice; provided that no term or extended term shall continue beyond October 1, 1997. 108.2 Senior Police Officers shall …

109 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS 109.1 Senior Police Officers shall be considered as members of the same bargaining unit as other police privates except that, as temporary employees, they shall not be entitled to any rights and/or privileges that exceed or are in conflict with th…

110 OTHER BENEFITS AND SERVICES 110.1 Rehired members shall not earn or become entitled to additional benefits of any kind under the Police and Firefighters Disability Act, D.C. Official Code § 4-601 et seq., as a result of their employment as Senior Police Officers. 110.2 Senior…

111 ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPORARY EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION OF "DETECTIVE ADVISER" 111.1 Pursuant to the Detective Adviser Act of 2004 (Detective Advisor Act), effective September 30, 2004 (D.C. Law 15-194; D.C. Official Code § 5-129.31), there is hereby established within the Metro…

112 ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT 112.1 A former police officer shall have been retired for at least six (6) months and less than five (5) years at the time of application in order to be eligible for appointment to the position of Detective Adviser. 112.2 All candidates shall meet a…

113 SALARY ENTITLEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS 113.1 Detective Advisers shall be paid at the fifth step of the current Class 3 (Detective) schedule. 113.2 Detective Advisers shall be entitled to shift differentials, overtime pay, holiday pay and other leave benefits on the same terms as…

114 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 114.1 All Detective Adviser appointment shall be for a term of thirteen (13) months, renewable for subsequent terms upon 60 days notice. 114.2 Prior service shall be counted for purposes of determining the rate of accrual of sick leave or annual leave. 11…

115 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS 115.1 As excepted service employees, Detective Advisers shall have no collective bargaining rights. 115.2 Detective Advisers, as temporary excepted service employees, shall not be entitled to any rights and/or privileges that exceed or are in conf…

116 OTHER BENEFITS AND SERVICES 116.1 Detective Advisers shall not earn or become entitled. to additional benefits of any kind under the various provisions of the Police and Firefighters Retirement and Disability Act, as codified at D.C. Official Code § 5-741 et seq., as a result…

117 SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL 117.1 Captains and Lieutenants may receive pay at their scheduled rate plus a differential of three percent (3%) for regularly scheduled non-overtime work when the majority of their work hours occur between 3 p.m. and midnight; four percent (4%) of their sc…

1000 RULES OF PROCEDURES BEFORE POLICE TRIAL BOARDS 1000.1 The Chief of Police shall cause the chairperson of the concerned trial board to be notified of the pendency of a trial; and the chairperson shall be responsible for the convening of the trial board. 1000.2 No member of th…

1001 INVESTIGATIONS AND FINDINGS 1001.1 The Board shall investigate all cases clearly and justly any one of the members shall ask questions as may suggest themselves to the charge as specific looking to that end and require a positive and direct answer thereto. 1001.2 The trial b…

1100 APPOINTMENT: GENERAL PROVISIONS 1100.1 Special police officers may be appointed by the Mayor for duty in connection with the property of or under the charge of a corporation or individual requesting the appointment or appointments. 1100.2 Special police officers appointed pu…

1101 APPOINTMENT: SECTION 4-114 APPOINTMENTS 1101.1 For the purposes of this section, "§4-114 of the D.C. Official Code" refers to D.C. Official Code §4- 114 (1981). 1101.2 Special police officers may be appointed under the provisions of D.C. Official Code §4-114 (1981), to prote…

1102 CRIMINAL HISTORY 1102.1 No person shall be commissioned or employed as a special police officer, nor shall an existing special police officer have a commission renewed, until the Mayor has conducted a criminal history check of the applicant through the record systems of the …

1103 RESTRICTIONS 1103.1 No person appointed as a special police officer under the provisions of D.C. Official Code §4-114 (1981), shall display a badge, a weapon, or other evidence of authority in any other place than the property of, or under the charge of, the corporation or i…

1104 REVOCATION AND TERMINATION OF COMMISSION 1104.1 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the exercise of authority as a special police officer or the carrying or use of firearms, other dangerous weapons, or emblems of authority, shall be cause for immediate revocation o…

1105 APPLICATIONS 1105.1 Applications for the appointment of special police officer under the provisions of D.C. Official Code §4-114 (1981), except those seeking appointment under §1101.12 of this title, shall be made jointly in the names of the prospective special police office…