Title 38 — Educational Institutions.
65 chapters · 836 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 38-101 Election; term of office; vacancies; meetings
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Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-102 General policies; expenditures; appointment of employees
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(a) The Board of Education shall determine all questions of general policy relating to the schools and the Superintendent shall implement such policy. The Board of Education shall appoint and evaluate the Superintendent who shall be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the…
D.C. Code § 38-103 Annual estimates
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-104 Exemption from personal liability and security or bond requirement
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The members of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall not be personally liable in damages for any official action of the Board performed in good faith in which the members participate; nor shall any member of the Board be liable for any costs that may be taxed a…
D.C. Code § 38-105 Superintendent; appointment; term of office; duties
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-106 Removal of Superintendent
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-107 Supervisor of Manual Training
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There shall be appointed by the Board a Supervisor of Manual Training who, under the direction of the Superintendent, shall have supervision of manual training instruction.
D.C. Code § 38-108 Classification by correlated subjects
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The Board of Education shall classify all academic and scientific subjects in the Central, Eastern, Western, and Business High Schools, and the McKinley Manual Training School into 8 departments so that each department shall contain correlated subjects, and the M Street High Scho…
D.C. Code § 38-109 Head of department; head teacher; class size limitation
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Whenever a department includes 2 or more high schools, then the teacher in charge of the department shall be designated “head of the department,” otherwise the teacher in charge of the department shall be designated “head teacher”; provided, that heads of departments as such have…
D.C. Code § 38-110 Qualifications required of teachers and officials
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-111 Investigation or trial of teacher
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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 § 38-112 Masculine pronoun to include both male and female
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Wherever the masculine pronoun occurs in this chapter it shall be construed to apply to either male or female teachers or employees of the Board of Education.
D.C. Code § 38-121.01 District of Columbia Public Schools use of private funds
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(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,…
D.C. Code § 38-121.02 Agency performance measures
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(a)(1) By January 1, 2011, the District of Columbia Public Schools, shall submit, in accordance with § 1-204.56a, comprehensive, measurable, objective agency performance measures that are to be included in the next 4 budget submissions for the purposes of measuring the agency’s p…
D.C. Code § 38-131 Provisional duties of the Chancellor
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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 a…
D.C. Code § 38-132 Authority of acting Superintendent
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The authority conferred on the Superintendent of Schools by § 38-131 shall, during his authorized absence, devolve on the person designated as acting Superintendent of Schools.
D.C. Code § 38-151 Normal schools
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The Board of Education shall have power to make all necessary rules and regulations for the organization and government of the normal schools, to prescribe the course of study to be pursued therein, and to fix terms for the admission and graduation of pupils; provided, that the B…
D.C. Code § 38-152 Education of pages
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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 § 38-153 Coordination of municipal programs
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(a) The Board of Education and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall jointly develop procedures to assure the maximum coordination of educational and other municipal programs and services in achieving the most effective educational system and utilization of educational faci…
D.C. Code § 38-154 Annual Board of Education report and budget revision
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 38-155 Adoption and use of seal
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The Mayor is hereby authorized to adopt, alter and use a seal which shall be judicially noticed, and to prescribe rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to implement this section.
D.C. Code § 38-156 Power to raze buildings; limitations
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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…
D.C. Code § 38-157 Contracting out of food services operations and security services; development of management and data systems
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the District of Columbia Public Schools shall contract out, beginning in School Year 1995-96 and Fiscal Year 1996, all food services operations and security services for the D.C. Public Schools unless the Chancellor determin…
D.C. Code § 38-158 Detail of officers to training program
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Pursuant to section 101(1)(c) and (d) of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Vitalization Act of 1964, approved October 13, 1964 (78 Stat. 1063; 10 U.S.C. § 2031(c) and (d)), the Board of Education, beginning in the 1995-96 School Year, shall request and ensure that active duty …
D.C. Code § 38-159 Public school enrollment census
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(a) The State Education Office and the District of Columbia Public Schools shall hire an independent contractor to perform a census of the enrolled students in the D.C. Public Schools as well as the school employees, their job classifications, and duties. (b) The independent cont…
D.C. Code § 38-160 Public schools Schedule A submission
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The District of Columbia Public Schools shall submit to the Board of Education by January 1st and July 1st of each year a Schedule A showing all the current funded positions of the District of Columbia Public Schools, their compensation levels, and indicating whether the position…
D.C. Code § 38-161 Attendance at Teachers College by foreign students
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 25 foreign students who are in the United States on valid unexpired student visas may be permitted to attend the District of Columbia Teachers College each year on the same basis, so far as payment of tuition and fees are …