Title 38 — Educational Institutions.

(a) There is established, under the Office of the Mayor, an Office of the State Superintendent of Education. (b) The OSSE shall be headed by a State Superintendent of Education, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council in accordance with § 1-…

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall serve as the state education agency and perform the functions of a state education agency for the District of Columbia under applicable federal law, including grant-making, oversight, and state educational agency functions…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a)(1) "Child with a disability" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, approved April 13, 1970, (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. § 1401(3)). (1A) "CTE grant program" is the…

(a) Within one year of the Officer’s appointment, but not later than October 2001, and except as provided in § 38-2604, the OSSE shall assume the responsibilities listed in subsection (b) of this section. The transfer and assumption of responsibilities shall take place in accorda…

(a) All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the District of Columbia Board of Education that support state-level functions related to state education agency responsib…

The short-term SEO plan shall: (1) Be formulated in consultation with the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Schools, the Public Charter School Board, District agencies with responsibilities for functions specified in § 38-2602, the District of Columbia Financial Responsib…

(a) Subject to the SEO’s determination that adequate funds and staffing are available to ensure a successful transfer, and that the assumption of authority conforms with all pertinent requirements of federal law, the short-term plan shall include the following timelines: (1) With…

(a)(1) Not later than July 1, 2001, the SEO shall submit recommendations to the Mayor and the Council, based on a study of the additional responsibilities that should be assumed by the SEO, and a transitional plan for each responsibility. (2) The study, recommendations, and trans…

(a) Within 90 days of June 12, 2007, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall submit to the Mayor for approval a detailed transition plan, in accordance with § 38-2606, for implementation of the transfers set forth in §§ 7-863.03a, 38-2601(d), 38-2602.01, and 38-…

All District agencies, including the District of Columbia Public School system, currently performing state-level functions related to public education shall continue to perform such functions until such date as those functions are transferred away from them pursuant to approved t…

(a) There is established a lapsing fund to be designated as the Higher Education Licensure Commission Site Evaluation Fund (“Fund”), which shall be a segregated account within the General Fund of the District of Columbia, administered by the Office of the State Superintendent of …

(a) The OSSE shall be the state agency responsible for supervision of adult education and adult literacy. (b) All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the University o…

(a) The OSSE, in coordination with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, shall develop and implement a longitudinal educational data warehouse system (“EDW system”) to be used by: (1) The OSSE; (2) The University of the District of Columbia; (3) Public schools; (4) Public c…

(a)(1) OSSE shall develop and administer all student tests and evaluations required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant including the yearly student academic assessments that are required for the purposes of determining adequate yearly progress under Title I, Part…

(a) There is established the career and technical education grant program, which shall be administered by OSSE, that, beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, shall provide supplemental funds to DCPS and to public charter schools to support and enhance career and technical educati…

(a)(1) There is established the CTE Grant Program Fund, which shall be administered by OSSE in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. (b) The Fund shall consist of the revenue from the following sources: (1) Annual appropriations, if any; and (2) Grants, gifts, …

(a)(1) There is established as a special fund the Special Education Enhancement Fund (“Enhancement Fund”), which shall be administered by OSSE in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited into the Enhancemen…

(a)(1) Beginning July 1, 2016, or upon funding, whichever occurs later, the first IEP in effect after a child with a disability reaches 14 years of age shall include transition assessments and services, including: (A) Appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based upon age- app…

(a) Individual educator evaluations and effectiveness ratings, observation, and value-added data collected or maintained by OSSE are not public records and shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to § 2-532. (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit OSSE from: (1) Using educ…