Title 38, Educational Institutions.

(a)(1) Public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools shall offer free breakfast to all students. (2) If more than 40% of the students at a school qualify for free or reduced-price meals: (A) A public elementary school, public charter elementary school,…

(a) During the 2020-2021 and the 2021-2022 school years, the Mayor shall operate a self-operated school food service pilot program ("pilot") in 10 public schools or the maximum number of schools that the funding appropriated will support. (1) By July 30, 2020, the Mayor shall: (A…

(a) Within 90 days of October 1, 2019, the Office of Planning shall submit a report to the Mayor and the Council describing best practices for developing a central kitchen in the District to: (1) Prepare, process, grow, and store healthy and nutritious foods for schools and nonpr…

(a) Food service providers shall provide the following information to public schools, public charter schools, participating private schools, and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education: (1) The menu for each breakfast and lunch meal served; (2) The nutritional content…

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all beverages and snack foods provided by or sold in public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools or provided by organizations participating in the Afterschool Meal Program, whether through ven…

The Healthy Youth and Schools Commission shall review school nutrition and the requirements of this title at least every 3 years and recommend improvements to the Mayor and the Council.

Public schools and public charter schools shall serve locally grown, locally processed, and unprocessed foods from growers engaged in sustainable agriculture practices whenever possible. Preference shall be given to fresh unprocessed agricultural products grown and processed in t…

(a) Before February 15, 2013, the City Administrator shall transmit to the Council and to the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission a comprehensive food services plan that shall include: (1) A plan to reduce the cost of providing food services in the District of Columbia Public Sc…

(a) Before December 31, 2019, the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") shall conduct a Good Food Purchasing Program ("GFPP") baseline assessment to determine how DCPS can better meet the GFPP core values. (b) DCPS shall use findings from the assessment required under subs…

(a) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall, in conjunction with the Department of Health, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the District Department of the Environment, the University of the District of Columbia, community organizations, food service provi…

Beginning September 30, 2020, and biennially thereafter, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall submit to the Mayor, the Council, and the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission a comprehensive report on the District's compliance with this chapter, which shall inc…

(a) It shall be the goal of the District of Columbia for children to engage in physical activity for at least 60 minutes each day or for the time period recommended for specific age groups in § 38-824.02. (b) Public schools and public charter schools shall promote this goal. (c) …

(a) Public schools and public charter schools shall schedule physical education classes for all students on a weekly basis, and recess for all students on a daily basis, throughout the school year as follows: (1)(A) For students in grades kindergarten through 5, it shall be the g…

(a) A student with disabilities shall have suitably adapted physical education incorporated as part of the individualized education program developed for the student. Public schools and public charter schools shall provide suitably adapted physical education or supplementary aids…

The Department of Parks and Recreation shall provide equal access and shall charge equal fees to both public schools and public charter schools for the use of its recreation centers, fields, playgrounds, and other facilities.

Beginning in 2020, and biennially thereafter, the Office of the State Superintendent shall include information regarding the following in the report required pursuant to § 38-823.03: (1) Compliance of public schools and public charter schools with the health education and physica…

(a)(1) An environmental programs office is established in the Department of General Services and shall: (A) Contract with vendors to recycle all materials required by District law at all public schools, including food services, by December 31, 2010, and provide technical assistan…

(a)(1) The Department of General Services ("DGS") shall: (A) Locate all drinking water sources at each public school and install a barcode on each of the drinking water sources; (B) Install a filter that reduces lead in drinking water on each drinking water source in each public …

(a) An Environmental Literacy Program is established within the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The Environmental Literacy Program shall: (1) Coordinate the efforts of the District Department of the Environment, the District of Columbia Public Schools, the Public…

(a) A School Gardens Program is established within the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The School Gardens Program shall: (1) Coordinate the efforts of community organizations, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the District Department of the Environment, the…

(a) As required by federal law, each local educational agency shall collaborate with parents, students, food service providers, and community organizations to develop, adopt, and update a comprehensive local wellness policy. Local wellness policies shall be revised at least once …

(a) On or before February 15 of each year, each public school and public charter school shall submit the following information to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education regarding each of its campuses: (1) Health programs: (A) Whether the school has full-time, part-ti…

(a) The Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Healthcare Finance, the District of Columbia Public Schools, the Department of General Services, and the Public Charter School Board, shall develop a plan to establish and operate school health centers in public …

The square footage of a nurse’s suite shall not be a determining factor as to whether or not a school nurse is placed at a public charter school; provided, that all other conditions as required by the Department of Health are met.

(a) Tobacco and tobacco products are prohibited in public school and public charter school buildings, grounds, parking lots, parking garages, playing fields, school buses and other vehicles, and at off-campus, school-sponsored events. (b) For a public charter school located in a …

Each public school and public charter school covered by the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System ("YRBSS") shall participate, at no cost to the school, in the YRBSS administered by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to § 38-2602(b)(31).

(a) There is established the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission with the purpose of advising the Mayor and the Council on health, wellness, and nutritional issues concerning youth and schools in the District, including: (1) School meals; (2) Farm-to-school programs; (3) Physica…

(a) The Commission shall be composed of 13 members who are experts in health, wellness, or nutrition; parents; teachers; or students. The Mayor shall appoint 10 members, no more than 5 of whom shall represent District agencies. The Chairman of the Council shall appoint one member…

(a) The Chairperson of the Commission, or his or her designated representative, who shall be a member of the Commission, shall convene all meetings of the Commission. Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. (b) All meetin…

Subject to appropriations, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall provide administrative and technical support to the Commission as necessary.

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.

(a) Subchapter II of this chapter shall apply as of August 1, 2010. (b) Repealed.