Title 38, Educational Institutions.

(a) Public schools and public charter schools shall provide physical education as follows: (1) For students in Kindergarten through Grade 5: (A) School years 2010-2011 to 2013-2014: an average of at least 30 minutes per week or the same level of physical education as provided in …

(a) On or before February 15, 2013, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall transmit to the Council a strategic plan for increasing access to, participation in, and the quality of an interscholastic athletics program in District of Columbia Public Schools and pu…

(a) A student with disabilities shall have suitably adapted physical education incorporated as part of the individualized education program developed for the student. With a written note from a physician, public schools and public charter schools may provide suitably adapted phys…

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 2011, on or before September 30 of each year, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall report to the Mayor, the Council, and the Healthy Schools and Youth Commission annually regarding: (1) Compliance of public schools and public charter schools with…

(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) 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 …

(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.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Applicable schools” means any public or public charter high school beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and any public or public charter middle school beginning in the 2017-2018 school year. (2) “Athletic program” means all inter…

Each applicable school in the District shall operate its athletic programs in a manner that does not discriminate against students or staff on the basis of sex, gender, or gender identity.

(a) Each applicable school shall report to the LEA annually by July 1 a statement of compliance with Title IX and submit the following information: (1) The total enrollment in the school by gender, race, and ethnicity; (2) The number of students participating in athletics by team…

(a) Each public or public charter high school shall establish a 3-member Gender Equity Review Committee or identify at least 3 senior administrators to establish criteria for ensuring the gender equity in the school’s athletic program, evaluate the athletics program, and manage T…

(a) OSSE shall designate a Title IX Coordinator for the District’s interscholastic athletics who shall coordinate the District’s efforts to ensure and encourage compliance with the athletics aspects of Title IX and this chapter. The responsibilities of the Title IX Coordinator sh…

The District of Columbia State Athletic Association shall coordinate with each applicable school to educate the school, its students, and the students’ guardians regarding National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility requirements and collegiate athletic scholarships, with…

By August 1, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter, OSSE shall develop a 5-year strategic plan to encourage and ensure gender equity in compliance with Title IX in public and public charter high schools. The plan shall include: (1) Data submitted to the OSSE under this chapter for t…

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.

All children of school age being instructed in the schools of the District beyond the 2nd grade shall be given a whole school-day session.

No school official, teacher, or member of the Board of Education shall receive any pecuniary benefit on account of school supplies or textbooks purchased for the use of the public schools in the District of Columbia.

The janitors of the principal school buildings, in addition to their other duties, shall do all minor repairs to buildings and furniture, glazing, fixing seats and desks, and take care of the heating apparatus, and shall be selected with reference to their qualifications to perfo…

(a) The school formerly known as the M Street High School (old) shall be known as Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School. (b) The school formerly known as Central High School (old) and annex shall be known as Columbia Junior High School.

The new school building built to replace the Lenox Vocational School shall, when occupied, be known as the John A. Chamberlain Vocational School.

Title to and jurisdiction over reservation 277-F, being part of square 3526, are transferred to the District of Columbia, the said reservation to be included in the site acquired or to be acquired for the McKinley Technical High School; and the Council of the District of Columbia…

The Board of Education is authorized to receive any donations or contributions that may be made for the benefit of the public schools of the District of Columbia, and to apply the same in such manner as in their opinion shall be best calculated to effect the object of the donors;…

On and after July 1, 1943, a bond shall not be required on account of military supplies or equipment issued by the Department of the Army for military instruction and practice by the students of high schools in the District of Columbia.

Arms authorized to be issued by the Department of the Army to high school cadets of the District of Columbia shall hereafter be issued without requiring that the same shall be insured from loss by fire.

No part of any appropriation for the District of Columbia shall be paid to any person employed under or in connection with the public schools of the District of Columbia who shall solicit or receive, or permit to be solicited or received, on any public school premises, any subscr…

No funds appropriated for the government of the District of Columbia may be used: (1) To provide transportation for students enrolled in the public schools of the District of Columbia if the transportation is provided solely to change the racial balance in any public school in th…

(a) The Board of Education is authorized, within the limits of appropriations therefor, to accept, on a loan basis, and to maintain and provide for insurance of motor vehicles, for use in the driver education programs of the public schools. (b) There may be appropriated the funds…

The Board of Education may issue rules necessary for the implementation and operation of programs of education and training as may be established by the Board pursuant to § 38-912.

The Board of Education is authorized to provide for the furnishing of subsistence supplies and transportation for children with severe disabilities attending special education schools or classes established for their benefit in the public school system of the District of Columbia…

The President of the Federal City College, the President of the Washington Technical Institute, the President of the District of Columbia Teachers College, and the Superintendent of Schools are hereby authorized to utilize moneys appropriated for the purposes of this section for …

In recognition of: (1) The critical importance of high quality public education for all students in the District of Columbia; (2) The need in District of Columbia public schools for smaller classes and supplemental instructional resources to address the needs of the many students…

In furtherance of this declared policy and in order to afford the people of the District of Columbia a full opportunity to express their views on the fiscal needs of the public schools, the following public hearings and transmissions of hearing records are required: (1) Beginning…

The District of Columbia Public Schools shall develop and submit for Council approval by November 1, 1997, written procedures outlining an ongoing process for evaluating facilities needs, to include: (1) Annual community input and deliberations; and (2) Annual demographic project…

The District of Columbia Public Schools shall submit annually with its capital request a report that details how the capital request reflects the required community input and demographic analysis.