Title 38, Educational Institutions.

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 (b) Repealed.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 subchapter, the term: (a)(1) "1-to-1 device" means a technological device provided to a student pursuant to a 1-to-1 program. (2) "1-to-1 device provider" means a person or entity, or its agent, parent company, or subsidiary, that provides a 1-to-1 device…

(a) An operator providing services to an educational institution, LEA, or its agent shall: (1) Implement and maintain reasonable security policies and procedures appropriate to the nature of the personally identifiable student information, and designed to protect that information…

(a) School-based personnel shall not access the data or functions of a 1-to-1 device provided to a student pursuant to a 1-to-1 program without the student or the student's parent's written consent except in accordance with the provisions of this section. (b) School-based personn…

(a) An educational institution or school-based personnel shall not take or threaten to take action against a student or prospective student, including discipline, expulsion, unenrollment, refusal to admit, or prohibiting participation in a curricular or extracurricular activity, …

Within 180-days of the February 18, 2017, the Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sunday…

Sections 38-831.02, 38-831.03, and 38-831.04 shall apply as of August 1, 2017.

(a) The Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") shall develop and maintain a Comprehensive Student Technology Equity Plan ("Plan") in accordance with this subchapter. (b) The Plan shall: (1) Articulate DCPS's vision and goals for ensuring that all DCPS stud…

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) DCSAA 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 s…

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, DCSAA 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 DCSAA under this chapter for…

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) For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Full school day" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-201(2B). (2) "Health care needs" means specific medical requirements or disability- or health-related supports that are documented by a licensed medical provider …

(a) No later than 15 days before the start of the 2026-2027 School Year, each LEA serving students enrolled in grades K-12 shall adopt and implement a personal wireless communication device policy that prohibits K-12 students from, at a minimum, possessing a personal wireless com…

By March 1, 2026, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall develop and share with LEAs a model policy that meets the requirements prescribed in § 38-851.02.

(a) For the purposes of this this chapter, the term: (1) "HQIM" means high-quality instructional materials, which are comprehensive, rigorous, and evidence-based curricular materials that are aligned with the District of Columbia content standards. (2) "LEA" means local education…

(a) Beginning October 31, 2026, and by October 31 of each year thereafter, each LEA shall provide OSSE with: (1) The name of the Tier 1 mathematics curricula in use by each school in the LEA, disaggregated by school and grade or grade band within each school; and (2) Other inform…

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.

The Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to establish and to include in the curricula of the senior high schools of the District of Columbia, as an additional optional course, a course in aeronautics, which shall include instruction in aerodynamics, the theory of …

The Board is further authorized to employ a sufficient number of teachers of aeronautics, not to exceed 6, adequately to instruct those pupils who elect to pursue the said course, at the salary rates authorized for teachers in the senior high schools.

The Board shall provide the pupils of the senior high schools, free of charge, with the use of all aeronautical textbooks, maps, and other necessary educational supplies required for said course.

There is hereby established in the municipal government of the District of Columbia the Department of General Services, hereinafter referred to as the “Department,” which shall under the direction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia carry out in the District of Columbia the …

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from any money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia not exceeding $15,000 as a working capital fund for the operation of the Department, which fund shall be used as a permanent revolving fund for all necessary exp…