Title 38, Educational Institutions.

The full faith and credit of the District of Columbia is not pledged for the payment of any principal of or interest on any obligation maintained or entered into by the Antioch School of Law, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part. The District of Columbia is not responsible…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Eligible caretaker relative” means an individual as defined in § 4-205.15(2)(B), who has primary responsibility for the care of a dependent child. (2) “Eligible legal guardian” means any individual: (A) Appointed as a testamenta…

Subject to the limitations provided in §§ 38-1207.03 and 38-1207.05, the University shall admit an eligible parent, a caretaker relative, or a legal guardian, who shall have been certified as eligible by the District of Columbia Department of Human Services, to any scheduled cour…

All pertinent University rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, those relating to admission standards, shall apply to applicants for admission and to students already enrolled who are eligible for the tuition grant program outlined in § 38-1207.02.

At the termination of each semester, the Trustees of the University shall furnish to the Council of the District of Columbia a statement of: (1) The number of persons who, during that semester, received tuition grants and participated in one or more courses pursuant to the provis…

No tuition grant pursuant to this subchapter shall be offered or approved for any student who has previously been the recipient of a tuition grant but has failed to remain in good academic standing by reason of neglect of the student’s academic work.

This subchapter shall not be construed to prohibit the University from offering eligible parents, caretaker relatives, or legal guardians eligible pursuant to this subchapter additional financial assistance, additional educational opportunities free of charge or at reduced charge…

The Trustees shall set aside funds in an appropriate budget account or accounts to provide for the grants authorized in this subchapter. In providing funds for a tuition grant pursuant to this subchapter, the Trustees shall first ensure that the University or the student has appl…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) Repealed. (2) “DCPS” means the District of Columbia Public Schools. (3) “UDC” means the University of the District of Columbia. (4) “VEST” means the Office of Vocational Education and Skills Training.

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), the Council establishes an Office of Vocational Education and Skills Training under the President of the University of the District of Columbia. (b) VEST shall be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all government-sponsored vocational …

(a) VEST shall be directed by an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the President of UDC, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees of UDC. (b) The Executive Director shall employ staff as needed, in accordance with annual appropriations.

There is authorized to be appropriated from the general revenues of the District of Columbia funds necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

Beginning February 1, 2001, the District of Columbia Auditor shall conduct biennial audits of the University of the District of Columbia’s Endowment Fund (“Fund”). The Auditor shall provide the Council with a report on the status of the Fund not later than February 1 of each year…

Beginning October 1, 2009, all University of the District of Columbia (“UDC”) capital projects shall be the responsibility of UDC to implement. The budget authority and any unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, income, and other funds for all UDC capital projects sh…

(a) There is established as a special fund the University of the District of Columbia Debt Collection Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the University of the District of Columbia in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) The fund shall consist of the reve…

There is established a 5-member University of the District of Columbia Community College Transition to Independence Advisory Board. Two of the advisory board members shall be nominated by the Chairman of the Council and 3 advisory board members shall be nominated by the Mayor. Al…

(a) The President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia (“UDC”), the President of the Community College of the District of Columbia (“CCDC”), and the University of the District of Columbia Community College Transition to Independence …

Funding to support the development of the transition plan for an independent community college shall consist of $500,000, as set forth in the fiscal year 2012 budget and financial plan, to be transferred to an account held by the UDC Trustees and to be exclusively used for the pu…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection, education, and welfare of the citizens of the District of Columbia and its students, by: (1) Establishing minimum standards concerning the quality of postsecondary education, ethical and business practices, health and …

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Agent” means any person owning any interest in, employed by, or representing for remuneration, an educational institution, whether such institution is located within or outside the District, and who solicits or offers to enroll in the Distri…

There is established for the District of Columbia a Higher Education Licensure Commission (“Commission”) which shall license postsecondary educational institutions subject to this chapter and their agents, ensure authenticity and legitimacy of the educational institutions, serve …

(a) The Commission shall consist of 5 members who shall be appointed by the Mayor. (b) Each member of the Commission shall be a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia and shall serve for a term of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed to the Commission, 3 me…

(a) There shall be transferred to the Commission such positions and their funding that formerly were assigned to the Board of Higher Education for the approval and licensure of post-secondary institutions. (b) Personnel shall be appointed and compensation fixed in accordance with…

(a) Reserved. (b)(1) The Commission shall license degree granting institutions and institutions that give instruction that result in credit toward a degree as follows: (A) A provisional license shall be awarded to every institution upon initial licensure, which shall be for such …

In addition to those duties specified in other sections of this chapter, the Commission shall: (1) Advise the Mayor and the Council with respect to the postsecondary educational needs of the District of Columbia; (2) File with the Mayor and the Council quarterly reports relating …

The Mayor and the Council shall be authorized to obtain supplemental funding for the Commission. The Council shall approve the receipt of any such supplemental funding.

(a) No person or postsecondary educational institution incorporated in the District of Columbia or outside of the District of Columbia shall operate a postsecondary educational institution in the District of Columbia, offer postsecondary education, have the power to grant or conf…

(a) The following types of educational institutions or activities are excluded from the coverage of this chapter: (1) Courses of instruction not purporting to lead to a degree conducted by any person solely for the training of the employees of the person, and for which no fee is …

The Mayor may promulgate rules, subject to review by the Council as provided in § 38-1306(a), to establish a bond or surety requirement not to exceed $250,000 per institution based on the number of students and cost of instruction and $3,000 per agent. The bond or security for th…

(a) Any person or persons who, directly or indirectly, participate in, aid, or assist in offering postsecondary education or the operation of a postsecondary educational institution by any unlicensed individual or individuals, association, or institution, or by any individual or …

(a) All positions, personnel, property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations and other funds available or to be made available to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs that support the functions of the Higher Education Licensure Commission, e…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any medical or dental college claiming the authority to confer, or actually conferring, the degree of doctor of medicine, or doctor of dental surgery, not incorporated by a special act of Congress, to conduct its business in the District of Columbia, …

It shall be the duty of the proper officers of any such college, before commencing or continuing business, to apply to the said Mayor for registration and a permit to commence or continue business; and the Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and required to m…

Such of the officers and of the faculty of any such medical or dental college in existence on May 4, 1896, and of every such college thereafter sought to be opened in said District, which shall continue or commence to offer instruction in such capacity without first obtaining reg…

In any case when such action shall be necessary in the opinion of the said Mayor to give full effect to the intent of this subchapter he shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to file in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of the said District, a peti…

All acts and parts of acts enacted prior to May 4, 1896, and all charters obtained by any medical or dental college prior to March 4, 1896, under the general corporation laws in force in said District, so far as inconsistent with this subchapter, are hereby repealed.

It is the purpose of this subchapter to assist private nonprofit medical and dental schools in the District of Columbia in their critical financial needs in meeting the operational costs required to maintain quality medical and dental educational programs and to increase the numb…

(a) The Secretary of Education (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to make grants to the Mayor of the District of Columbia (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Mayor”) in amounts the Secretary determines to be the minimum a…

The Secretary may from time to time set dates by which applications for grants under § 38-1412 for any fiscal year must be filed by the Mayor. A grant under § 38-1412 may be made only if application therefor: (1) Is approved by the Secretary; (2) Contains such information as the …

For the purposes of § 38-1412 and § 38-1416, regulations of the Secretary shall include provisions relating to the determination of the number of students enrolled in a school, or in a particular year-class in a school, as the case may be, on the basis of estimates, or on the bas…

Grants under § 38-1412 may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement at such intervals as the Secretary may find necessary and with appropriate adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made.

From funds received under § 38-1412, the Mayor shall make payments (in amounts determined by the Secretary under such § 38-1412) to private nonprofit schools of medicine and dentistry in the District of Columbia. The total of the payments under this section in any fiscal year to …

The Mayor may from time to time set dates by which applications for payments by the Mayor under § 38-1416 for any fiscal year must be filed. A payment under § 38-1416 by the Mayor may be made only if the application therefor: (1) Is approved by the Mayor upon his determination th…

Payments under § 38-1416 by the Mayor may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement at such intervals as the Mayor may find necessary and with appropriate adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made.

For purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “full-time students” means students pursuing a full-time course of study in an accredited school of medicine or school of dentistry leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dentistry, or an equivalent degree. (2) The terms…

(a) There shall be established in the District of Columbia (“District”) a Nurses Training Corps (“Corps”), which shall provide financial aid to District residents desiring to obtain a Licensed Practical Nurse (“LPN”) certificate or an Associate of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Sci…