Title 38 — Educational Institutions.
65 chapters · 836 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 38-1837.02 Oversight and composition of the Task Force
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(a) The Public Charter School Board shall oversee the Task Force, which shall be comprised of the following members, or their designees: (1) The Mayor; (2) The Chairman of the Council; (3) The Deputy Mayor for Education; (4) The State Superintendent of Education; (5) The Chairper…
D.C. Code § 38-1851.01 Purpose
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.02 Definitions
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.03 General authority
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.04 Applications
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.05 Priorities
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.06 Use of funds
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.07 Nondiscrimination
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.08 Evaluations
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.09 Reporting requirements
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.10 Other requirements for participating schools
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D.C. Code § 38-1851.11 Authorization of appropriations
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D.C. Code § 38-1853.01 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act” or the “SOAR Act”.
D.C. Code § 38-1853.02 Findings
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Congress finds the following: (1) Parents are best equipped to make decisions for their children, including the educational setting that will best serve the interests and educational needs of their child. (2) For many parents in the District of Columbia, public school choice prov…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.03 Purpose
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The purpose of this chapter is to provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia, particularly parents of students who attend elementary schools or secondary schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.04 General authority
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From funds appropriated under § 38-1853.14(a)(1), the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities with approved applications under § 38-1853.05 to carry out a program to provide eligible students with expanded school choice opportunities. The Secretar…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.05 Applications
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In order to receive a grant under § 38-1853.04(a), an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may not approve the request of an eligible entity for a…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.06 Priorities
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In awarding grants under § 38-1853.04(a), the Secretary shall give priority to applications from eligible entities that will most effectively— (1) in awarding scholarships under § 38-1853.07(a), give priority to— (A) eligible students who, in the school year preceding the school …
D.C. Code § 38-1853.07 Use of funds
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Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an eligible entity receiving a grant under § 38-1853.04(a) shall use the grant funds to provide eligible students with scholarships to pay the tuition, fees, and transportation expenses, if any, to enable the eligible students to attend the Dist…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.08 Nondiscrimination and other requirements for participating schools
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An eligible entity or a school participating in any program under this chapter shall not discriminate against program participants or applicants on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prohibition of sex disc…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.09 Evaluations
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The Secretary and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall— (A) jointly enter into an agreement with the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to evaluate annually the performance of students who received scholarships under the 5-year program under thi…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.10 Reporting requirements
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Each eligible entity receiving funds under § 38-1853.04(a) during a year shall submit a report to the Secretary not later than July 30 of the following year regarding the activities carried out with the funds during the preceding year. In addition to the reports required under su…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.11 D.C. public schools and D.C. public charter schools
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As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter on behalf of the District of Columbia public schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools, the Mayor shall agree to carry out the following: Ensure that all the District of Columbia public schools and the Distric…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.12 Transition provisions
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The DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 (§ 38-1851.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) funding appropriated to provide opportunity scholarships for students in the District of Columbia under the heading “Federal Payment …
D.C. Code § 38-1853.13 Definitions
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As used in this division: The term “elementary school” means an institutional day or residential school, including a public elementary charter school, that provides elementary education, as determined under District of Columbia law. The term “eligible entity” means any of the fol…
D.C. Code § 38-1853.14 Authorization of appropriations
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There are authorized to be appropriated $ 60,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, of which— (1) one-third shall be made available to carry out the opportunity scholarship program under this division for each fiscal year; (2) one-third shall …
D.C. Code § 38-1901 Sexual discrimination; salary deductions; employment as clerk or librarian
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In assigning salaries to teachers, no discrimination shall be made between male and female teachers employed in the same grade of school and performing a like class of duties; nor shall it be lawful to pay, or authorize or require to be paid, from any of the salaries of such teac…
D.C. Code § 38-1902 Installment payments to certain teachers
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On and after July 1, 1943, the Board of Education is authorized to designate the months in which the 10 salary payments shall be made to teachers assigned to instruction in elementary science and school gardening, and in health, physical education, and playground activities.
D.C. Code § 38-1903 Teachers in the Americanization schools; custodial staff
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(a) Officers and teachers in the Americanization, evening, and summer schools may also be officers and teachers in the regular day schools. (b) Members of the custodial staff in the evening, summer, and Americanization schools may also be members of the custodial staff in the day…
D.C. Code § 38-1904 Teaching vacancies
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Teaching vacancies which occur during any school year may be filled by the assignment of teachers of special subjects and teachers not now assigned to classroom instruction, and such teachers are hereby made eligible for such assignment without further examination.
D.C. Code § 38-1905 Vocational education
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The Board of Education is authorized and empowered to establish occupational schools on the elementary school level for pupils not prepared to pursue vocational courses in the trade or vocational schools and also to carry on trade or vocational courses on the senior high school l…
D.C. Code § 38-1906 Classification of research assistants
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Research assistants shall be classified as teachers for payroll purposes and for retirement purposes.
D.C. Code § 38-1907 Employment of substitutes for engineer, janitor, laborer, fireman, or caretaker; salary deductions
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In the event of the absence of any engineer, assistant engineer, janitor, assistant janitor, laborer, fireman, or caretaker at any time during school sessions the Board of Education is hereby authorized to appoint a substitute, who shall be paid the salary of the position in whic…
D.C. Code § 38-1908 Heads of certain departments; compensation
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From and after 10 days following August 28, 1958, there shall be only one person in charge of the following departments in the public school system of the District of Columbia: Art, business education, English, foreign languages, guidance and placement, history, home economics, i…
D.C. Code § 38-1909 Employment of substitutes — Authorized; compensation
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The Board of Education is hereby authorized to employ substitute teachers and attendance officers for service during the absence of any teacher or attendance officer on leave with pay or on leave without pay and to fix the rate of compensation to be paid such substitutes.
D.C. Code § 38-1910 Employment of substitutes — Retired teachers
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Persons who have retired as teachers under the provisions of subchapter I of Chapter 20 of this title; or subchapter II of Chapter 20 of this title; or subchapter III of Chapter 83 of Title 5, United States Code; may be employed as substitute teachers in the public schools of the…
D.C. Code § 38-1921 Authorized; eligibility
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(a) The Board of Education of the District of Columbia is authorized to participate in the teacher foreign exchange program in cooperation with the United States Office of Education. (b) Any employee of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia who is subject to the prov…
D.C. Code § 38-1922 Payment of salary
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The Board of Education of the District of Columbia is authorized to pay the full salary of the educational employee of said Board during the time such employee is performing teaching duties in a foreign country under such exchange program, in the same manner and to the same exten…
D.C. Code § 38-1923 Assignment of foreign teachers; loyalty oath
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(a) Each professionally qualified person from a foreign country exchanged under the provisions of this subchapter with an educational employee of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall during the period of such exchange serve as a substitute for the exchanged te…
D.C. Code § 38-1941 Payment of salaries
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D.C. Code § 38-1942 Head of Department of Military Science and Tactics; salary
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D.C. Code § 38-1943 Rules for division of time and computation of pay for services
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D.C. Code § 38-1944 Double salaries — School teachers and employees in District
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D.C. Code § 38-1945 Double salaries — Custodial employees in District
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D.C. Code § 38-1946 Leave with part pay authorized; limitations
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D.C. Code § 38-1947 Report of person on leave; termination of leave
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D.C. Code § 38-1948 Leave of absence for educational purposes — Compensation of elementary and secondary school teachers
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D.C. Code § 38-1949 Leave of absence for educational purposes — Compensation of other employees
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D.C. Code § 38-1950 Leave of absence for educational purposes — Inclusion for promotion and retirement purposes
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D.C. Code § 38-1951 Masculine pronoun construed to include female employees
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