Title 38, Educational Institutions.

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Mayor and Council, in consultation with representatives of DCPS and of the Public Charter Schools, shall review and revise this Formula within 2 years of its establishment, within 2 years after this initial review…

Variations from uniformity in the Formula are not intended as an exercise of the Council’s line-item authority over the DCPS budget. Allocations by the count of students in certain grade levels and programs are intended only to generate total appropriation amounts on a per studen…

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2017, services provided by District of Columbia government agencies to public schools shall be provided on an equal basis to the District of Columbia Public Schools and public charter schools. Any services that are funded apart from the Uniform per Studen…

(a)(1) An independent organization shall be retained by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to convene and staff an independent commission on public education finance reform in the District of Columbia, to be known as the Public Education Finance Reform Commission (“Commission”…

The District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) shall distribute any TANF or Health and Human Services funds that it receives that are designated for after-school programs, on an equitable basis, to DCPS and Public Charter Schools serving students with after-school programs, tha…

(a) The Superintendent of the public schools shall develop a Financial Management Reform Plan (“Reform Plan”) which shall include the following: (1) Measurable goals; (2) Timeline for deliverables; (3) Roles and responsibilities of all District agencies that provide financial man…

(a) There is established a Financial Management Task Force (“Task Force”) with the purpose of serving as a collaborative body of District agencies that will support and assist in implementing financial management reform within the District of Columbia Public Schools. (b) Specific…

(a) There is established a nonlapsing special revenue fund to be known as the Public School Capital Improvement Fund (“Fund”), which shall be separate from the General Fund of the District of Columbia and which shall be used to provide a revenue source for the Office of Public Ed…

(a)(1) Funds transferred to the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization from the Fund are in addition to the annual capital budget appropriation for the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization, as required in § 47-305.02 [repealed], and shall be used in co…

(a) No later than May 1, 2006, the Superintendent and Board of Education shall submit to the Council for approval by resolution a comprehensive facilities management organizational strategy that shall include: (1) The specific staffing and organizational structure charged with ov…

(a) The revenue to offset reductions to the General Fund of District of Columbia resulting from the deposit of revenue into the Fund shall be funded from the following sources, in the following order of priority, and shall not be allocated for any other uses or purposes until sub…

(a) The Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization shall take all measures as shall be reasonably necessary to assure that all contracts entered into by the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization or any agency or instrumentality of the Office of Public Educa…

No later than June 1, 2007, and each year thereafter until the completion of all projects designated in the Facilities Master Plan, the District of Columbia Auditor shall prepare an annual report to the public on the use of the capital funds by the District of Columbia Public Sch…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor may enter into one or more written agreements for advertisements and sponsorships to supplement local funding for the annual District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (“DCIAA”) Championship Turkey Bowl and …

The District of Columbia adopts the Compact for Education of the Education Commission of the States (“Compact”) and becomes a member of the Education Commission of the States (“Commission”).

Except as provided in § 38-3003, the Compact is entered into and enacted into law as follows: (a) It is the purpose of this compact to: (1) Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding among executive, legislative, professional education and lay leadership on a nati…

The 7 Commission members from the District of Columbia shall be: (1) The Mayor of the District of Columbia; (2) The Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia; (3) The Chairperson of the Committee on Education of the Council of the District of Columbia; (4) The President…

Pursuant to Article III(i) of the Compact, the Commission shall file a copy of the Commission’s bylaws and amendments to the bylaws with the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

(a) The Mayor shall install traffic control devices, as deemed necessary, after completing an investigation of school zones. (b) The Mayor shall, when conducting an investigation, consider the number of persons who have been struck by a vehicle, bicycle, or motorcycle in a school…

(a) The Mayor shall give at least 60 days written notice to the District of Columbia Board of Education or the governing body of a private or parochial school of the proposed establishment of a homeless shelter, correctional facility, halfway house, or drug treatment center, to b…

The District of Columbia Board of Education shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Mayor that shall specify how educational services shall be provided to committed and detained youth who are under the supervision of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation …

(a) An institution, conference, or athletic association may assist a college athlete: (1) In evaluating the permissibility of name, image, or likeness activity, including compliance with the law and institution, conference, and association rules; (2) With the disclosure requireme…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Child development facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 7-2031(3). (2) "Community-based organization" or "CBO" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-271.01(1C). (3) "Early childhood development provider" …

(a)(1) There is established by the Council an Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force ("Task Force") to provide recommendations on how to implement an employee compensation scale for early childhood development providers. (2) Following the submission of the rep…

(a)(1) An LEA shall require each of its kindergarten teachers to successfully complete an OSSE-approved structured literacy training or to demonstrate competency in structured literacy instruction by the start of the 2026-2027 school year or within a year of the teacher's date of…

(a) For the purposes of this title, the term: (1) "Central Administration" means the programs, services, and employees that support the functions necessary for the governance of the DCPS school district as a whole, including general oversight and management of support services, s…

(a) The annual operating budget for DCPS shall be allocated among 4 departments: (1) Central Administration; (2) Local Schools; (3) School Support; and (4) School-Wide. (b) The Chancellor of DCPS ("Chancellor") shall prepare and execute a performance-based budget on an annual bas…

(a) Pursuant to rules promulgated by the Chief Financial Officer, each school in the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") may reallocate funds between object classes within the school's non-personal services object category in the aggregate not-to-exceed amount of $100,00…

(a) There is established as a special fund the DCPS School Facility Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Any fees collected for the use of school facilities pursuant to § 38-432(c) shall be deposited in the…