Title 38, Educational Institutions.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in Fiscal Year 2022, of the funds allocated to the Non-Departmental Agency, up to $10,208,530 shall be transferred to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education ("OSSE") to award formula-based payments to each eligible char…

(a) The cost of transportation for students with disabilities, tuition payments for private placements for students with disabilities, and the cost of performing state education functions for the District of Columbia are not covered by the Formula and shall be allocated by the Ma…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fiscal year facility allowance for Public Charter Schools shall be determined as follows: DCPS approved capital budget shall be divided by the previous school year (“SY”) DCPS total pupil count, as defined in § 38-2906, to det…

If in any given fiscal year the Council finds that full funding of the Formula from local revenues is inconsistent with legal requirements for a balanced budget, the following shall apply: (1) The Council shall reduce the foundation level accordingly, and set a schedule for achie…

(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 2029, services provided by District of Columbia government agencies to public schools shall be provided on an equitable basis to the District of Columbia Public Schools and public charter schools. Any services that are funded apart from the Uniform per St…

(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) 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) Expenditures on school-administered theatrical and music performances, including stipends for non-District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") employees, but excluding stipends for DCPS employees, shall be an allowable expenditure from a DCPS school's Student Activity Fund. (…

(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…

(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 …

(a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "DCPS" means the District of Columbia Public Schools. (2) "DESAP" means the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project, the public and private partnership that supports the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which includes DCPS, the Elling…

(a) The Chancellor or the Chancellor's DCPS designee shall meet with the DESAP Board of Directors at least once every 4 weeks to discuss a proposed new funding and organizational model for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts ("DESA") until a memorandum of agreement ("MOA") is s…

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) For the purposes of this act, the term: (1) "Action Plan" means a written assessment, posted on the DDOT website prior to implementation of the Action Plan, that: (A) Summarizes the actions taken by DDOT, including any data produced, to complete a comprehensive assessment of …

(a) DDOT shall establish a Safe Routes to School Program, which shall be responsible for: (1) Developing the Safe Streets for Students Master Plan required under § 38-3111; (2) Conducting spot safety assessments and other assessments or investigations that are focused on improvin…

(a) Beginning June 1, 2024, DDOT shall produce an Action Plan for at least 25 schools per school year, with schools prioritized in the order listed in the version of the Safe Streets for Students Master Plan or Master Plan modification most recently approved by the Council. (b)(1…

(a)(1) School zones shall have a speed limit of 15 miles per hour between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; except, that on arterials, DDOT may increase the speed limit in school zones to 25 miles per hour at all times except the hours designated for student drop-off and pick…

(a)(1) No later than 12 months after the applicability date of the Safe Streets for Students Amendment Act of 2022, passed on 2nd reading on December 20, 2022 (enrolled version of Bill 24-66), and every 5 years thereafter, the Mayor shall prepare and submit to the Council for its…

(a) Not Funded. (b) By July 1 of each year, DDOT shall publicly post on the DDOT website: (1) The number of driver-involved crashes, fatalities, or major injuries that occurred within 1/4 of a mile of a public school in the preceding year, by school; (2) A list of fulfilled and o…

Traffic safety infrastructure, where installed and posted throughout the District and made available as the budget allows, pursuant to this chapter, shall not be deemed obstructions of the road or street. No cause of action at law or in equity, nor any administrative action shall…

(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) The Mayor shall develop and make available to public schools and public charter schools in the District an educational curriculum for children in the first through fifth grades regarding the safe use of public streets and premises open to the public by pedestrians and users o…

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