Section 18-1701. ISSUANCE OF STUDENT RIDER CARDS; LEVEL OF TRAVEL PRIVILEGES

 

1701.1Student travel privileges shall be made available to eligible students through the issuance of a Student Rider Card.

 

1701.2The process for issuing a Student Rider Card shall be determined by the Director of the Department of Transportation.  The process shall at a minimum require proof of eligibility as defined in § 1700.1.

 

1701.3A Student Rider Card shall include Metrobus and DC Circulator travel privileges, as described in § 1702, at no cost to the eligible student.

 

1701.4A Student Rider Card shall include Metrorail travel privileges only if:

 

(a)The Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools determines that the student needs to use the Metrorail system for transportation to and from school and related educational activities in the District.  In making this determination, the Chancellor shall consider the proximity of the student’s residence to his or her school, the proximity of the student’s residence and school to Metrorail stations, and the student’s participation in city-wide education programs, work-study programs, inter-school extracurricular activities, and other similar educational and extracurricular activity programs;

 

(b)The eligible student pays the fee set forth in § 1703.

 

1701.5Metrorail student travel passes described in § 1703.2 may be purchased from sales outlets of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), an electronic sales outlet, or other sales outlets designated by the Director of the Department of Transportation.

 

 

authority

Sections 5(2)(I) (assigning duty to operate the student transit subsidy program to the Department Director) and 6(b) (transferring the student transit subsidy program function previously delegated to the Director of the Department of Public Works under Section III(F) of Reorganization Plan No.4 of 1983 to the Department) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(2)(I) and 50-921.05(b) (2014 Repl. )); the School Transit Subsidy Act of 1978, effective March 6, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-152; D.C. Official Code § 35-233(g) (2012 Repl.)), as amended by the School Transit Temporary Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 5, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-43; 60 DCR 14718 (October 18, 2013)) and any substantially similar successor legislation; and Mayor's Order 79-83, dated May 10, 1979.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 2564 (February 27, 2015).