Section 5-A2299. DEFINITIONS

 

2299.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the ascribed meanings:

 

“Carnegie Unit” - one hundred and twenty (120) hours of classroom instruction over the course of an academic year.

 

“Competency-based Unit” - a unit equivalent to a Carnegie Unit that is earned toward graduation for successful completion of an approved competency-based learning course or course series per Subsection 2203.7.

 

“Local Education Agency” - pursuant to Section 9101 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, approved January 8, 2002 (115 Stat. 1956; 20 U.S.C. § 7801(26)(A)), a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a state, or of or for a combination of school districts or counties that is recognized in a state as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.

 

“Office of the State Superintendent of Education” or “OSSE” - the District of Columbia state level education agency established by Section 302(a) of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9; D.C. Official Code § 38-2601 (2012 Repl.)).

 

“School” - means a school within the District of Columbia Public School system or a public charter school in the District of Columbia.

 

 

authority

Sections 3(b)(7) and (11) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-2602(b)(7) and (11) (2012 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)); Section 403 of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 (PERAA), effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9; D.C. Official Code § 38-2652(a)(3) (2012 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)); and with the advice and approval to be requested of the State Board of Education (SBOE) pursuant to Section 403(a)(3) of PERAA (D.C. Official Code § 38-2652(a)(3) (2012 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 5221 (April 8, 2016).