Section 5-A5003. STUDENT RESIDENCY VERIFICATION: TIMING

 

5003.1  The residency of each student enrolled in a District public school shall be verified by the current LEA of enrollment, or its designee, not earlier than the date results of the District’s Common Lottery system are released and not later than October 5th, or ten (10) days of initial enrollment, whichever is later, for the school year that begins on or after July 1st of each year.

 

5003.2  An LEA may require students to submit residency verification prior to OSSE’s October 5th deadline, but not later than OSSE’s October 5th deadline, unless the student has enrolled in the school after October 5th, in which case the student shall submit residency verification within ten (10) days of initial enrollment.

 

5003.3  OSSE, or its designee, may investigate the residency status of a student or take other steps to verify the student’s residency status if student fails to provide adequate documentation to establish residency by October 5th of the current school year or (10) days following enrollment, whichever is later.

 

5003.4  A student matched to the LEA through the Common Lottery system shall establish residency in the District of Columbia by the deadline set by the Common Lottery system for the school year that begins on or after July 1st of that same year. If the person enrolling the student is not able to establish residency by the LEA’s initial enrollment deadline, the LEA may consider the student’s space forfeited. 

 

 

authority

Section 3(b)(3) of the District of Columbia State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code § 38-2602(b)(3) (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)); Sections 11 and 16 of the District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act, approved September 8, 1960 (74 Stat. 853; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-308(a) and 38-313 (2012 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 2017-007; Section 101(d) of the Public School Enrollment Integrity Clarification and Board of Education Honoraria Amendment Act of 2004, effective April 13, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-348; D.C. Official Code § 38-2906.02(c) (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)); and the District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter School Student Residency Fraud Prevention Amendment Act of 2012, effective May 9, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-126; D.C. Official Code § 38-312.01(c) (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 9358 (October 12, 2001), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 5971 (June 29, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 10593 (November 22, 2002), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 7552 (August 2, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 3147 (March 31, 2017).