Section 5-E300. GENERAL EDUCATIONAL POLICY

 

300.1The public schools of the District of Columbia shall provide a viable and comprehensive system of free, publicly supported education for students from prekindergarten through high school.

 

300.2The educational programs of the public schools shall be designed and implemented to provide an equal educational opportunity for all students to attain the knowledge, competencies, and skills that will enable each student to function as a useful citizen.

 

300.3To provide an equal educational opportunity to all students, the Board of Education adopts the following specific goals and objectives:

 

(a)The promotion of a standard of excellence in achievement and endeavor through the establishment of an educational program designed to promote the attainment of knowledge, competencies, and skills;

 

(b)The promotion of a standard of excellence in achievement and endeavor through an instructional staff which meets high standards of preparation and performance;

 

(c)The establishment and implementation of a system for the continuous assessment and evaluation of the needs and achievements of students, teachers, administrators, individual schools and programs, and the educational support and management systems and personnel of the schools;

 

(d)The equitable distribution of available resources and services to all students;

 

(e)The attainment of full public support for the school system and its educational programs, including the provision of sufficient resources for the attainment of program goals and objectives;

 

(f)The promotion of greater public awareness of the goals, objectives, programs, services, policies, and operations of the public schools, including awareness of the results of continuous assessment and evaluation of the public school system; and

 

(g)The promotion of greater public involvement in the attainment of the goals and objectives of the public schools.

 

300.4The Board of Education shall be directly accountable to the citizens of the District of Columbia for the provision of public elementary and secondary education and the operation of the public schools.

 

300.5It shall be the responsibility of the citizens of the District of Columbia to provide the resources necessary for the attainment of the goals and objectives of the public schools. It shall be the responsibility of the Board of Education to utilize those resources efficiently in a manner that allows for the best possible system of public education for all students.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 2 of An Act approved June 20, 1906, 34 Stat. 317, ch.3446; D.C. Official Code § 38-102 (2001).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 24 DCR 3533 (November 4, 1977).