Section 5-E3804. IDENTIFICATION OF PERSISTENTLY DANGEROUS SCHOOLS

 

3804.1The District of Columbia Public Schools acting as the State Educational Agency (SEA) shall identify, by July 1 of each year, all public schools within District of Columbia's Local Education Agencies (LEAS) and all public charter schools that are "persistently dangerous" pursuant to criteria established by the SEA and set forth in subsection (3). The identification of "persistently dangerous” schools shall not include juvenile detention facilities.

 

3804.2By July 1, the SEA also shall send a letter of concern to each public charter school, LEA and school administrator whose statistics for the previous year indicate that his or her schools are at risk of being identified as persistently the following year.

 

3804.3A school is determined to be persistently dangerous if the annual number of officially reported violent crimes against students, on the school grounds, during school operating hours, over a period of two consecutive years is:

 

(a)equal to or greater than five (5), for schools with enrollments of 500 students or less, or

 

(b)equal to or greater than 1% of the school's official membership, for schools with enrollments of 501 students or more, and

 

(c)Includes any of the crimes of murder, attempted murder, first or second degree sexual assault, assault with intent to kill, and assault with intent to commit first or second degree sexual abuse.

 

3804.4The above criterion is effective beginning with the 2005 - 2006 school year.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 2711 (March 12, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 4287 (May 26, 2006).