Section 5-E3899. DEFINITIONS

 

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

 

Making acceptable progress toward the goals defined by the State’s accountability and assessment plan.

 

Corrective Action

 

Action taken to eliminate the conditions that have led to a school’s designation as persistently dangerous.

 

Corrective Action Plan

A plan submitted by the LEA to the SEA describing the corrective action to be taken by a persistently dangerous school, which shall include, at a minimum analysis of the conditions under which the violent crimes occurred and specific activities planned to mitigate those conditions.

 

Official Membership

 

A school’s official enrollment on October 5 of each year, as certified by the State Education Office.

 

School Operating Hours

 

The regular operating hours established by a school, when classes are in session andor a school-sponsored event takes place on school grounds.

 

School Year

 

For purposes of this Regulation, the school year is defined as beginning on the first official day of school and ending on June first of the following year.

 

Students

 

Pre-K - 12 students who are currently enrolled in a school.

 

Violent Crime

 

Any of the following offenses, documented by an official police report, that is designated a “crime of violence” under Section 22-4501(f) of the DC Code: murder; manslaughter; first degree sexual abuse; second degree sexual abuse; malicious disfigurement of another; abduction; kidnapping; any assault with intent to kill, commit first degree sexual abuse, second degree sexual abuse, or child sexual abuse or robbery; assault with a dangerous weapon; assault with intent to commit any offense punishable by imprisonment; extortion or blackmail accompanied by threats of violence or aggravated assault.

 

School Grounds:

 

LEA-owned or leased building and land surrounding the school building,

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 2711 (March 12, 2004).