Section 5-E501. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

 

501.1The Superintendent of Schools shall be responsible for the daily operation and management of the school system and shall supervise and direct the instructional program in all of the public schools of the District of Columbia.

 

501.2The Superintendent of Schools shall be responsible for the implementation of the rules of the Board of Education and shall conduct the programs and operations of the Public Schools in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

 

501.3The Superintendent of Schools shall have the powers and duties set forth in the laws of the District of Columbia and the rules of the Board of Education, and shall have the general authority to take any actions that are necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office of Superintendent of Schools.

 

501.4The Superintendent of Schools shall have the powers and duties of a State Education Officer where the Board of Education is designated by law, regulation, or delegation as the state educational agency for the District of Columbia.

 

501.5The Superintendent of Schools shall be responsible for and have authority to establish and modify the organizational structure of the public school system, except where a specific organizational structure is established by the provisions of the rules of the Board.

 

501.6The Superintendent of Schools shall be responsible for the direction and supervision of the employees of the public schools, with the exception of the immediate staff of the Board of Education.

 

501.7The Superintendent of Schools shall have the authority to take all personnel actions affecting those employees under his or her supervision and control, except those personnel actions that are specifically reserved to the Board of Education by the provisions of the rules of the Board.

 

501.8The Superintendent of Schools shall be a non-voting member of the Board of Education and shall have the right to speak on all matters before the Board. The Superintendent of Schools or his or her designee shall attend all meetings of the Board of Education and shall have the right to speak on all matters before the Board. The Superintendent of Schools or the Superintendent’s designee shall attend all meetings of the Board of Education and its committees to represent the position of the Superintendent of Schools.

 

501.9The Superintendent of Schools may recommend, support, or oppose the adoption of any action, including rulemaking, by the Board of Education.

 

501.10The Superintendent of Schools shall have the opportunity to comment in person, in writing, or through a designated representative on any action of the Board of Education prior to its final adoption.

 

501.11The Superintendent of Schools shall be responsible for the timely preparation of annual budgets for the approval of the Board of Education; provided, that, beginning with Fiscal Year 2004, the Superintendent shall submit performance-based budgets that link specific, detailed programmatic objectives with detailed budgetary outlays for each objective.

 

501.12The Superintendent of Schools shall submit to the Board of Education, for review, any reprogramming or freeze of funds equal to or in excess of fifty thousand ($50,000), cumulative, within or across any single object classification or program. The reprogramming for local school operations shall apply to each program within each school as a separate fiscal entity.

 

501.13If the Superintendent of Schools is of the opinion that a specific action of the Board of Education would direct the Superintendent to act in direct violation of any applicable law, regulation, or rule of Board, the Superintendent shall notify the Board in writing of the conflict, make any appropriate recommendation for alternative action, and may defer implementation of the Board action in question pending further direction from the Board.

 

501.14The Superintendent of Schools shall be authorized to accept, on behalf of the D.C. Public Schools, any donation, gift or contribution for the benefit of the public schools of the District of Columbia; provided, that, except as specified in § 501.15 below, any donation, gift, or contribution in the amount of or having a value of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or which will require the school system to expend funds in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in matching funds or for expenses related to such donation, gift, or contribution shall be approved by the Board of Trustees prior to its acceptance by the Superintendent.

 

501.15The Superintendent of Schools shall be authorized to accept, on behalf of the D.C. Schools, donation, gift or contribution in the amount of or having a value of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), which requires no expenditure of D.C. Public Schools funds when the expedited acceptance of such donation, gift, or contribution is in the best interests of the school system; provided that any donation gift, or contribution in the amount of or having a value of more than fifty ($50,000) accepted without prior approval by the Board of Trustees shall be reported to the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

501.16The Superintendent of Schools shall report annually to the Board of Trustees regarding donations, gifts, and contributions accepted by the Superintendent during the previous year and shall account for the expenditure of all monetary contributions.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 24 DCR 5673, 5674 (January 6, 1978); as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 7049 (October 6, 1989); Final Rulemaking published at 41 DCR 3156 (May 27, 1994); Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 2598 (April 14, 2000); Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 8876 (September 27, 2002); and Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 8877 (September 27, 2002).