Section 8-A1006. DISTRICT RESIDENTS HIRING PREFERENCE

 

1006.1In accordance with D.C. Code, § 1-608.1(e), any person who accepts a position as an employee of the School of Law in the Career Service who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia and who claims a District resident preference on his or her application for employment shall be given preference over an applicant who is not a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia or an applicant who may be a District resident but who does not claim a District residency preference in connection with his or her application for employment, pursuant to regulations issued by the Mayor.

 

1006.2In accordance with D.C. Code, § 1-610.6, any person who accepts a position as an employee of the School of Law in the Excepted Service shall be required to meet the criteria set forth in regulations issued by the Mayor in order to maintain eligibility for employment.

 

1006.3In accordance with D.C. Code, § 1-609.1(d)(1), each applicant for a position in the Educational Service at the School of Law who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia and who claims a District resident preference on his or her application for employment shall be given preference over an applicant who is not a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia or an applicant who may be a District resident but who does not claim a District residency preference in connection with his or her application for employment.

 

1006.4In accordance with D.C. Code, § 1-609.1(d)(2), an applicant who claims a District residency preference and who is subsequently appointed to a position in the Educational Service shall be required to maintain bona fide District residency during the consecutive five (5) year period following the effective date of the appointment.

 

1006.5For purposes of this chapter, the phrase "bona fide resident of the District of Columbia" means a person who is a domiciliary of the District of Columbia and who maintains a place of abode in the District as his or her actual, regular, and principal place of occupancy.

 

1006.6Each applicant for a position at the School of Law shall be informed in writing of the residency preference requirements set forth in the Residency Preference Amendment Act of 1988 and this chapter by the Dean or the Dean's designee.

 

1006.7The residency of Educational Service employees shall be certified using forms approved by the Dean, in accordance with the provisions of § 1007 of this chapter.

 

1006.8In accordance with D.C. Code, § 1-609.1(d)(3), as amended, a person appointed in the Educational Service before the effective date of the Residency Preference Amendment Act of 1988 who was subject to a residency requirement shall be treated as if he or she claimed a District residency preference.

 

1006.9For purposes of the five (5) year consecutive residency requirement set forth in the Act, an employee who has had a break in service (or breaks in service) of less than one (1) year shall be deemed to have met the five (5) year consecutive residency requirement if that employee remained a bona fide District resident during the break(s) in service and the total time actually employed by the District, not including breaks in service, was at least five (5) years.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 35DCR 4365 (June 10, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 5661 (August 1989).