By October 5 of each year, each public, independent, private, and parochial school shall report to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education the name, address, sex, and date of birth of each minor who resides permanently or temporarily in the District who is currently enrolled in their school. By the 5th of every month thereafter, each school shall report any changes in enrollment, including withdrawals, to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
(Feb. 4, 1925, 43 Stat. 807, ch. 140, Art. II, § 2; renumbered as Art. II, § 4 and amended, Mar. 8, 1991, D.C. Law 8-247, § 2(a), 38 DCR 376; Sept. 19, 2013, D.C. Law 20-17, § 303(c), 60 DCR 9839; July 26, 2016, D.C. Law 21-140, § 2(d), 63 DCR 8207.)
1981 Ed., § 31-405.
1973 Ed., § 31-209.
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 20-17 substituted “principal, head teacher, or teacher who gives private instruction of each educational institution” for “principal, or head teacher of each public, independent, private, or parochial school, and each teacher who gives private instruction.”
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of School Attendance Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Act 21-476, July 21, 2016, 63 DCR 10181).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of School Attendance Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Act 21-410, June 1, 2016, 63 DCR 8202).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 303(c) of the Attendance Accountability Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-133, July 30, 2013, 60 DCR 11531, 20 DCSTAT 1973).
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 38 - Educational Institutions
Chapter 2 - Compulsory School Attendance and Expulsion
Subchapter I - School Attendance
Part B - Compulsory School Attendance
§ 38–202. Establishment of school attendance requirements
§ 38–203. Enforcement; penalties
§ 38–205. Report of enrollments and withdrawals
§ 38–206. Penalty for failure to provide correct information
§ 38–207. Authority of police over truant child