D.C. Code § 38-907
The Board of Education is authorized to receive any donations or contributions that may be made for the benefit of the public schools of the District of Columbia, and to apply the same in such manner as in their opinion shall be best calculated to effect the object of the donors; the Board of Education to account for all funds so received.
R.S., D.C., § 283
June 20, 1906, 34 Stat. 316, ch. 3446, § 2
Oct. 30, 1975, D.C. Law 1-26, § 3, 22 DCR 2467
1973 Ed., § 31-1109.
1981 Ed., § 31-2207.