2100 ATTENDANCE

2100.1 [Repealed]

2100.2 Where the compulsory attendance laws of the District of Columbia requires educational institutions, not affiliated with the D.C. Public Schools, to provide educational services acceptable to the D.C. Board of Education, the Superintendent of Schools shall require the institutions to present evidence satisfactory to the Superintendent that the following aspects of their instruction are acceptable to the Board:

1. (a) Amount of instruction: the number of hours per day, days per week, and weeks per year, although the instruction need not be given at the same time during the day, week, or year as the equivalent D.C. Public School program;
2. (b) Character of instruction: acceptable subject matter and time devoted to the subjects;
3. (c) Qualifications of staff: training and educational requirements for teaching and supervisory staff must be acceptable to the Board, although a District of Columbia teaching certificate is not required; and
4. (d) Other conditions: general consideration shall be given to factors such as class size, facilities, counseling services, and attendance record-keeping.

2100.3 Any educational institution, not affiliated with the D.C. Public Schools, which submits a copy of one of the following documents shall be considered to have presented evidence satisfactory to the Superintendent that its instruction is acceptable to the D.C. Board of Education, as required under § 2100.2:

1. (a) During school years 1991-1992 and 1992-1993, a current license from the Mayor, issued by the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, authorizing the institution's operation as a child development facility;
2. (b) Proof that the institution is currently accredited by, or undergoing the accreditation process from, one of the following organizations:
3. (1) The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools;
4. (2) The Association of Independent Maryland Schools;
5. (3) The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
6. (4) The Virginia Association of Independent Schools;
7. (5) The American Montessori Internationale;
8. (6) The American Montessori Society;
9. (7) The National Academy of Early Childhood Programs; or
10. (8) Any other accrediting body approved by the Board.

2100.4 Credits awarded by, and diplomas or certificates of graduation issued by, educational institutions, not affiliated with the D.C. Public Schools, through instruction which has been considered acceptable to the D.C. Board of Education, pursuant to §§ 2100.2 and 2100.3, shall also be considered acceptable to the Board for purposes of the compulsory school attendance law of the District of

Columbia.

2100.5 [Repealed]

2100.6 The approval of an educational institution, not affiliated with the D.C. Public Schools, for attendance purposes shall be contingent upon the maintenance and submission of attendance records to the D.C. Board of Education by the institution, as required by the laws of the District of Columbia and Board rules and policies.

2100.7 [Repealed]

2100.8 [Repealed]

2100.9 [Repealed]

2100.10 [Repealed]

AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this § 2 of An Act approved June 20, 1906, 34 Stat. 317, ch.3446, D.C. Official Code § 38-102 (2001).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 24 DCR 1005, 1021 (July 29, 1977); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2060 (March 27, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 8978 (November 20, 2009).