02. District of Columbia Public Schools Flexible Schedule Pilot. (a) In Fiscal Year 2024, DCPS shall provide up to $400,000 per school to 6 or more schools for the purpose of continuing, creating, or planning scheduling arrangements that allow for variation in instructional calendars and formats on a daily or weekly basis for the schools' educators while continuing to provide academic instruction to students. (b) By February 15, 2024, DCPS shall provide a report to Council that: (1) Accounts for Fiscal Year 2024 funds spent and anticipated to be spent pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; (2) Explains whether DCPS anticipates exhausting appropriated funds by the end of the school year; and (3) Identifies schools that requested to receive funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section but were not selected and provides a justification for each school's exclusion. (c) For the purposes of this section, the term 'educator' includes a principal, assistant principal, teacher, assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, all school service providers, or any person who provides professional educational services or education psychological services , assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, all school service providers, or any person who provides professional educational services or education psychological services at a school. (June 12, 2007, D.C. Law 17-9, § 105b; as added Sept. 6, 2023, D.C. Law 25-50, § 4182, 70 DCR 10366.)
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