A description of a school’s discipline policies and procedures is required as part of its charter petition pursuant to the D.C. School Reform Act of 1995, D.C. Code §38-1802.02(10), which provides: A description of the student enrollment, admission, suspension, expulsion, and other disciplinary policies and procedures of the proposed school, and the criteria for making decisions in such areas. A charter school may develop discipline policies and procedures different from those of the District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”).
Third-Party organizations, such as those seeking to do business with or provide financing to public charter schools, often require verification from the school’s chartering authority that schools are in good standing. This policy determines whether, and in what form, the DC Public Charter School Board (“PCSB”) should issue these letters.