The Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall serve as the state education agency and perform the functions of a state education agency for the District of Columbia under applicable federal law, including grant-making, oversight, and state educational agency functions for standards, assessments, and federal accountability requirements for elementary and secondary education.
(Oct. 21, 2000, D.C. Law 13-176, § 2a; as added June 12, 2007, D.C. Law 17-9, § 302(b), 54 DCR 4102.)
Editor's NotesFor a requirement that in Fiscal Years 2022, 2023, and 2024, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education ("OSSE") use federal American Rescue Plan funds to establish a learning loss program to support evidence-based approaches to learning acceleration or high impact tutoring, see § 4172 of D.C. Act 24-159.
Applicability: Section 305 of Law 17-9 provided that this title shall apply upon Congressional enactment of Title IX and inclusion of its effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Congress enacted the provisions of Title IX in Pub. L. 110-33, approved June 1, 2007.