{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1431-perm","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-1431(Perm)","heading":"Registration of apprenticeship program required.","body":"\n  *NOTE: This codification is not the most current, due to recent law changes. To see the current law (including emergency and temporary legislation, if relevant) click this link: Current Version*\n  \n\n(a)\n(1)\nAll prime contractors and subcontractors who contract with the District of Columbia government to perform construction, renovation work, or information technology work with a single contract, or cumulative contracts, of at least $500,000, let within a 12-month period shall be required to register an apprenticeship program with the District of Columbia Apprenticeship Council; and\n(2)\nAll beneficiaries of projects in excess of $1 million funded in whole or in part with funds which, in accordance with a federal grant or otherwise, the District of Columbia government administers, and in which the District of Columbia is a signatory to any agreement of a contractual nature, shall be required to register an apprenticeship program with the District of Columbia Apprenticeship Council.\n\n(b)\nBeginning July 1, 2005, 35% of all apprenticeship hours performed pursuant to apprenticeship programs required by subsection (a) of this section shall be performed by District of Columbia residents.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nAny prime contractor, subcontractor, or beneficiary that fails to comply with subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to a monetary fine in the amount of 5% of the direct and indirect labor costs of the contract.\n(2)\nFines for a violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be imposed by the Department of Employment Services. The Department of Employment Services may waive or reduce any fine if the Department of Employment Services finds that:\n(A)\nA good faith effort to comply with the requirements of this section has been demonstrated by the prime contractor, subcontractor, or the beneficiary;\n(B)\nThe prime contractor, subcontractor, or the beneficiary enters into a special workforce development training or placement arrangement with the Department of Employment Services or the DC Workforce Investment Council;\n(C)\nThe Department of Employment Services certifies that there is an insufficient number of District residents in the labor market possessing the skills required for the apprenticeship positions needed under the contract; or\n(D)\nThe prime contractor, subcontractor, or the beneficiary is located outside the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and none of the contract work is performed inside the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is comprised of the District of Columbia, Calvert, Charles, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, Prince William and Stafford Counties in Virginia and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park in Virginia.\n(3)\nAny fine resulting from a violation of this subsection shall be remitted to the Department of Employment Services to be used solely for the support of vocational education programs.\n\n(d)\nThe prime contractor, subcontractor, or the beneficiary shall submit to the Department of Employment Services, for every month following the execution of the contract, a compliance report for the project that includes:\n(1)\nThe apprenticeship programs required by subsection (a) of this section that are registered with the District of Columbia Apprenticeship Council;\n(2)\nThe total number of apprenticeship hours required for the project;\n(3)\nThe total number of apprenticeship hours performed by District of Columbia residents; and\n(4)\nThe total number of apprentices hired for the reporting period and the cumulative total number of apprentices hired, including, for each, the:\n(A)\nName;\n(B)\nResidence;\n(C)\nApprenticeship position; and\n(D)\nHire date.\n\n(e)\nNonprofit organizations with 50 employees or less shall be exempt from subsections (a) and (b) of this section.\n\n(f)\nFor purposes of this section, the term:\n(1)\n“Beneficiary” means a signatory to a contract for a project in excess of $1 million funded in whole or in part with funds which, in accordance with a federal grant or otherwise, the District of Columbia government administers, and in which the District of Columbia is a signatory to any agreement of a contractual nature.\n(2)\n“Information technology work” means the occupations of computer programmer, programmer analyst, desktop specialist, technical support specialist, data base specialist, network support specialist, and any other related occupation as the District of Columbia Apprenticeship Council may designate by regulation.","path":["Title 99. Reserved sections."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-1431(Perm)","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7c9af8690b42759ae292bcfe1cf1e6a03b8141092e3b796d8cf0602a1537c8f2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-2371.04-perm","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2853.154-perm"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}