{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2263","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-2263","heading":"Early Literacy Education Task Force establishment.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nStarting no later than December 1, 2022, OSSE shall convene a task force of District government agency representatives, which shall be known as the Early Literacy Education Task Force (\"task force\"). The task force shall include representatives from the following District government agencies:\n(A)\nOSSE;\n(B)\nDCPS;\n(C)\nPublic Charter School Board;\n(D)\nState Board of Education; and\n(E)\nDeputy Mayor for Education.\n(2)\nThe Chairman of the Council shall appoint a Council representative to the task force.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nThe task force shall submit an early literacy education report to the Mayor and Council by September 30, 2023.\n(2)\nThe report shall identify implementable steps to accomplish the following in 4 years:\n(A)\nProvide all public elementary school general education teachers, special education teachers, ELL teachers, and librarians, at least 45 hours of structured literacy training over 2 years;\n(B)\nProvide ELL teachers serving public elementary school students the option to receive bilingual structured literacy training;\n(C)\nProvide all public elementary school administrators, instructional coaches, and EPP faculty responsible for evaluating or providing instructional support to general education teachers, with structured literacy training, including the option to receive specialized administrator structured literacy training;\n(D)\nEstablish a mechanism for tracking public elementary school teacher and school leader completion of 45 hours of structured literacy training;\n(E)\nEnsure all public elementary school instructional staff have access to and use culturally responsive, high-quality instructional materials reviewed by an expert review organization to ensure alignment with District of Columbia Common Core State English and Language Arts standards; and\n(F)\nProvide all public elementary school teachers access to on-the-job support from an expert in structured literacy training.\n(3)\nThe report shall further:\n(A)\nIdentify one literacy training program vendor to provide training to all trainees or provide justification of why more than one vendor is needed and how the structured literacy training provided by multiple vendors complement one another; and\n(B)\nRecommend whether it is advisable to provide pre-kindergarten educators and educators serving DCPS and public charter school students above grade 5 with structured literacy training in future years.\n\n(c)\nThe task force shall meet every 6 weeks until it submits the report required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.\n\n(d)\nThe task force shall not be considered a public body for purposes of subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 2.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 22D. Structured Literacy Action Plan."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-2263","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"07e5e990d072385e871b9fb5f777be1f2dfc7fb10a94935693eedec8b57b93e5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2262","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2264"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}