{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2661.11","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-2661.11","heading":"District of Columbia State Athletics Commission; establishment; composition; terms; vacancies.","body":"(a)\nThere is established, as an independent agency, a commission to be known as the District of Columbia State Athletics Commission.\n\n(b)\nThe Commission shall consist of 9 voting members, appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, in accordance with § 1-523.01(f), and 6 ex-officio nonvoting members.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nAt least one of each of the following shall be appointed as a voting member of the Commission:\n(A)\nA parent of a student enrolled in member public charter school located in the District;\n(B)\nA parent of a student enrolled in a DCPS school;\n(C)\nA parent of a student enrolled at a private or parochial member school located in the District;\n(D)\nA member of the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association, or its successor; and\n(E)\nA member of the Public Charter Interscholastic Athletic Association, or its successor, if a majority of public charter schools that offer interscholastic athletics programs are members of the DCSAA.\n(2)\nVoting members shall be residents of the District of Columbia.\n(3)\n(A)\nVoting members shall serve regular terms of 4 years and may be reappointed for a single term of 4 years, except that of the members first appointed, the Mayor shall designate 3 to serve terms of 4 years, 2 to serve terms of 3 years, 2 to serve terms of 2 years, and 2 to serve a term of one year.\n(B)\nThe initial term for voting members shall begin on the date that a majority of the voting members are sworn in, which shall become the anniversary date for all subsequent appointments.\n(C)\nWhere a vacancy occurs for reasons other than the expiration of the voting member's term, the Mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council, an individual to serve in the vacant position, taking into consideration the criteria of this subsection.\n(D)\nAny voting member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the remainder of the predecessor's term.\n(E)\nA vacancy appointment shall not count toward the term-limits otherwise provided in this paragraph.\n(4)\nThe Mayor shall not remove a voting member except for cause.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nThe ex-officio nonvoting members of the Commission shall be:\n(A)\nThe Director of OSSE, or his or her designee;\n(B)\nThe Chancellor of DCPS, or his or her designee;\n(C)\nThe Chair of the Public Charter School Board, or his or her designee;\n(D)\nThe Deputy Mayor for Education, or his or her designee;\n(E)\nThe Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, or his or her designee; and\n(F)\nThe Director of the Department of General Services, or his or her designee.\n(2)\nNonvoting members shall support the Commission by providing information and advice related to interscholastic athletic programming and by advancing policies and programs consistent with the work of the Commission.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 26A-i. District of Columbia State Athletics Commission and State Athletic Association.","Subchapter II. District of Columbia State Athletics Commission."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-2661.11","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6aa46f7e4c240e43267d0c0e7fd11040b1f92b5655214414742971b7432a4830","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2661.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2661.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}