{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2661.26","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-2661.26","heading":"District of Columbia State Athletic Association; complaint resolution.","body":"(a)\nThe DCSAA shall hear and decide complaints:\n(1)\nRelated to its membership standards;\n(2)\nArising under the DCSAA handbook; or\n(3)\nRelated to participant eligibility arising between a DCPS and non-DCPS member school participating in a DCSAA-sanctioned competition or arising between a member school and non-member school participating in a DCSAA-sanctioned competition.\n\n(b)\nThe parties to a complaint shall comply with DCSAA requests for information related to the allegations in the complaint.\n\n(c)\nThe DCSAA shall issue written findings in support of any decision issued pursuant to this section.\n\n(d)\nNothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the DCSAA to hear or decide:\n(1)\nAppeals from participant eligibility decisions issued by a member school or LEA; or\n(2)\nComplaints wherein the parties have failed to exhaust existing administrative remedies.\n\n(e)\nA party may appeal a DCSAA decision issued under this section to an athletic appeals panel.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 26A-i. District of Columbia State Athletics Commission and State Athletic Association.","Subchapter III. District of Columbia State Athletics Association."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-2661.26","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"72de86783e4807fa50e15210b8aec7b1219bdc3eeedc50fa559f3f43adc266b7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2661.25","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-2661.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}