{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-273.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-273.03","heading":"Restriction on out-of-school discipline for pre-k age students.","body":"(a)\nBeginning in school year 2015-2016, no student of pre-k age may receive a disciplinary unenrollment, as defined in § 38-236.01(3), from any publicly funded community-based organization, school in the District of Columbia Public Schools system, or public charter school that provides pre-k care and education services to pre-k age children.\n\n(b)\nBeginning in school year 2015-2016, no student of pre-k age may receive an out-of- school suspension from any publicly funded community-based organization, school in the District of Columbia Public Schools system, or public charter school that provides pre-k care and education services to pre-k age children, unless it is determined by a school or program administrator that the student has willfully caused or attempted to cause bodily injury, or threatened serious bodily injury to another person, except in self-defense. No student of pre-k age may be suspended for longer than 3 days for any individual incident.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 2A. Pre-Kindergarten Education System.","Subchapter III. Expansion to Universal Pre-k."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-273.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a2fc95844ee8814be1d171487bb64015ca2f74f647f9711292c41ef2b156e239","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-273.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-274.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}