{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-312","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-312","heading":"False information; penalty.","body":"The fact that a parent or caregiver of a student has provided satisfactory evidence of residency or other primary caregiver status pursuant to this chapter shall not prevent a principal or other school administrator, a chartering authority, or the Office of the State Superintendent of Education from establishing by information and other evidence that a student or the student’s parent or primary caregiver is not in fact a District of Columbia resident or an other primary caregiver. Any person, including any District of Columbia public schools or public charter school official, who knowingly supplies false information to a public official in connection with student residency verification shall be subject to charges of tuition retroactively, and payment of a fine of not more than $2,000, or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, but not both a fine and imprisonment. The case of a person who knowing supplies false information may be referred by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to the Office of Attorney General for consideration for prosecution.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 3. Residency Requirement and Nonresident Tuition."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-312","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9955d83876a073f6f591f7947c192301e030fa069ecbc69fe165b6be32a7b04f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-311","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-312.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}