{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-381","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-381","heading":"Access to Advanced Placement Tests.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nBeginning no later than 180 days after Febryary 23, 2023, the District of Columbia Public Schools (\"DCPS\") shall permit a non-enrollee to sit for an Advanced Placement test (\"test\") at the student's right-to-attend DCPS school; provided, that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (\"OSSE\") has certified to DCPS that the non-enrollee is eligible to sit for the test.\n(2)\nOSSE shall certify a non-enrollee as eligible to sit for a test where:\n(A)\nOSSE has received timely notification that the non-enrollee is participating in a homeschooling program for the school year in which the test is to be administered; and\n(B)\nOSSE has received a timely request from the non-enrollee to register for the test.\n\n(b)\nDCPS may offer a reasonable alternate location for a non-enrollee to take a currently offered test where the non-enrollee's right-to-attend school will not offer that test during the relevant school year or term.\n\n(c)\nWhere OSSE has certified to DCPS that a non-enrollee is eligible to sit for a test pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, DCPS shall provide notice to the non-enrollee at least 30 days in advance of the test. The notice shall include:\n(1)\nThe date, time, and location that the non-enrollee will take the test; and\n(2)\nInformation on testing logistics, including an e-mail address and phone number that non-enrollees may use to contact DCPS about the test, and a link to information on the DCPS website on Advanced Placement testing for non-enrollees.\n\n(d)\nA non-enrollee shall remit payment for test fees, processing fees, or costs incurred by OSSE, DCPS, or an individual school to administer a test by check made payable to the District of Columbia Treasurer.\n\n(e)\nBeginning no later than 30 days after February 23, 2023:\n(1)\nDCPS shall make available and maintain on its website information on how a non-enrollee may register for tests with OSSE, test day logistics, and any other relevant information, including a method for non-enrollees and their parents or guardians to contact DCPS with questions about testing under this chapter; and\n(2)\nOSSE shall make available and maintain on its website information on how a non-enrollee may register for tests, a link to information on the DCPS website on Advanced Placement testing for non-enrollees and any other relevant information, including a method for non-enrollees and their parents or guardians to contact OSSE with questions about testing under this chapter.\n\n(f)\nThis chapter shall not be construed to require DCPS to offer a test to a non-enrollee student when that  particular test will not be offered at any DCPS school during the relevant school year or term.\n\n(g)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term:\n(1)\n\"Non-enrollee\" means a District resident of school age participating in a homeschooling program who is eligible to enroll at a DCPS school.\n(2)\n\"Right-to-attend school\" means the DCPS school that a District resident of school-age may attend by right, based on the child's place of residence being located in the catchment area for that school.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 3C. Access to Advanced Placement Tests by Non-enrollees."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-381","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0533c276a2d864d4be246056326fc67cb3f1057d35dc791088b8342ed2e7b177","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-374","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}