District of Columbia Public Schools Flexible Schedule Pilot.

(a) In Fiscal Year 2024, DCPS shall provide up to $400,000 per school to 6 or more schools for the purpose of continuing, creating, or planning scheduling arrangements that allow for variation in instructional calendars and formats on a daily or weekly basis for the schools' educators while continuing to provide academic instruction to students. (b) By February 15, 2024, DCPS shall provide a report to Council that: (1) Accounts for Fiscal Year 2024 funds spent and anticipated to be spent pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; (2) Explains whether DCPS anticipates exhausting appropriated funds by the end of the school year; and (3) Identifies schools that requested to receive funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section but were not selected and provides a justification for each school's exclusion. (c) For the purposes of this section, the term "educator" includes a principal, assistant principal, teacher, assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, all school service providers, or any person who provides professional educational services or education psychological services at a school.