(a)(1) The chairperson or a majority of the members of the Trustees may convene a meeting. The Trustees shall hold meetings periodically, as scheduled by the Trustees; provided, that at least 4 meetings shall be held each year. All meetings shall be held in the District of Columbia. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, meetings shall be noticed to the public and open to the public.
(2) The Trustees may convene in executive session by a vote of a majority of the voting members serving to take action on matters that:
(A) Relate to personnel or to practices of the Trustees;
(B) Would result in the disclosure of matters specifically exempted from disclosure by statute; or
(C) Would result in the disclosure of information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(3) The Trustees shall keep the minutes of each meeting of the Trustees and shall make the minutes of each public meeting available to the public for inspection and distribution.
(b) No official action may be taken at a meeting or an executive session unless a quorum is present; except, that a lesser number may hold a hearing. A majority of the voting members serving on the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum.
§ 38–1204.02. Advisory committees.
The Trustees shall appoint such advisory committees as are necessary to advise on educational policy. Such advisory committees may consist of members of the Trustees, students, faculty members, parents, and governmental, educational, business, industrial, labor, and community representatives.
§ 38–1204.03. Gifts and contributions.
(a) The Trustees may accept services, moneys, gifts, endowments, donations, and bequests. The Trustees may in their discretion retain or not retain such in the form in which they are made.
(b) The Trustees shall establish in 1 or more financial institutions in the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Postsecondary Education Fund. There shall be deposited in such fund all gifts and contributions in whatever form, funds in receipt of services rendered, other than tuition, and all moneys not included in the annual operating and capital and educational improvements funds appropriated by Congress. Moneys deposited therein shall be available for investment and shall be distributed in such amounts and in such manner as the Trustees may determine. The Trustees are authorized to administer such fund in whatever manner the Trustees may deem wise and prudent, provided that such administration is lawful and does not impose any fiscal burden on the District of Columbia.
(b-1) The Trustees shall establish in one or more financial institutions in the District of Columbia a District of Columbia School of Law Fund (“Fund”). There shall be deposited in the Fund all gifts and contributions in whatever form, funds received for services rendered by the School of Law, other than tuition, and all monies dedicated to the support of the School of Law not included in the annual operating and capital improvement funds appropriated for the University by Congress. Subject to the applicable laws relating to the appropriation of District funds, the Trustees are authorized to administer the Fund in whatever manner the Trustees may deem wise and prudent, provided that the administration is lawful, in accordance with the fiduciary responsibilities of the Trustees, and does not impose any financial burden on the District of Columbia.
(c) It is not the intent that any income derived as a result of such funds shall take the place of any District or federal appropriations or any part thereof but that it shall supplement such appropriations to the end that the University may improve and increase its functions, may enlarge its areas of service and may become more useful to a greater number of people. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Trustees from receiving gifts, donations, and bequests from any source and from using the same for such lawful purposes as the donor or donors designate.
§ 38–1204.04. Annual report.
The Trustees shall make an annual report to the general public, Mayor, Council, and the Congress on December 31st of each year on the operation of programs and the expenditure of all funds for public postsecondary education in the District of Columbia. Such annual report shall include, but not be limited to, the source, amount, distribution and expenditure of all funds whatever the source; and general student enrollment data, including, but not limited to, race, sex, age, major area of study, previous and current residency and upon graduation or termination of study, employment placement data (consistent with existing statutes and Department of Education regulations).
§ 38–1204.05. Transfer of appropriation balance; power to contract; Material Fund.
(a) The Board of Education of the District of Columbia is authorized to transfer during the fiscal year any appropriation balance available for one item of appropriation to another item of appropriation or to a new program designated by action of the Board; provided, that any such action under this subsection shall be taken in accordance with the reprogramming policy and laws of the District of Columbia.
(b) Repealed.
(c) There is established, in the General Fund, an account entitled the Material Fund which shall be limited to public school use. The Board of Education is authorized to transfer its authority from the Material Fund to an internal service fund, which transferred authority if not obligated by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 1981, or each succeeding fiscal year thereafter, shall expire.
§ 38–1204.06. Authority of Council.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any rule of law, nothing in this unit shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Council to enact any act or resolution, after January 2, 1975, pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act with respect to any matter covered by this unit.
§ 38–1204.07. Rules for preferential tuition rates for District residents.
(a) Within 90 days of August 1, 1996, the Trustees will consider and adopt uniform rules applicable to students of the University, including the School of Law, setting forth the requirements for preferential tuition rates for bona fide residents of the District of Columbia and requirements for recognition of changes in residency status.
(b) The Trustees shall establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at the University of the District of Columbia flagship undergraduate program, graduate program, and the Community College of the District of Columbia, at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher education.
