D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A2299
When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the ascribed meanings:
"Carnegie Unit" - one hundred and twenty (120) hours of classroom instruction over the course of an academic year.
"Competency-based Unit" - a unit equivalent to a Carnegie Unit that is earned toward graduation for successful completion of an approved competency-based learning course or course series per Subsection 2203.7.
"Local Education Agency" - pursuant to Section 9101 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, approved January 8, 2002 (115 Stat. 1956; 20 U.S.C. § 7801(26)(A)) , a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a state, or of or for a combination of school districts or counties that is recognized in a state as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.
"Office of the State Superintendent of Education" or "OSSE" - the District of Columbia state level education agency established by Section 302(a) of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9; D.C. Official Code § 38-2601 (2012 Repl.)).
"School" - means a school within the District of Columbia Public School system or a public charter school in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A2299