Section 38-3109 - [Not funded.] School crossing guards.(a) Crossing guards shall be placed at elementary schools and middle or junior high schools where considered necessary by DDOT, working collaboratively with the DCPS and the affected local public school or public charter school.(b)(1) By January 1, 2024, DDOT shall make available an online system that public schools may use to submit requests for crossing guards. The online system shall allow for the submission of all information and materials required by DDOT to support a request for a crossing guard.(2) A public school may request a crossing guard at any location within the further of the school's zone or 1/10th of a mile of the school.(3) A request for a crossing guard submitted pursuant to this subsection must include the time periods in a given day for which the school seeks a crossing guard. A school may request the crossing guard's hours to extend earlier and later than a typical school day.(c)(1) Crossing guards shall receive:(A) Relevant training provided or prescribed by the DME for CBOs participating in the Safe Blocks Program;(B) Bystander intervention training;(C) Training on racial and implicit bias; and(D) Any other training required by DDOT.(2) DDOT, in consultation with DCPS and public charter local education agencies, shall prescribe the frequency at which crossing guards must receive trainings following their initial placements; provided, that crossing guards shall receive the trainings required under paragraph (1) of this subsection at least once every 2 years.(e) By June 1, 2024, DDOT, in consultation with the City Administrator, DME, and the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure, shall transmit a plan to the Mayor and Council identifying options for converting existing part-time crossing guard positions to full-time positions. The plan shall include: (1) An estimate of the total number of crossing guards needed to serve District schools, where funding and staff availability are not an issue;(2) An analysis of how many crossing guard positions should be retained as part-time, where funding and staff availability are not an issue; and(3)(A) A list of positions, roles, or services within DDOT and other District agencies to which crossing guards could be assigned and reasonably take on during hours that they are not providing crossing guard services to allow these part-time positions to be converted to full-time positions; and(B) An analysis of what would be necessary for DDOT to coordinate with other agencies to allow crossing guards to take on these other positions, roles, or services in off-hours, including any barriers, agency concerns, or recommendations to establishing interagency positions.Added by D.C. Law 24-285,§ 2, 70 DCR 000998, eff. 3/10/2023.