5223952 Public Roundtable Notice on "Truancy and the Implementation of Truancy Reform Initiatives"

CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE

on

Truancy and the Implementation of Truancy Reform Initiatives

on

Thursday, December 18, 2014

12:00 p.m., Hearing Room 412, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announces a public roundtable of the Committee of the Whole on Truancy.  The public roundtable will be held Thursday, December 18, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. in Hearing Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. 

 

The purpose of this roundtable is to receive testimony from government witnesses and partners, including the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education, the Children and Family Services Agency, the District of Columbia Public Schools, the Public Charter School Board, Justice Grants Administration, and the Office of the Attorney General, regarding  truancy in the District and the continued implementation of truancy reform initiatives required by the South Capitol Street Memorial Amendment Act of 2012 and the Attendance Accountability Amendment Act of 2013. 

 

Those who wish to testify are asked to telephone the Committee of the Whole, at
[phone], or e-mail Taneka Miller, Legislative Counsel, at [e-mail] and provide their name, address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business Tuesday, December 16, 2014.  Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  If submitted by the close of business on December 16, 2014, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the hearing.  Witnesses should limit their testimony to five minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses. 

 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee of the Whole, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 410 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 22, 2014.