COUNCILMEMBER DAVID GROSSO

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE

on 

Education for Students During and After Detention, Commitment, or Incarceration

on

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

10:00 a.m., Hearing Room 412, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 Councilmember David Grosso announces the scheduling of a public roundtable of the Committee on Education on Education for Students During and After Detention and Incarceration. The roundtable will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Hearing Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building.

The purpose of this roundtable is to engage the public and government witnesses in discussing the provision of education for students during and after periods of detention, commitment, or incarceration. 

Those who wish to testify may sign-up online at bit.do/EducationHearings or call the Committee on Education at (202) 724-8061 by 5:00pm Monday, October 2. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 10 copies of written testimony. Witnesses appearing on their own behalf should limit their testimony to three minutes; witnesses representing organizations should limit their testimony to five minutes. 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Written statements should be submitted by email to Ashley Strange, astrange@dccouncil.us, or by post to the Committee on Education, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 116 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday October 18, 2017.