CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

&

COUNCILMEMBER DAVID GROSSO

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

ANNOUNCE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

on

B23-0049, the “Classroom Innovation Grant Program Act of 2019,” 

B23-0244, the “Financial Literacy Education in Schools Amendment Act of 2019.” 

And 

 B23-0196, the “District of Columbia Public Schools Student Technology Equity Act of 2019” 

on 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 

10:00 A.M., Hearing Room 500, John A. Wilson Building 

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilmember David Grosso announce the scheduling of a joint public hearing of the Committee of the Whole and the Committee on Education on B23-0049, the “Classroom Innovation Grant Program Act of 2019,” B23-0244, the “Financial Literacy Education in Schools Amendment Act of 2019.” and B23-0196, the “District of Columbia Public Schools Student Technology Equity Act of 2019.” The hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 10:00 A.M in room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building. 

The stated purpose of B23-0049 is to establish a classroom innovation grant program to provide funding to District of Columbia public and public charter elementary schools to allow classroom teachers to utilize technology to enhance students' learning experience. 

 The stated purpose of B23-0196 is to require the Mayor to convene a steering committee to develop and publish a Comprehensive Student Technology Equity Plan for DC Public Schools every two years.   

The purpose of B23-0244 2019 is to establish a financial literacy education program. It requires that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education develop a financial literacy course to be piloted in all DC public high schools no later than the 2020-2021 school year. 

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 on Monday November 4, 2019. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 10-15 copies of written testimony. Witnesses appearing on his or her 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. Statements should be submitted by email to Ashley Strange, Committee Assistant, at 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, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday November 20, 2019. 

This revised notice reflects the removal of B23-0094, the “Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation Education Amendment Act of 2019” and B23-0150, “Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities Screening and Prevention Pilot Program Act of 2019”and the addition of B23-0244, the “Financial Literacy Education in Schools Amendment Act of 2019.”