On March 3, 2020, Councilmember Grosso, chairperson of the Committee on Education, sent a letter to Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director of the D.C. Department of Heath (D.C. Health) with follow-up questions regarding her testimony at the Department of Health Performance Oversight Hearing. The councilmember requested further information from D.C. Health regarding health and gender equity in our schools, providing the required 40-hours of nurse coverage a week at every school, and provision of comprehensive sex education, including sexual violence prevention education.
Director Nesbitt and the Department of Health sent responses on May 22, 2020. That letter can be found below.
You can read the full letter and the responses below and here.