2025-26 Performance Oversight Testimony: District of Columbia Public Schools
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the Committee of the Whole at the performance oversight hearing for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Our testimony highlights how DCPS’s approach to home and hospital instruction creates serious barriers to educational access for students with health conditions that prevent them from attending school in-person. Despite the Council’s passage of the Students’ Right to Home or Hospital Instruction Act of 2020, we continue to see cases where students do not receive appropriate support and educational access through HHI.
Our Impact on Children’s Education
Too often the District’s schools fail to provide students with physical, learning or emotional disabilities or children living in poverty with the right supports they need to succeed. We work with parents and schools to get a child’s education back on track – from ensuring testing for learning disabilities at a young age to making sure students with disabilities have an appropriate plan that meets their learning needs.