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• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: District of Columbia Public Schools 2013 Oversight

  Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before DC Council’s Committee on Education at an oversight hearing for the District of Columbia Public Schools. Read a summary…

  February 22, 2013

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  Testimony: Hearing on Attendance Accountability Amendment Act 2013

  Executive director Judith Sandalow testified before DC Council’s Committee of the Whole and Committee on Education on truancy, which the Attendance Accountability Amendment Act seeks…

  February 12, 2013

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Comment: Proposed Graduation Requirements 2013

  Children’s Law Center suggests procedural safeguards be added to the graduation requirements to account for vulnerable and transient students, including those who are in the…

  January 30, 2013

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  Comment: Special Education Dispute Resolution 2012

  Children’s Law Center submitted comments to the Office of the State Superintendent on Education on proposed changes DC’s regulations on special education dispute resolution. Read…

  December 28, 2012

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  Testimony: Public Hearing on TANF Sanction Policy 2012

  Policy attorney Sarah King testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Human Services at a roundtable to discuss sanction policies for the Temporary Assistance for…

  December 11, 2012

• Resource Training Presentations & Videos

  Caregiver Representation Pro Bono Attorney Training PowerPoints

  A series of PowerPoint presentations on representing caregivers in permanency cases as a pro bono attorney in the District of Columbia.Introduction: slides 1-5Overview of Family…

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  Testimony: Public Hearing on Grandparent Caregivers Program Extension 2012

  Children’s Law Center submitted testimony on a proposed amendment that would expand eligibility for DC’s Grandparent Caregivers Program in some cases. Read a summary below…

  November 19, 2012

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  Comment: Student Discipline Policy at Public Schools 2012

  Children’s Law Center suggests ways to strengthen proposed regulations from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) on the student discipline policy at…

  September 11, 2012

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  Testimony: Oversight Roundtable on Public Education Priorities 2012

  Executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council at a joint roundtable on educational priorities for the Council. She focused on two areas within…

  July 13, 2012

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  Testimony: Joint Roundtable on Truancy Reduction in DC Public Schools 2012

  Executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council at a joint roundtable on truancy reduction in DC public schools. She emphasized that while DC…

  July 12, 2012