So, erm, we had a schedule of fall hearings—and now we have a new schedule!

See updated dates and newly scheduled hearings below; all others remain as they were before, in the link above (calendar has been updated as well): 

October 28, 11 am (formerly November 5—hurry with the registration!): OSSE & Student Transportation

OSSE (the office of the state superintendent of education) has botched student transportation for years. (See here as well.) Perhaps best to not invest much hope for less heart-breaking testimony than in years past.

October 30, 10:30 am: Juvenile Curfews

November 5, 12 noon (formerly October 28): Beating The Odds

For invited witnesses only, this hearing on “standout schools” purports to find a (the?) secret sauce for student success, especially for students from low-income households. How such success is defined—and by whom—makes the difference on whether this hearing will function as a multi-hour infomercial. 

November 7, 9:30 am (formerly October 29): Academic Achievement in DC

For everyone to testify at; as with the hearing above, expect plenty of discussion of this year’s CAPE test results. 

November 10, 12 noon (previously unscheduled): Simplifying Education Reporting

This hearing covers two bills (see here and here), which appear to undo oversight the council itself once embraced, like regular reporting of a draft tech plan for DCPS—perhaps on brand for the current political moment, wherein the interests of the powerful are given a helping hand while everyone and everything else is, well, forgotten.

December 10, 2:30 pm (previously unscheduled): Oversight of Education for Students with Special Needs

AFAIK special education has never been handled with uniform grace in DC. For instance, emergency legislation was recently enacted to ensure incarcerated young adult students have access to special education services. The previous legislation apparently *expired* at the end of SY22-23.