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Currently, when students miss school due to a physical or mental illness, injury, or impairment that prevents them from participating in the day-to-day activities typically expected during school attendance, they are eligible to receive home or hospital instruction provided by their local education agency (LEA). However, students experiencing health conditions such as pre-birth complications, childbirth, and postpartum recovery are excluded from home and hospital instruction programs under the law as interpreted by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

Each year, tenants eagerly await the arrival of May 15—when air conditioning is turned on in apartment buildings in which tenants cannot individually control their indoor heating and air conditioning. In the past few years, average local temperatures have steadily risen, and many tenants who depend on their landlord to initiate the annual change to air conditioning from heating have wanted to access air conditioning much earlier than May 15...A tenant who cannot individually control the internal temperature of their home due to the design or age of their building should not have to swelter in their home while waiting for May 15 to arrive.

The physical, mental, academic, and emotional safety of all students is of chief concern in our District schools. This legislation would amend the Student Access to Treatment Act of 2007 to authorize employees and agents of public schools who have been certified under an Office of the State Superintendent of Education medication administration training program to administer undesignated albuterol to a student who is suffering or about to suffer an asthma attack and undesignated glucagon to a student who is suffering or about to suffer hypoglycemia due to diabetes.

"Data breaches are a violation of privacy and erode the public’s trust in institutions. Unfortunately, in recent years, we have seen several significant data breaches across various corporations and government agencies, such as Target, the Office of Personnel Management, the US Postal Service, and the Metropolitan Police Department, among others. I was alarmed to learn last week that DC Health Link, the health insurance marketplace for the District of Columbia, was the most recent institution affected by a cybersecurity attack exposing the personal information of thousands of residents and employees in the District."

Washington, DC –This month, Councilmember Henderson introduced two bills to improve quality of life by providing better municipal services. The two bills are the Taking Rubbish Away from Small Homes (TRASH) Amendment Act of 2023 and the Residential Permit Parking Program Review Amendment of 2023.

Last week, Councilmember Christina Henderson introduced common sense legislation that assures school transparency and student safety via the Common Sense School Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023.