TPM Partner Todd Gluckman Testifies at D.C. Council Oversight Hearing Related to Special Education Issues

On November 20, 2024, TPM Partner Todd Gluckman testified before the D.C. Council Committee of the Whole at an oversight hearing related to special education. The Council heard extensive testimony from parents, teachers, policy experts, and others related to substantial problems with the District’s special education system. Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilmember Christina Henderson expressed significant concerns regarding the problems detailed in the testimony.

Mr. Gluckman testified regarding proposed legislation to address some of the problems related to students with disabilities who are educated in separate—“self-contained”—classes, and the ongoing need to achieve compliance with the injunction issued against the District in 2016 by the federal court in DL v. District of Columbia. That injunction is designed to ensure that preschool-aged children obtain needed special education services. The written version of Mr. Gluckman’s initial remarks is here.