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As D.C. officials contend with safely reopening schools next month, the city council is now operating without a dedicated education committee.
The D.C. Council’s five-member Committee on Education was disbanded last month and consolidated into the Council’s broader Committee of the Whole a shuffle that followed former education committee chair David Grosso’s decision to not seek re-election.
While local pundits surmise Council Chair Phil Mendelson’s long-standing rule that new Council members shouldn’t be committee chairs may have affected appointing a replacement, Mendelson has insisted the transition was logical given the 13-member Committee of the Whole’s existing involvement with education oversight.