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[quote=Anonymous]Latest from the DC Nurses Association to those who signed their petition below.  The fight continues to make nursing coverage 40 hours/week for all schools a permanent thing.  The emergency legislation only keeps current nursing coverage for the rest of this school year:

Thank you for your support for 40-hour nursing coverage in every school in the District.  The emergency legislation introduced by Education Chair Grosso passed unanimously.  The legislation would keep the current nursing coverage in place for the 2016-2017 school year.  This would ensure that no changes will occur in January 2017. This is a victory for us.

However, this is a temporary fix. Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt is still the Director of Department of Health and can still implement her plan that will strip full-time coverage from the DC schools in the 2017-2018 school year.  We cannot allow her to continue this.  Please see the video below of Dr. Nesbitt reminding us why nurses are not required in the schools during an emergency. Her plan is not in the interest of the children of the District of Columbia.

The videos is at this link https://youtu.be/IhyJgmsMM2M

On Monday, November 14th, DCNA will be lobbying the Council member to support a bill that will change the minimum requirement of nursing coverage in every school from 20 to 40 hours permanently. We will begin on 10am.  Can you join us?  Please let us know.  Thanks

DC Nurses Association      
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