State Governance Documents Since the creation of the State Education Office (SEO) in 2001, numerous studies and analyses have been undertaken on the issue of state-level education roles in the District of Columbia. These projects have been performed both by independent organizations as well as by staff within what is now the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). By providing these documents as online sources, as well as copies of public testimony before the Council of the District of Columbia, the OSSE hopes to add context and understanding to the issue of state-level education governance in the District of Columbia.    History of State Education Role Transfers to the SEO* June 2004 Letter from the DC Appleseed Center* October 2003 Letter from the DC Appleseed Center* State Education Function Timeline of Significant Events* State of Education Roles in the District of Columbia* Testimony of Deborah A. Gist before the DC Council Committee of the Whole–January 2007* Testimony of Mary M. Levy before the DC Council Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation–November 2006* Testimony of Michael Casserly before the DC Council Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation–November 2006* Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Report to the State Education Office by Mary M. Levy*