Resolution 010131
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight and Committee on Education to hold joint hearings on how the School District of Philadelphia is cooperating with the City's charter schools, how the School District evaluates its charter school applications, and to measure the effectiveness of our currently operating charter schools.
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“Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The Clerk will please read the title of SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR the Bill No. 010131.”
Council President Verna · Stated Meeting, June 7, 2001 · Jun 7, 2001 · official transcript, this passage
Status timeline
- Mar 1, 2001Referred · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 1, 2001Introduced · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 29, 2001HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- Mar 29, 2001HEARING HELD · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- Mar 29, 2001RECESSED · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- Apr 24, 2001HEARING HELD · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- Apr 24, 2001RECESSED · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- May 2, 2001HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- May 2, 2001HEARING HELD · Committee on Legislative Oversight
- May 2, 2001RECESSED · Committee on Legislative Oversight
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..Title Authorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight and Committee on Education to hold joint hearings on how the School District of Philadelphia is cooperating with the City's charter schools, how the School District evaluates its charter school applications, and to measure the effectiveness of our currently operating charter schools. ..Body WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Charter School Act of 1997 established charter schools as independently operated public schools that are funded with public tax dollars to provide educational alternatives free from many burdensome regulations; and WHEREAS, Charter schools are growing across the country, with over 1,700 schools in thirty-seven states, and providing a public choice to the parents of 21,000 students in sixty-seven charter schools across Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's charter school law has enabled Philadelphia neighborhoods and communities to establish 34 charter schools with 14,000 students, providing exciting and innovative educational opportunities for their students; and WHEREAS, The Philadelphia School Board rejected 88% of the applications they received for new charter schools this year, despite many neighborhoods and communities anxious to be provided with these educational alternatives, and many charter school operators report very little cooperation and support from the School Board; and WHEREAS, It is imperative that the City and School Board of Philadelphia provide all possible educational opportunities for our children, in order to prepare them for their future, as well as maintain our tax base and help keep residents from pursuing other options outside of the City; now therefore RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That authority be given to the Committee on Legislative Oversight and the Committee on Education to hold joint hearings on how the School District of Philadelphia is cooperating with the City's charter schools, how the School District evaluates its charter school applications, and to measure the effectiveness of our currently operating charter schools. ..End