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Resolution 110008

Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings in Partnership with the State Board of Education and the Department of Education on the Lack of Library Facilities and Certified Librarians in Public Schools and to Hold a Public Roundtable Discussion of the State Study Investigating the Number and Quality of Public School Libraries.

Introduced Jan 27, 2011Committee on EducationOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember BlackwellCouncilmember SanchezCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember GoodeCouncilmember RizzoCouncilmember ClarkeCouncilmember DiCiccoCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember KenneyCouncilmember MillerCouncilmember O'NeillCouncil President VernaCouncilmember Green

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  1. “Resolution No. 110007, entitled "A resolution honoring and congratulating Scott M. Wilds"; and Resolution No. 110008, entitled "A Resolution Calling on the Philadelphia on Education to Hold Hearings in Partnership with the State Board of Education and the Department of Education on the Lack of Library Facilities and Certified Librarians in Public Schools"; and Resolution No. 110009, entitled "A resolution authorizing…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, February 3, 2011 · Feb 3, 2011 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Jan 27, 2011Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Feb 3, 2011ADOPTED & REFERRED · CITY COUNCIL

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..Title Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings in Partnership with the State Board of Education and the Department of Education on the Lack of Library Facilities and Certified Librarians in Public Schools and to Hold a Public Roundtable Discussion of the State Study Investigating the Number and Quality of Public School Libraries. ..Body WHEREAS, The education of our children is of the utmost importance to the residents of Philadelphia; and WHEREAS, The School District of Philadelphia is the eighth largest in the nation with 258 schools and 160,000 students; and WHEREAS, Of the 258 schools in the School District, only 120 have a library within the school; and WHEREAS, Of the schools that have library facilities, only half of the City's sixty high schools, six of the twenty-six middle schools and a mere twenty-five of the one hundred and seventy elementary schools, have certified librarians; and WHEREAS, Past initiatives to cut public library hours have stifled opportunities for students to utilize resources that are offered at public libraries in neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, Studies, including one by the Commonwealth in 1999, have shown that students who have access to a school library, demonstrate significant improvement on standardized test in reading, spelling, math, and problem solving skills; and WHEREAS, Adequately stocked and staffed school libraries are invaluable educational tools for both students and teachers; and WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed House Resolution No. 987, calling for the State Board of Education and the Department of Education to conduct a study and hold public round-table discussions, on public school library resources in the state of Pennsylvania and to measure and compare library resources and facilities among the various school districts; now therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Philadelphia City Council Calls on the Committee on Education to Hold Hearings in Partnership with the State Board of Education and the Department of Education on the Lack of Library Facilities and Certified Librarians in Public Schools and to Hold a Public Roundtable Discussion of the State Study Investigating the Number and Quality of Public School Libraries. ..End