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Resolution 181014

Calling for the Council Committee of the Whole to convene public meetings and public hearings pursuant to the Educational Supplement of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to review the administration, management, operations, and finances of the School District and adopt plans to coordinate the activities of the Board of Education, the Mayor, and the City Council for the improvement and benefit of public education in Philadelphia.

Introduced Nov 15, 2018Committee of the WholeOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Council President ClarkeCouncilmember BlackwellCouncilmember SquillaCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember HenonCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncilmember BassCouncilmember ParkerCouncilmember O'NeillCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember DombCouncilmember GreenCouncilmember OhCouncilmember GymCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember Taubenberger

Status timeline

  1. Nov 15, 2018Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Nov 15, 2018ADOPTED & REFERRED · CITY COUNCIL
  3. Nov 27, 2018HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  4. Nov 27, 2018HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  5. Nov 27, 2018RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  6. May 23, 2019HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  7. May 23, 2019HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  8. May 23, 2019RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  9. Nov 19, 2019HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  10. Nov 19, 2019HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  11. Nov 19, 2019RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  12. Jan 21, 2021HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  13. Jan 21, 2021HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  14. Jan 21, 2021RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  15. Nov 9, 2021HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  16. Nov 9, 2021HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  17. Nov 9, 2021RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  18. May 4, 2022HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  19. May 4, 2022HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  20. May 4, 2022RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  21. Jan 31, 2023HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  22. Jan 31, 2023HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  23. Jan 31, 2023RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  24. May 2, 2023HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  25. May 2, 2023HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  26. May 2, 2023RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  27. Dec 12, 2023HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  28. Dec 12, 2023HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  29. Dec 12, 2023RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  30. Apr 30, 2024HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  31. Apr 30, 2024HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  32. Apr 30, 2024RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  33. Dec 9, 2024HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  34. Dec 9, 2024RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  35. Dec 9, 2024HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  36. Apr 29, 2025HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  37. Apr 29, 2025HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  38. Apr 29, 2025RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  39. Apr 30, 2025HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  40. Apr 30, 2025HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  41. Apr 30, 2025RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  42. Nov 18, 2025HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  43. Nov 18, 2025HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  44. Nov 18, 2025RECESSED · Committee of the Whole
  45. Apr 22, 2026HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  46. Apr 22, 2026HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  47. Apr 22, 2026RECESSED · Committee of the Whole

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..Title Calling for the Council Committee of the Whole to convene public meetings and public hearings pursuant to the Educational Supplement of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to review the administration, management, operations, and finances of the School District and adopt plans to coordinate the activities of the Board of Education, the Mayor, and the City Council for the improvement and benefit of public education in Philadelphia. ..Body WHEREAS, In May 2015, Philadelphians voted overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the School Reform Commission and restoring local control of the Philadelphia School District; and WHEREAS, In November 2017, the School Reform Commission voted to dissolve itself 16 years after its establishment; and WHEREAS, In December 2017, the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education approved the dissolution of the School Reform Commission thereby returning local control of the Philadelphia School District to the Philadelphia Board of Education, established under the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter; and WHEREAS, In May 2018, Philadelphians voted overwhelmingly to amend the Home Rule Charter to allow City Council to approve Mayoral appointees to the Board of Education; and WHEREAS, On July 1, 2018, the Philadelphia Board of Education formally regained governing control of the Philadelphia School District; and WHEREAS, In accordance with Section 12-209(b) of the Home Rule Charter, the Board of Education, the Mayor, and City Council shall meet publicly at least twice during the school year in City Council chambers; and WHEREAS, Section 12-209(b) of the Home Rule Charter further provides that the purpose for the meetings is to review and discuss the administration, management, operations and finances of the School District in order to develop and adopt plans to coordinate their activities for the improvement and benefit of public education in Philadelphia; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY PHILADELPHIA, Calls on the Council Committee of the Whole to convene public meetings and public hearings pursuant to the Educational Supplement of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to review the administration, management, operations, and finances of the School District and adopt plans to coordinate the activities of the Board of Education, the Mayor, and the City Council for the improvement and benefit of public education in Philadelphia. ..End