City of Philadelphia Public Hearing Notice The Joint Committees on Education and Children & Youth of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 240632 Resolution authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Children & Youth to hold hearings exploring the creation of a School District of Philadelphia Chief of Joy.
240642 Resolution authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Children & Youth to hold hearings on the prevalence of the usage of exclusionary school discipline and the use of collective punishment practices in public schools across Philadelphia, and on how these and other policies and practices perpetuate anti-blackness and anti-Black racism and harm students academically, socially, emotionally to the detriment of their health, well-being, and future life outcomes. Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Joint Committees on Education and Children & Youth, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items.
Copies of the foregoing items are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall. - 1 -City of Philadelphia