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Proposing an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for the removal of gender-based references throughout the Educational Supplement; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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WHEREAS, Under Article II, Section 7 of the First Class City Public Education Home Rule Act (53 P.S. ?13207), amendments to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the First Class City Home Rule Act, Section 6 of which (53 P.S. ?13106) provides that Charter amendments may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; and
WHEREAS, City Council, by adoption of this resolution, proposes an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to for the removal of gender-based references throughout the Educational Supplement; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to Article XII of the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:
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ARTICLE XII
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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CHAPTER 2
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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? 12-201. Members of the Board; Method of Selection.
There shall be nine members of the Board of Education who shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of a majority of all the members of the Council after public hearing, from lists of names submitted to him the Mayor by the Educational Nominating Panel, or, if enabling legislation is enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, elected on a non-partisan basis by the qualified voters of the city, all as more fully set forth in later sections of this Chapter. T...
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