City of Philadelphia - File #: 220002

• File #: 220002
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 1/20/2022
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/24/2022
• Title: Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the removal of gender-based references throughout the Educational Supplement, as approved by Resolution of the Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Parker
• Indexes: PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/25/2022	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/24/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	16:0
2/17/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
2/17/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
2/17/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
2/15/2022	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/15/2022	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
2/15/2022	0	Committee on Law and Government	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
1/20/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced

Title
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the removal of gender-based references throughout the Educational Supplement, as approved by Resolution of the Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia at the Primary Election to be held May 17, 2022, an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the Board of Education. The proposed amendment is contained in Resolution No. 220010, approved by Council on February 24, 2022, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Council.

SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election:

Should the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to remove all gender-based references?

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to (i) certify to the Board of Elections, within five days of this Ordinance becoming law, a copy of this Ordinance and Resolution No. 220010; and (ii) to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distribution, the proposed amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter as set forth in Resolution No. 220010, together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to cause to be published one time, during the three (3) weeks preceding the election on May 17, 2022, in three (3) newspapers ...