City of Philadelphia - File #: 010532

• File #: 010532
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/6/2001
• In control: Committee of the Whole
• Final action: 9/13/2001
• Title: Proposing an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter which would establish a process which would authorize the privatization of the administration, operation, and management of the School District, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Verna, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/13/2001	1	CITY COUNCIL	FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED AND ADOPTED
9/12/2001	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/12/2001	1	Committee of the Whole	REPORTED FAVORABLY
9/12/2001	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING HELD
9/12/2001	0	Committee of the Whole	AMENDED
9/6/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
9/6/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Proposing an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter which would establish a process which would authorize the privatization of the administration, operation, and management of the School District, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Body
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 the adoption of this Resolution, proposes an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to authorize the privatization of the administration, operation, and management of the School District; now therefore

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:

ARTICLE XII
PUBLIC EDUCATION
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CHAPTER 2
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Section 12-200. The Board Created; Its Function. There shall be a Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia which shall be charged with the administration, management and operation of the home rule school district. Alternatively, the administration, management and operation of the School District may be privatized, in whole or in part, through a contract with a private, for-profit entity, provided: (i) Council approves a resolution proposing an amendment to this Educational Supplement to the Ph...