City of Philadelphia - File #: 130638

• File #: 130638
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/19/2013
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Title: Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings Concerning the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Approach to Education Funding.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember O'Brien

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/20/2013	0	Committee on Education	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/20/2013	0	Committee on Education	HEARING HELD
11/20/2013	0	Committee on Education	RECESSED
9/19/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
9/19/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings Concerning the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Approach to Education Funding.

Body
WHEREAS, The 2013 - 2014 enacted early, basic and higher education budget for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania totals $11.63 billion, with $9.75 billion going to support public schools, $1.59 billion allocated to higher education, and $61.1 million appropriated to libraries (Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2013 - 14 Enacted Education Budget); and

WHEREAS, Of the $9.75 billion allocated to support public schools, $5.52 billion is for basic education funding, $100 million is for accountability grants, $62 million is for career and technical education, $3 million is for career and technical education equipment grants, $864,000 is for mobile science and math education programs, $1.03 billion is for special education, $495 million is for school employees' social security, $1.02 billion is for school employees' retirement, $221.9 million is for early intervention, $87.3 million is for Pre-K counts, and $39.2 million is for Head Start supplemental assistance (Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2013 - 14 Enacted Education Budget); and

WHEREAS, Of the $1.59 billion appropriated to higher education, community colleges will receive $212.1 million, state-related universities will receive $503.4 million, the state system of higher education will receive $412.7 million, and $344.8 million will be distributed through Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency grants (Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2013 - 14 Enacted Education Budget); and

WHEREAS, Of the $61.1 million allotted for libraries, $53.5 million is for public library subsidies, $3 million is for library access, and $2.6 million is for library services for the visually impaired and disabled (Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2013 - 14 Enacted Education Budget); and

WHEREAS, On average, state governments across t...