City of Philadelphia - File #: 140975

• File #: 140975
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 12/4/2014
• In control: Committee on Education
• Title: Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs that help improve educational outcomes and the economic viability of the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Oh, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Neilson, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Henon

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/4/2015	0	Committee on Education	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/4/2015	0	Committee on Education	HEARING HELD
2/4/2015	0	Committee on Education	RECESSED
12/4/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
12/4/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED

Title
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs that help improve educational outcomes and the economic viability of the City of Philadelphia.

Body
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Talent Collaborative is an education continuum in the City of Philadelphia that is comprised of the organizations Campus Philly, Graduate! Philadelphia, PhillyGoes2College, and the Graduation Coach Campaign; and

WHEREAS, Campus Philly is a nonprofit organization that fuels economic growth by encouraging college students to study, explore, live and work in the Greater Philadelphia tri-state region; and

WHEREAS, Graduate! Philadelphia is an organization focused on assuring that every adult who has some college credit and aspires to complete their degree has access to advising services, resources and supports they need to get to and through college; and

WHEREAS, PhillyGoes2College, an initiative of the Mayor's Office of Education, is an information and referral center that works to guide Philadelphians of all ages through the process of applying for and transitioning to college; and

WHEREAS, The Graduation Coach Campaign is an initiative of the Mayor's Office of Education that works to educate adults in the City of Philadelphia to better support a young person through high school graduation and post-secondary attainment. The Campaign believes that youth with supportive and knowledgeable adults are in a better position to obtain their diploma and succeed in college and their careers; and

WHEREAS, Through direct services to middle and high school students, college students and adults, and collaboration with other City and regional entities, the Talent Collaborative encourages students to attend college, help to retain students in Philadelphia after they graduate from college and assist and encourage adults to complete their degr...