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File #: 170967-A    Version: Name:
Type: Resolution Status: LAPSED
File created: 11/2/2017 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the selection of the Members of the Board of Education; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Taubenberger, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Henon, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember O'Neill
Indexes: BOARD OF EDUCATION, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 170967-A02, As Amended on Floor.pdf
Title
Proposing an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the selection of the Members of the Board of Education; 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 adoption of this resolution, proposes an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to public hearings and the selection of the Members of the Board of Education; 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:

ARTICLE XII
PUBLIC EDUCATION

CHAPTER 1
THE HOME RULE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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§ 12-100. The Home Rule School District.

A separate and independent home rule school district is hereby established and created to be known as "The School District of Philadelphia". The administration, management and operation of the School District of Philadelphia shall be the exclusive responsibility of the Board of Education established herein, and the School District of Philadelphia shall not be considered a department, board or commission of the City of Philadelphia.

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CHAPTER 2
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

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