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Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Other actions actions from the March 27, 2012 meeting.
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The adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committee on Education to hold public hearings about proposed changes to schools, including closures, program cuts, boundary changes, and administrative changes.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings on Changes in Schools and Their Impact on Neighborhoods in Which they Reside.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to hold hearings on the Philadelphia School District’s discipline policies and the report “Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia.” The committee is also authorized to issue findings and suggestions on making school discipline more effective and equitable, focusing on the reported effects on poor, Black, and Latino students.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Education to conduct hearings to examine the Philadelphia School District's discipline policy and the recent report "Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia" by the Advancement Project and Youth United for Change, which documents the negative and disproportionate effect of zero tolerance discipline policies on poor and minority students.
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