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Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings into student transportation costs.

AI summary

The lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings about the cost of public transportation for Philadelphia students in grades seven through twelve. It cited transportation costs for students, including a potential monthly burden for low- and moderate-income students, and sought to examine whether those costs could affect school attendance.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
March 9, 2000
Sponsors
W. Wilson Goode, Jr.RMRick MarianoBlondell Reynolds BrownFJFrank J. DiCiccoAOAngel OrtizDRDonna Reed MillerDCDavid CohenAnna Cibotti VernaMarian B. TascoDarrell L. ClarkeJannie L. BlackwellFRFrank RizzoWTW. Thacher LongstrethMAMichael A. NutterBrian J. O'NeillJLJoan L. KrajewskiJFJames F. Kenney
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Full text

WHEREAS, More than 30,000 children in grades seven through twelve ride public transportation to and from school in the City of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Only one-third of these students ride for free and two-thirds use discounted tokens; and

WHEREAS, This cost to the students works out to $9 per week and $36 per month; and

WHEREAS, For low- and moderate-income students this $36 per month may create a hardship which makes transportation prohibitively or onerously expensive; and

WHEREAS, This financial burden may contribute to poor attendance and high truancy rates among the City's present school children; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY O F PHILADELPHIA, That the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities is hereby authorized to conduct hearings into student transportation costs.

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File history

Sometimes city council's record keeping is not complete. This timeline reflects the information on the council's legistar website.
  1. Council actionCommittee on Transportation and Public Utilities

    Withdrawn

    Council actionCommittee on Transportation and Public Utilities

    Hearing notices sent

  2. Council actionCommittee on Transportation and Public Utilities

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee on Transportation and Public Utilities

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Transportation and Public Utilities

    Hearing notices sent

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass