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Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings in Partnership with the State Board of Education and the Department of Education on the Lack of Library Facilities and Certified Librarians in Public Schools and to Hold a Public Roundtable Discussion of the State Study Investigating the Number and Quality of Public School Libraries.

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Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
January 27, 2011
Sponsors
CBCouncilmember BlackwellCSCouncilmember SanchezCurtis Jones, Jr.CGCouncilmember GoodeCRCouncilmember RizzoCCCouncilmember ClarkeCDCouncilmember DiCiccoCGCouncilmember GreenleeCKCouncilmember KenneyCMCouncilmember MillerBrian J. O'NeillCPCouncil President VernaCGCouncilmember Green

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WHEREAS

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The education of our children is of the utmost importance to the residents of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, The School District of Philadelphia is the eighth largest in the nation with 258 schools and 160,000 students; and

WHEREAS, Of the 258 schools in the School District, only 120 have a library within the school; and

WHEREAS, Of the schools that have library facilities, only half of the City's sixty high schools, six of the twenty-six middle schools and a mere twenty-five of the one hundred and seventy elementary schools, have certified librarians; and

WHEREAS, Past initiatives to cut public library hours have stifled opportunities for students to utilize resources that are offered at public libraries in neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, Studies, including one by the Commonwealth in 1999, have shown that students who have access to a school library, demonstrate significant improvement on standardized test in reading, spelling, math, and problem solving skills; and

WHEREAS, Adequately stocked and staffed school libraries are invaluable educational tools for both students and teachers; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed House Resolution No. 987, calling for the State Board of Education and the Department of Education to conduct a study and hold public round-table discussions, on public school library resources in the state of Pennsylvania and to measure and compare library resources and facilities among the various school districts; now therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Philadelphia City Council Calls on the Committee on Education to Hold Hearings in Partnership with the State Board of Education and the Department of Education on the Lack of Library Facilities and Certified Librarians in Public Schools and to Hold a Public Roundtable Discussion of the State Study Investigating the Number and Quality of Public School Libraries.

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  2. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Blackwell that this matter be Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar. The motion carried unanimously.

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