Official:Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by rescinding the authorization for the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose the current single rate tax on land and improvements, and by authorizing the Board of Education to impose a tax on land or a split rate tax on land and improvements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: June 14, 2001
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill would allow the Philadelphia School District to impose a tax on land or a split rate tax on land and improvements, rather than the current single rate tax.
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