Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Educational Supplement to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter which would establish a process which would authorize the privatization of the administration, operation, and management of the School District, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter
Introduced: September 6, 2001
Voted: October 4, 2001
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Lapsed
This bill proposes to privatize the administration, operation, and management of Philadelphia's School District through a ballot question. If approved by voters, a private company would handle these responsibilities, paid for with taxpayer dollars. The measure would amend the city's Home Rule Charter.
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