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, relating to the selection of the Members of the Board of Education, 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 Blackwell
Introduced: November 2, 2017
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Failed
This bill would have allowed voters to decide whether to change how members of the Philadelphia Board of Education are selected and confirmed.
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