Official:Amending Chapter 20-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Civil Service Preferences,” to provide for a civil service preference for qualified graduates of Career Technical Education Programs in the School District of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson
Introduced: January 23, 2020
Signed: June 23, 2022
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill gives a preference in civil service exams to graduates of Philadelphia's Career Technical Education (CTE) programs for 3 years after graduation. The preference is worth 5 points and applies equally to those who attended CTE programs at any high school in the district.
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