City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0066R

• File #: 12-0066R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing and Roundtable Discussion on Developments Affecting the Education of Older Teens and Young Adults in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/10/2012
• In control: Education and Youth Committee
• Final action: 1/28/2013
• Title: Informational Hearing and Roundtable Discussion on Developments Affecting the Education of Older Teens and Young Adults in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of assessing the status and efficiency of Maryland's GED program in Baltimore City; determining the impact of Senate Bill 362's increase to 18 of the age for mandatory education in Maryland and the local school system's "adult education" plans to attract, retain and successfully educate these older students; and examining the State's blueprint for adopting a GED Options Program in response to the SB 362 mandate.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Nick Mosby, Brandon M. Scott, William "Pete" Welch, Edward Reisinger, President Young, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/28/2013	0	Education and Youth Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
1/28/2013	0	City Council	Adopted
11/19/2012	0	Education and Youth Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/13/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/10/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
9/10/2012	0	City Council	Assigned
9/10/2012	0	Education and Youth Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing and Roundtable Discussion on Developments Affecting the Education of Older Teens and Young Adults in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of assessing the status and efficiency of Maryland's GED program in Baltimore City; determining the impact of Senate Bill 362's increase to 18 of the age for mandatory education in Maryland and the local school system's "adult education" plans to attract, retain and successfully educate these older students; and examining the State's blueprint for adopting a GED Options Program in response to the SB 362 mandate.
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WHEREAS, We in Baltimore, Maryland, are at a crossroads in determining our State's and City's capacity to attract, retain and educate a "disconnected" segment of our older teens and young adults so as to prepare them for living wage jobs and challenging careers and to lay the groundwork for our own successful future as a society.

WHEREAS, That "disconnected" segment includes actual and potential high school drop-outs who, for a universe of reasons, will not or cannot currently complete even the most basic high school equivalency requirements, their obstacles running the gamut from histories of academic failure and the disruptions of periodic incarceration and homelessness to caretaker responsibilities for dependent siblings and job responsibilities to ...