City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0195R

• File #: 10-0195R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Response to the Closure of 13 Catholic Schools
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 3/8/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/24/2011
• Title: Informational Hearing - Response to the Closure of 13 Catholic Schools FOR the purpose of inviting His Excellency, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien to report to the Council on the benefits to taxpayers of tax exemptions granted to the Archdiocese and its related entities, to make a commitment to make the buildings of those schools slated for closing available to non-profit groups, and to retain the principals and faculties of closing schools to provide educational services to schools that are developed to serve the needs of displaced children; and requesting Dr. Andres Alonso, CEO, Baltimore City Public Schools to report on the process necessary to convert the closing Catholic schools into public charter schools.
• Sponsors: Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Carl Stokes, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: Catholic Schools, Closing, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/24/2011	0	City Council	Withdrawn
3/11/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/8/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
3/8/2010	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/8/2010	0	City Council	Assigned

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

Introduced by: Councilmember D’Adamo


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Response to the Closure of 13 Catholic Schools

FOR the purpose of inviting His Excellency, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien to report to the Council on the benefits to taxpayers of tax exemptions granted to the Archdiocese and its related entities, to make a commitment to make the buildings of those schools slated for closing available to non-profit groups, and to retain the principals and faculties of closing schools to provide educational services to schools that are developed to serve the needs of displaced children; and requesting Dr. Andres Alonso, CEO, Baltimore City Public Schools to report on the process necessary to convert the closing Catholic schools into public charter schools.
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WHEREAS, The expected closing of 13 Catholic Schools by the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have a devastating impact on working families and neighborhoods that have relied on those schools to attend to their educational, social, and spiritual needs; and

WHEREAS, The Archdiocese of Baltimore obtained a court decision in the 2001 case of Supervisor of Assessments v. Keeler that exempted the church from property tax on buildings and land, even if that land is not used for religious and charitable purposes; and

WHEREAS, The taxpayers of Baltimore will have to provide police and fire protection and other ser...