City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0084R

• File #: 08-0084R
• Version: 0
• Name: Allowing Students To Use MTA Bus Tickets and Transfers Until 8:00 P.M.
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 10/27/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/11/2010
• Title: Allowing Students To Use MTA Bus Tickets and Transfers Until 8:00 P.M. FOR the purpose of urging the MTA to instruct all transit operators to accept Baltimore City Schools bus tickets and student transfer tickets as valid until 8:00 p.m. on school days.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Warren Branch, Belinda Conaway, Rochelle Spector, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2010	0	City Council	Withdrawn
1/12/2009	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/30/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/27/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
10/27/2008	0	City Council	Assigned
10/27/2008	0	Education 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
Title
Allowing Students To Use MTA Bus Tickets and Transfers Until 8:00 P.M.

FOR the purpose of urging the MTA to instruct all transit operators to accept Baltimore City Schools bus tickets and student transfer tickets as valid until 8:00 p.m. on school days.
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WHEREAS, after-school opportunities help public school students

(1) acquire academic, cultural, and athletic skills,

(2) participate in positive activities with adult and older peer role models, and

(3) engage in stimulating, positive, and exciting activities, as opposed to the many opportunities for negative activities before parents have arrived home from work, and

WHEREAS, after-school services represent a substantial investment from both the Baltimore City budget and the City Schools budget, and therefore the City has an interest in those services being used by the largest number of students possible; and,

WHEREAS, funded after-school activities have greatly increased in number over the past ten years because of increased attention to the importance of these services; and,

WHEREAS, subsidized bus transportation is a critical factor enabling low-income students to participate in after-school activities; and,

WHEREAS, the travel window for use of subsidized bus tickets is ordina...