City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0039R

• File #: 08-0039R
• Version: 0
• Name: Baltimore City Public Schools - Non-violent Conflict Resolution Curriculum
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/28/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/2/2008
• Title: Baltimore City Public Schools - Non-violent Conflict Resolution Curriculum FOR the purpose of urging the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System to develop a non-violent conflict resolution curriculum and to require every student in grades 3 through 12 to take an age-appropriate course on non-violent conflict resolution before graduating from the Baltimore City Public School system.
• Sponsors: Agnes Welch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Young, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Resolution, School

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/2/2008	0	Education Committee	Recommended Favorably
6/2/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
5/1/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/28/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
4/28/2008	0	City Council	Assigned
4/28/2008	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 Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Baltimore City Public Schools - Non-violent Conflict Resolution Curriculum

FOR the purpose of urging the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System to develop a non-violent conflict resolution curriculum and to require every student in grades 3 through 12 to take an age-appropriate course on non-violent conflict resolution before graduating from the Baltimore City Public School system.
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Recent media reports of incidents that involved Baltimore City public school students behaving violently toward teachers, the general public, and each other emphasize the need for young persons to be educated about alternative means of addressing differences with others and to be given the tools to resolve conflicts so as to reach more acceptable outcomes.

In October 1996, recognizing the need to arm America's youngsters with non-violent conflict resolution alternatives, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education jointly developed and published Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings.

The publication forward states that "the safe and orderly environments in our Nation'...