City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0008R

• File #: 08-0008R
• Version: 0
• Name: School Based Budgets for the Baltimore City School System
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/28/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/28/2008
• Title: School Based Budgets for the Baltimore City School System FOR the purpose of requesting a public meeting in February with the Board and CEO of the BCPSS to discuss the progress being made in producing a FY 2009 operational budget that is school-based, transparent, reliable, and understandable to families, students, teachers, principals, elected officials, and the City of Baltimore as a whole.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Rochelle Spector, President Young
• Indexes: Budget, Resolution, School

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/28/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
1/28/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
1/28/2008	0	Budget and Appropriations/Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/28/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* 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
School Based Budgets for the Baltimore City School System

FOR the purpose of requesting a public meeting in February with the Board and CEO of the BCPSS to discuss the progress being made in producing a FY 2009 operational budget that is school-based, transparent, reliable, and understandable to families, students, teachers, principals, elected officials, and the City of Baltimore as a whole.
Body
WHEREAS, The annual operating budget for the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) is a crucial document for families, students, teachers, principals, elected officials, and the entire City of Baltimore to clearly understand; and

WHEREAS, The most important issue for interested parties is how much of the total budget is being invested directly in the schools and, most specifically, in each individual school throughout the system; and

WHEREAS, A generalized budget of non-locational expenditures fails the "transparency test" by failing to clearly delineate the percentage of dollars allocated to the schools themselves as compared with the percentage allocated to non-school-based administrative functions; and

WHEREAS, That same generalized budget format fails the "reliability test" by failing to serve as the system's commitment to the staffing, resources, equipment, security, and thoughtful plannin...