City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0205R

• File #: 06-0205R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for State Legislation - Baltimore City Public Schools - Ending the City-State Partnership
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 8/14/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2007
• Title: Request for State Legislation - Baltimore City Public Schools - Ending the City-State Partnership FOR the purpose of requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2007 Session of the Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation to dissolve the City-State partnership established in 1997, and to return direct control of the Baltimore City Pubic School System to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
• Sponsors: Keiffer Mitchell, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/17/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
8/14/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
8/14/2006	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.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Mitchell


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Request for State Legislation - Baltimore City Public Schools - Ending the City-State Partnership

FOR the purpose of requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2007 Session of the Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation to dissolve the City-State partnership established in 1997, and to return direct control of the Baltimore City Pubic School System to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
Body
Recitals

The City-State public school partnership was established in 1997 by Chapter 105, Laws of Maryland 1997. The partnership was part of an aggressive effort to reform the Baltimore City Public School System and help provide a more adequately funded system and a higher level of education for students in Baltimore City. Chapter 105 dismissed the existing BCPSS management structure and removed the school system from under the auspices of Baltimore City. Chapter 105 reorganized the management of the school system into a 9-member board of commissioners, selected jointly by the Mayor and the Governor, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Academic Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, and a Community Advisory Board. Chapter 105 also gave the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent the power to approve or disapprove new school construction and spendin...