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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Restoring Needed Funds to BCPSS
FOR the purpose of urging the Mayor and Board of Estimates to use Rainy Day Funds to "make whole" the $25 million pledged for BCPSS new construction and renovation of local school buildings and to maintain the Administration's current operational budget commitment to after-school and community-school programs.
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WHEREAS, this Baltimore City Council, just one year ago, approved a supplementary appropriation, proposed by then Mayor Martin O'Malley, to provide $25 million in surplus dollars to address the capital needs, for new school construction and renovations, of the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS).
WHEREAS, this $25 million was represented as a "down payment" on a total Mayor and City Council capital contribution of $75 million to meet BCPSS' capital needs, with additional funds from the sale of surplus schools, from general obligation bonds approved by City voters, and from future surplus dollars.
WHEREAS, an example of the wisdom and urgency of this appropriation is the current shortfall in required capital dollars to prepare "receiving schools" by August 2007 for the influx of students displaced through current school closures and consolidations.
WHEREAS, the "receiving school" cost for August 2006 was $33 million and involved the "transfer" of almost 5,000 students displaced by school closures and consolidations.
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