City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0048R

• File #: 12-0048R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for Budget Action - Educational Grants - Restoration of Funding for Experience Corps
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/7/2012
• In control: Budget and Appropriations Committee
• Final action: 6/4/2012
• Title: Request for Budget Action - Educational Grants - Restoration of Funding for Experience Corps FOR the purpose of requesting that the Mayor restore funding to Experience Corps to its FY 2012 level of $180,000.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, Carl Stokes, Brandon M. Scott, Nick Mosby, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran, President Young, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/4/2012	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Recommended Favorably
6/4/2012	0	City Council	Adopted
5/14/2012	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
5/10/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
5/10/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
5/7/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
5/7/2012	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.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Clarke and Henry



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for Budget Action - Educational Grants - Restoration of Funding for Experience Corps

FOR the purpose of requesting that the Mayor restore funding to Experience Corps to its FY 2012 level of $180,000.
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The Educational Grants Fiscal 2013 budget statement reflects a new strategy to engage more students in learning activities that increase school attendance, a key factor in academic success. Experience Corps is an award winning, evidence based model of intergenerational classroom assistance that is proven to improve K3rd grade student attendance and academic achievement through one-on-one and small group tutoring and literacy training. While the goal of the new strategy is to reach more students in a tighter proximity, the proposed 84% funding cut to Experience Corps will actually result in a sharp decrease in the number of at risk students in Title I schools served by Experience Corps and its trained volunteer members.

WHEREAS, AARPExperience Corps is an awardwinning national program that mobilizes the experience, wisdom, and energies of adults over 55 to improve the academic performance and attendance of students in some of Baltimore's most challenging classrooms.

WHEREAS, Experience Corps was...