City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0237R

• File #: 15-0237R
• Version: 0
• Name: Budget Oversight Hearings for Baltimore City Public Schools
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/15/2015
• In control: Budget and Appropriations Committee
• Final action: 6/15/2015
• Title: Budget Oversight Hearings for Baltimore City Public Schools FOR the purpose of calling for regular budget oversight hearings for Baltimore City Public Schools to improve transparency and accountability in the allocation of over a billion dollars in public funding for the vital task of educating Baltimore's children.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Young, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Brandon M. Scott, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Nick Mosby, Eric T. Costello, Rochelle Spector, William "Pete" Welch, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton
• Indexes: Baltimore City Public School System, Budget, Hearing, Overview

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/5/2016	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee
2/29/2016	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/22/2016	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/24/2015	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/22/2015	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/18/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Public School System
6/18/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
6/15/2015	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/15/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
6/15/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 Holton



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Budget Oversight Hearings for Baltimore City Public Schools
FOR the purpose of calling for regular budget oversight hearings for Baltimore City Public Schools to improve transparency and accountability in the allocation of over a billion dollars in public funding for the vital task of educating Baltimore's children.
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Recitals

Each year the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners independently puts together a roughly $1.3 billion budget for Baltimore City Public Schools. And each year the City Council is required to vote to approve this billion dollar budget.

However, the Council, and through it the public, is often provided with very little meaningful information about this huge and vitally important expenditure. Even more troubling, the budget information that is provided to the Council is sometimes unclear or misleading.

Educating our community?s children is one of the most important tasks imaginable. It requires, and deserves, the mobilization of vast resources from all levels of government and the private sector. It also requires, and deserves, genuine transparency and accountability in the process of allocating those resources. The current school budget process doesn?t do enough to advance those values and must be updated to allow the City Council to be informed and engaged in reviewing budget decisions on b...