* 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 Cohen
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Supporting Emergency Action for Our Students
For the purpose of calling on all local, state, and federal partners to collaborate in fully investing in and supporting Baltimore City Public School’s facilities, and calling on Baltimore City Public Schools to work with the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks and other partners to adjust the school closure food policies to ensure all children have access to meals in the event of school closures.
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The inhumane conditions facing students in some Baltimore City Public Schools constitutes a crisis of enduring injustice. The City Council of Baltimore calls for immediate and ongoing collaboration between City, State, and federal officials to fully invest in and support the construction and maintenance of all Baltimore City Public School facilities and create conditions that are worthy of our children.
Further, this resolution recognizes the swift action taken by Mayor Catherine Pugh to change City Schools’ lunch policy to ensure all students have access to meals whenever school facilities are closed. We seek to have this change codified by the Baltimore City Public School system through an amended policy in collaboration with City agencies so that anytime individual schools are cancelled, students are still able to receive meals.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City...
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