PRINTER'S NO. 2955
No. 368 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY HORSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, KENNEY, McGEEHAN AND CRUZ,
NOVEMBER 26, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 26, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Advising public school officials of the School District of
2 Philadelphia of the necessity of open access to the public
3 schools by State officials.
4 WHEREAS, Section 110 of the Public School Code of 1949
5 authorizes official visitors, including the Governor, Lieutenant
6 Governor, members of the Senate, members of the House of
7 Representatives, the Secretary of Education and members of the
8 State Board of Education, to access the public schools of this
9 Commonwealth at any time and prohibits the public schools of
10 this Commonwealth from denying access to these official
11 visitors; and
12 WHEREAS, The School District of Philadelphia, a school
13 district of the first class, denied access to a public school
14 within the school district to a government official entitled to
15 access under section 110 of the Public School Code of 1949; and
16 WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia has more than 300 public
17 and charter schools; therefore be it
18 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives advise public
1 school officials of the School District of Philadelphia that
2 adherence to the letter and spirit of the law embodied in
3 section 110 of the Public School Code of 1949 is necessary for
4 purposes of fostering a good working relationship between State
5 officials and public school officials and that open access by
6 State officials to the public schools of this Commonwealth is
7 essential to the democratic process.
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