PRINTER'S NO. 783
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
127
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, DONATUCCI, THOMAS, ROEBUCK,
JAMES, PHILLIPS-HILL, MURT, O'BRIEN, V. BROWN, D. COSTA,
MILLARD, A. HARRIS, MILNE AND GILLEN, MARCH 7, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 7, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study and issue a report on the Federal, State and
city funds allocated to the School District of Philadelphia
and urging the Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit of
the expenditures of the School District of Philadelphia and
issue a report.
WHEREAS, The School District of Philadelphia's finances
appear to reflect a gap between revenues and expenses that will
continue to grow if left uncorrected; and
WHEREAS, The school district's expenditures have outpaced
revenues, requiring significant reductions in services to
students; and
WHEREAS, In addition to the operating budget, the district
will receive Federal, State and city funds for fiscal year 2017-
2018; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly cannot, in good conscience,
continue to spend increasing amounts of taxpayer money on the
School District of Philadelphia without a greater level of
accountability regarding how the district and the School Reform
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