City of Milwaukee - File #: 021209

• File #: 021209
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/26/2002
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/20/2002
• Title: Resolution urging the Milwaukee Public Schools system and Milwaukee-area private schools to implement certain recommendations of the City of Milwaukee Truancy Abatement Task Force.
• Sponsors: ALD. BOHL, ALD. DONOVAN, ALD. DUDZIK
• Indexes: MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS, TRUANCY ABATEMENT TASK FORCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/23/2002	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/20/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	16:0
12/12/2002	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Speakers: Barbara Parisi, Milw. Public Schools, Coordinator of School Social Work Program Charlene Hardin, Director, Milw. Public School Board Tom Phillipson, Truancy Abatement Task Force member Tom Balistreri, Retired principal of Rufus King High School Sidney Natch, Milw. Teachers Education Assoc.	Pass	5:0
12/4/2002	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Add Ald. Donovan and Ald. Dudzik as sponsors.
12/3/2002	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/3/2002	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/26/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

021209

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

020960

Sponsor

ALD. BOHL, DONOVAN AND DUDZIK

Title

Resolution urging the Milwaukee Public Schools system and Milwaukee-area private schools to implement certain recommendations of the City of Milwaukee Truancy Abatement Task Force.

Analysis

This resolution urges the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) system and Milwaukee-area private schools to implement the following recommendations of the City of Milwaukee Truancy Abatement Task Force:

1.  That both work with the Milwaukee Police Department to establish an official and uniform system of documentation for students excused from regular school attendance.

2.  That both work to create a separate coding on student identification cards for students who leave on half-day schedules.

3.  That the MPS establish and make available a direct contact to provide timely information regarding students detained by the Police Department or other agencies on suspicion of truancy.

Body

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee Truancy Abatement Task Force issued its findings and recommendations on September 27, 2002; and

Whereas, While the focus of the task force was on trying to determine ways the City of Milwaukee could contribute to reducing the problem of truancy, there was always an acknowledgement that long-term solutions will require coordinated, interagency solutions; and

Whereas, Certain recommendations cannot be implemented without the cooperation of both the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) system and the City's private schools; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Common Council urges the MPS system and the City's private schools to implement the following recommendations of the City of Milwaukee Truancy Abatement Task Force:

1.  That both work with the Milwaukee Police Department to establish an official and uniform system of documentation for students excused from regular school attendance.

2.  That both work to create a separate coding on student identification cards for students who leave on half-day schedules.

3.  That the MPS establish and make available a direct contact to provide timely information regarding students detained by the Police Department or other agencies on suspicion of truancy.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB02604-1

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11/25/03