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File #: 021209    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/26/2002 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 12/20/2002
Effective date:    
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
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note.pdf
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
12/23/20020 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/20/20020 COMMON COUNCIL ADOPTEDPass16:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
12/12/20020 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.
Pass5:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
12/4/20020 CITY CLERK Sponsor added

Minutes note: Add Ald. Donovan and Ald. Dudzik as sponsors.
   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/3/20020 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/3/20020 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/26/20020 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available
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. ...

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