Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance creates a new City department to be named the Department of Education by making the needed additions to the City Code to establish that new department. It also repeals existing City Code provisions dealing with the Mayor’s Education Advisory Commission and the Office of Education.
This new department will promote and encourage public engagement in education issues as well as recommend policies, procedures and legislation relative to public education. The creation of this department was developed over the last year in conjunction with a recommendation from the Columbus Education Commission which represented all facets of the education industry. Funding for this department was included in the 2014 budget submission.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Department was provided for within the established 2014 General Fund.
Title
To amend Title 2 of the Columbus City Codes by enacting new Chapter 231 to create the Department of Education; to repeal existing Chapter 159 and Section 211.04 of the Columbus City Codes to eliminate the Mayor’s Education Advisory Commission and the Office of Education, respectively; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance creates the new Department of Education and makes the needed code changes to ensure the new department has all the necessary tools and resources it will need to begin operations; and
WHEREAS, this new department will promote and encourage public engagement in education issues; and
WHEREAS, this new department will recommend policies, procedures and legislation relative to public education; and
WHEREAS, the creation of this department was developed over the last year in conjunction with a recommendation from the Columbus Education Commission which represented all facets of the education industry; and now therefore,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in in the usual daily operation of the Department of Education, in that it is immediately necessary to repeal existing ...
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