PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION; POWERS AND DUTIES
§12-304. Capital Program and Capital Budget.
(a) Not later than the date of adoption of the annual
budget, the Board of Education shall, by a majority vote of all its members,
adopt a capital program and capital budget for the District. The capital budget
shall at all times conform to the capital program and shall show in detail the
capital expenditures to be made or incurred in the next fiscal year that are to
be financed from funds subject to control or appropriation by the
Board.
(b) The capital program shall embrace all physical public
improvements and any preliminary studies and surveys relative thereto, the
acquisition of property of a permanent nature, and the purchase of equipment for
any improvement when first erected or acquired that are to be financed in whole
or in part from funds subject to control or appropriation by the Board. It shall
show the capital expenditures which are planned for each of the six ensuing
fiscal years. For each separate purpose, project, facility, or other property,
there shall be shown the amount, if any, and the source of the money that has
been spent, encumbered, or is intended to be spent or encumbered prior to the
beginning of the ensuing fiscal year and also the amounts and the sources of the
funds that are to be spent during each of the ensuing six years.
(c) The
capital program shall not be adopted, nor shall it be amended, until the Board
of Education has requested the recommendations thereon of the City Planning
Commission. The Board shall not be bound by such recommendations and may act
without them if they are not received within thirty (30) days from the date they
were requested. Immediately upon adoption of the capital program, the Board
shall forward a copy to the City Planning Commission for publication as part of
the capital program document which the City Planning Commission publishes
annually.
(d) The Board shall at least thirty (30) days prior to the
time any capital program or amendment thereto is adopted, conduct at least one
public hearing thereon. At least thirty (30) days' notice of such public
hearing shall be published by advertisement at least once in two newspapers of
general circulation printed in the City. The Board shall make available to the
public a reasonable number of copies of such program, and the notice of public
hearing shall state where copies may be obtained or inspected.