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Commission backs youth academy, asks committees and schools to map path to a youth commission
Summary
Board approved staff’s plan to create a youth academy and referred climate, recreation/ROSCO and equity committees to explore adding youth representatives; staff will work with the school board, CTAC and library and return within a year with recommendations and budget considerations.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners voted Feb. 11 to develop a youth civic program and to explore steps that could lead to a formal youth commission.
Shannon Hahn of the county manager’s office presented three options: place youth representatives on existing advisory boards, create a separate youth commission, or offer a youth academy modeled on the county’s Citizens Academy. Hahn said the academy model avoids sunshine-law complexities, can accommodate more…
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