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Board approves renewal of dual-enrollment agreement with University of Arizona after debate over politics-focused course
Summary
The Chandler Unified Board approved a renewed intergovernmental agreement with the University of Arizona to continue offering select dual-enrollment courses through 2029–30. An attempt to remove a politics/philosophy/economics course failed and the agreement passed 3–2.
The Chandler Unified School District Governing Board voted 3–2 on Oct. 8 to renew an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the University of Arizona to make specified dual-enrollment courses available to district students through the 2029–30 academic year.
The agreement lists courses that would be available for eligible CUSD high school students, including introductory engineering (ENG 102), microbiology sequences (MCB 101 and MCB 102) and PPEL 101 (Politics, Philosophy, Economics and Law), described during board discussion as "Markets and Morality." Board member Mr. Roars proposed an amendment to remove PPEL 101 from the agreement; that amendment failed on a…
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