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Board tables internship agreements after members raise governance and policy concerns
Summary
Trustees voted to table internship agreements that would place unpaid interns with board members after questions from trustees and staff about policy, liability and supervision. The motion to table carried (4 yes, 1 abstention).
Trustees at the Santa Ana Unified School District meeting on Oct. 28 tabled two internship agreements after extensive discussion about legal risk, board policy and supervision.
President Bustos described the internships as unpaid, short‑term civic engagement opportunities for college‑age participants who would work under the president's direct supervision and produce an education policy proposal by the end of the fall term. "It was made very clear at the beginning that this was an unpaid internship opportunity," he said while explaining…
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