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Scottsdale Unified board debates shifting curriculum committees under board oversight
Summary
Board members held first reads on two policy revisions that would treat curriculum-development and textbook-selection committees as board advisory committees under open-meeting rules; members expressed split views on transparency vs. potential for political influence.
On Aug. 5 the Scottsdale Unified School District governing board held first-read discussions of two proposed policy revisions that would change how curriculum and textbook-selection committees are organized and supervised.
Board member Carney presented proposed edits to policy IGA to require the superintendent to notify the board before forming a curriculum-development committee and to designate such committees as board advisory committees under policy BDE, subjecting them to open-meeting requirements and a board-approved charter. Carney said the change would prevent the board from discovering committees only…
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