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Board approves JROTC policy change but rejects lifting central-funding ban
Summary
After hours of public testimony and board debate, the San Francisco Board of Education adopted revisions to JROTC policy allowing qualifying JROTC coursework to meet PE requirements if it satisfies specified minutes and credential standards, but the board removed language that would lift a long-standing ban on central-district funding for JROTC.
After extensive public testimony from JROTC students, instructors, veterans, and community members, the San Francisco Board of Education on Tuesday adopted a resolution adjusting board policy for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs but declined to restore central-district funding.
The resolution (165.24) approved criteria for awarding PE credit to JROTC courses if they meet specified state-minute requirements and curricular objectives. The board set conditions that JROTC must provide at…
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