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SFUSD board endorses resolution to teach voter registration to 16–17-year-olds
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District board unanimously approved a resolution urging voter education and registration instruction for 16–17-year-olds in American democracy classes, supported by student testimony and district leaders as a way to boost long-term turnout.
The San Francisco Unified School District board on a unanimous roll call approved a resolution encouraging the district to teach voter registration and preregistration procedures to 16- and 17-year-old students in American democracy classes and to expand student leadership opportunities that promote civic engagement.
Student speakers from several high schools urged support, saying classroom instruction and school-based appointment of student leaders would increase voter knowledge and turnout. Dion Williams, a junior at Burton High School, told the board the…
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