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Board postpones final vote on PEAF spending plan after hours of debate over language pathways and priorities
Summary
Board heard a detailed second‑reading PEAF spending plan that increases funding for PE, restorative practices, STEM and multilingual pathways but deferred final approval until April 14 after commissioners raised questions about Tagalog/Filipino funding, translation costs and process transparency.
After a lengthy public hearing and staff presentation, the San Francisco Board of Education on March 17 deferred final action on the Public Education Enrichment Fund (PEAF) spending plan and directed the superintendent to transmit the board’s Version 2 proposal to the city to meet the April 1 deadline. The board will return for a final vote April 14.
Kathy Fleming, supervisor for the PEAF, presented Version 2 of the proposed spending plan, which the staff put at $59.1 million. Fleming said an updated estimate from the city controller freed roughly $840,000 that allowed the district to add line items: $420,000 for PE/VAPA (including funding for PE teachers and arts sequencing), $250,000 for restorative practices (including a behaviorist and…
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