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SFUSD board votes to adopt substitute resolution to phase out JROTC programs
Summary
After several hours of testimony from hundreds of students, parents and veterans, the San Francisco Board of Education on Nov. 14 adopted a substitute resolution (65‑23a1) directing a two‑year phased withdrawal of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) and requiring staff to develop alternative, non‑military programs and PE credit guidelines.
The San Francisco Board of Education adopted a substitute resolution on Nov. 14 directing a phased removal of JROTC from district high schools and ordering staff to develop alternative pathways for physical‑education credit.
Interim Superintendent Gwen Chan opened the meeting by praising voters for approving Proposition A and State Bond 1D, then the board turned to item 65‑23a1, a substitute motion proposing a phased phase‑out of JROTC. Commissioner Dan Kelly, co‑author of the substitute resolution, read its language aloud, citing district policy and asking staff to present guidelines for alternative PE credit per Education Code section 51225.3(b and to appoint a task force to recommend nondiscriminatory leadership programs by June 2, 2007.
The board’s budget committee presented an initial fiscal analysis showing the district’s current JROTC budgetary cost at about $989,628 per year (district share of instructor salaries and benefits) and noting a roughly $600,000 military reimbursement figure discussed in committee. Commissioner Wynne told…
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