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San Francisco committee advances charter amendment to let noncitizen parents vote in SFUSD elections
Summary
The Rules Committee heard hours of testimony July 1 on a charter measure authored by Board President David Chu to allow noncitizen parents to vote in San Francisco Unified School District board elections; the item was continued for technical revisions and will return to committee.
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee hearing on July 1 drew lengthy public testimony for and against a charter amendment that would let residents who are parents, legal guardians or caregivers of children in the San Francisco Unified School District vote in SFUSD Board of Education elections regardless of U.S. citizenship. The committee heard from elected officials, youth commissioners and dozens of community members before continuing the item to consider technical amendments.
Board President David Chu, the measure’s lead author, said the proposal is a narrow experiment to boost parental participation and accountability in public schools. "This initiative is to restore accountability by helping to give…
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