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Board amends bond oversight charter to allow high‑school student voting member and appoints a student to the committee
Summary
After a heated debate about fiduciary responsibility and student voice, the board amended the bond oversight committee charter to permit high school juniors and seniors as voting members and approved Owen Grossanders' appointment to the committee, 4–1.
The Tucson Unified School District governing board voted on Dec. 10 to amend the bond oversight committee (BOC) charter to remove the blanket 18-year age requirement and limit student eligibility to high school juniors and seniors; the board then approved the BOC's recommended appointment of Owen Grossanders.
Proponents, including board liaison Miss Ekstrom and the BOC chair, argued the change brings student…
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