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Board approves budget‑committee priorities and MOU with Chicanos Por La Causa for counseling at three high schools
Summary
The board approved the Budget Advisory Committee’s top five priorities to guide planned reductions and later approved a two‑year MOU with Centro de la Familia (Chicanos Por La Causa) to provide counseling, substance‑use treatment support and parenting programming for referred students at Bostrom, Carl Hayden and Maryvale high schools.
The Phoenix Union governing board on Sept. 4 approved the Budget Advisory Committee’s recommended top five priorities and voted to accept a two‑year memorandum of understanding with Centro de la Familia (Chicanos Por La Causa, CPLC) to provide counseling and related services to referred students at three campuses.
Budget committee members said they gathered stakeholder feedback from about 1,500 respondents and ranked priorities to guide difficult budget decisions amid an expected $15–$20 million reduction in district spending for the 2026–27 year. The five recommended priorities…
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