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Board adopts limited waiver to help some students meet graduation while strengthening ethnic-studies rollout
Summary
The Santa Ana Unified board adopted a resolution creating a narrowly tailored waiver pathway so certain students (credit-recovery, alternative-education, McKinney-Vento, newcomers, foster youth) can meet graduation requirements while the district addresses course access and teacher training; the motion passed 4-1.
After extended public comment and trustee debate, the Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday adopted Resolution No. 25-26-3725, a measure that keeps the district's local 10-unit ethnic-studies graduation expectation but adds a narrowly defined waiver process for limited student groups to avoid blocking graduation during the current implementation year.
Board member (and motion-maker) Hector Bustos said he "undeniably believe[s] the survivors who came forward" and voiced support for ethnic studies as a core requirement, but he and others also emphasized the need for temporary relief for specific students who lack access to consecutive semester offerings. "I…
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