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Board forms ad hoc committee to explore lowering schoolboard voting age after student advocates press the issue
Summary
Trustee Medina’s proposal to study lowering the local schoolboard voting age to 16 prompted substantial student testimony. The board appointed an ad hoc committee to research legal, operational and outreach steps, citing Oakland and Berkeley as models.
The board voted on July 30 to form an ad hoc committee to explore lowering the district’s schoolboard voting age to 16, after multiple student speakers and community advocates urged the change.
Trustee Gabriel Medina introduced the item as a campaign promise to increase student civic participation. Dozens of students and young people addressed the board in support, saying a voting age of 16 would let those most directly affected by schoolboard decisions hold officials accountable and spur civic engagement. “As a 16‑year‑old, I know it would be a…
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