Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Extends Application Deadline For 2 Advisory Committees

SANTA MONICA, CA -- The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education announced that it has extended the deadline for accepting applications to some of its district advisory committees.

The district decided to extend the application period because there were so few applications turned in since the end of January, it said.

Completed applications for the Intercultural Equity & Excellence and Special Education DACs will now be accepted through Friday, March 24.

The board will approve appointments to these DACs at its regular meeting on April 20.

Applications can be found at http://www.smmusd.org/DAC/pdf/DACappEngSP.pdf.

Membership terms are for three years; however, this first round of appointments will see terms ranging from one to three years to allow for a balance of expiring terms each year, according to the district.

District advisory committees are designed to provide a method whereby citizens and educators can better understand the attitudes and opinions that are held in the school-community environment.

The advisory committees not policy-making bodies nor do they manage or direct staff, the district said. Committees are advisory in nature only.

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