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The San Francisco Board of Education has begun allowing San Francisco Unified School District students to kick off public comments during regular board meetings.

Under the new policy, which went into effect Tuesday, the first 15 minutes of the public comment portion will be allotted for students, with each student getting up to two minutes to speak about any SFUSD-related matter that is not on the meeting’s agenda. After that, other members of the public will be allowed to comment.

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