SANTA ANA, Calif.—A judge is settling an ongoing dispute between Orange County’s education officials regarding who has the authority to determine local school districts’ election boundaries for the primary election in June. The Orange County Board of Education, the Orange County Committee on School Districts, and the Orange County Registrar’s office appeared in front of Judge Gregory Lewis on Feb. 15 to settle which agency—the board or the committee—has the power to decide which voting map to use for the June 2022 election, where the board’s next group of trustees will be elected. The hearing came after the county Board of Supervisors granted the Board of Education trustees autonomy over the map on Feb. 1, instead of the 11 appointed members of the committee—the group in charge of approving and submitting the final district maps. According to the Orange County Department of Education website, the committee was created in each …
Judge to Decide Who Has Authority Over OC Education Board Voting Map
February 15, 2022
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