Boston City Councilors are taking steps toward transitioning the mayoral-appointed policymaking body that oversees Boston Public Schools to an elected board.
City Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Julia Mejia on Wednesday reintroduced a home-rule petition, which they had originally filed last year that would allow residents to elect School Committee members. The Boston School Committee currently is the only non-elected school board in the state.
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