Politics & Government
Boston City Councilor Wants To End Initiative Giving Young People Power Over $1M Of Budget
Here's a million-dollar question: should middle and high schoolers have a say in how your tax dollars are spent?
May 31, 2024
BOSTON - Here's a million-dollar question: should middle and high schoolers have a say in how your tax dollars are spent?
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In 2014, Boston became the first city in the nation to launch the "Youth Lead the Change" initiative - giving young people ages 12 to 22 real power to decide how $1 million of the city's budget should be spent.
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Boston Youth Lead the Change 2024 ballot/CBS Boston
The initiative allows young people to vote on projects that would renovate homeless shelters, expand free Wi-Fi in public spaces, improve the streets of Boston's Chinatown among other ideas created by kids.
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