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Dec 12, 2025
Trustees voted unanimously to approve the updated version of the budget, which covers the first three months of the 2025-26 school year through Oct. 31 and two years ahead.
Dec 12, 2025
With LBUSD facing a deficit and declining enrollment, among other challenges, the Teachers Association of Long Beach is concerned about potential layoffs.
Dec 12, 2025
At a marathon Wednesday night meeting that at times turned chaotic, a divided San Diego Unified school board delayed a vote on most of its affordable housing plans until next month, rather than move ahead on proposals to build nearly 1,500 homes on district land.
Dec 12, 2025
The California Department of Education (CDE) sent a mandatory order last week directing the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) to move its high school athletic programs.
Dec 12, 2025
There is a new cost to hiring an international worker to fill a vital but otherwise vacant position in a California classroom: $100,000.
Dec 12, 2025
Cormac, an 18-year-old senior at Branham High School in San Jose, was on the way to his AP Government class on Oct. 4 when a fellow Jewish student showed him her phone.
Dec 12, 2025
Interest groups that tussled over legislative efforts to crack down on fraud in charter schools hope to try again when the next legislative session begins in January.
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