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Jan 09, 2026
The state Public Employment Relations Board has been summoned to conduct a fact-finding inquiry into the stalled contract talks between the district and the teachers’ union.
Jan 09, 2026
San Rafael City Schools will need to make about $5.5 million in cuts to keep its budgets balanced over the three-year fiscal reporting period, officials said.
Jan 09, 2026
John Roach has been hired as the new superintendent of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.
Jan 09, 2026
Sacramento-area educators are poised to strike if their demands for higher compensation and improved working conditions are not met soon.
Jan 09, 2026
San Diego Unified says it will close schools Feb. 26 for one day after teachers authorized what would be their first strike in decades over special education workloads — part of a statewide union push for schools to boost staffing.
Jan 09, 2026
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said he was blindsided by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal Thursday to curtail the superintendent’s duties and he disagrees with it, although it’s unclear what he can do to stop it.
Jan 09, 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday previewed a major education system overhaul that would give the next governor more authority over state school policies and redefine — and almost certainly diminish — the role of the elected state superintendent of public instruction.
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