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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.

Feb 26, 2026

Disappointed that lawsuits and complaints against school districts haven’t forced change, a national Jewish nonprofit law organization is suing the California Department of Education and state officials for their failure to stem antisemitism in California schools.

Feb 26, 2026

California schools lost more than $2.2 million in state funding over two years because some students did not have all the vaccinations required by state law, according to data obtained by EdSource from the California State Controller’s Office.

Feb 26, 2026

The Santa Barbara Unified School District voted Tuesday night to send layoff notices to 66 employees, including those in teaching and administrative positions.

Feb 26, 2026

Paso Robles High School has officially hired a new principal, filling a hole left when former principal Megan Fletcher resigned after she was arrested for an alleged DUI on campus in November.

Feb 26, 2026

After an Advanced Placement computer science course was not listed in the upcoming school year catalog, students, parents and teachers took their concerns to Lodi Unified school board meetings this month.

Feb 26, 2026

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education on Thursday, Feb. 26, is poised to formally approve more than 160 layoffs to certificated and classified employees, part of a massive plan to quell a $30 million structural deficit that has roiled the district for months.

Feb 26, 2026

Three members of the Tuolumne County Board of Education were appointed at a special public meeting Tuesday night to temporarily serve on the Sonora Elementary School District Board of Trustees, which has been left without the capacity to govern following a recent cascade of resignations.

Feb 26, 2026

Law enforcement officers served a search warrant Wednesday at the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, according to several law enforcement sources.

Feb 26, 2026

Fresno Unified is closing 19 preschool classes at various locations due to a loss of $7 million in state funding. The closure is part of the 274 layoffs pending in Fresno Unified as the district faces a current deficit of $77 million and a projected deficit of $59 million for the following year.

Feb 26, 2026

The Oakland school district pulled up to a crossroads Wednesday night, the school board deciding which way to go: Vote to eliminate more than 400 jobs next year or stay on the path toward a fiscal cliff.

Feb 26, 2026

Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho came to Los Angeles with much fanfare in 2022, hailed as a national education leader who could help pull city schools out of a COVID funk and raise student achievement.

Feb 26, 2026

After more than 10 months of negotiations, a fact-finding phase, and two late-night bargaining sessions, Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Education Association appear to be moving closer to a deal on a new contract for Oakland teachers.

Feb 26, 2026

Federal authorities raided the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a probe related to a company that developed an AI chatbot for the nation’s second-largest school system.

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