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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.

Jan 20, 2026

The Paso Robles school district will officially discuss questions about transgender bathrooms and trans students’ participation in sports at a school board meeting in February.

Jan 20, 2026

Under the plan, the Marin County Office of Education would be the rental-income guarantor for all 74 apartments designated for K-12 education workers. The county office was originally assigned 20 apartments.

Jan 20, 2026

Bond-funded upgrades at two elementary schools in the Mill Valley School District are mostly complete, while work at three others is expected soon, according to a district consultant.

Jan 20, 2026

A vote by the Twin Rivers Unified School District board this week does not bode well for the future of Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools, which has been under scrutiny since a state audit found it had received more than $180 million in K-12 funds it was not eligible to collect.

Jan 20, 2026

Educational administrator Jason Sutter, a resident of Sonoma Valley for 30 years, has been selected as the new superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District.

Jan 20, 2026

Democrats and Republicans largely agree California’s schools are struggling — but they offer starkly different explanations for why, and competing visions for how much power, money and control the state should exert over classrooms, teachers and parents.

Jan 20, 2026

“Randolph the Bow-Legged Cowboy had a very shiny gun, and if you ever saw it, you would turn around and run.” — San Jose Unified School District Board Vice President Brian Wheatley, singing a version of a spoof of “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” in a video he posted to his social media after a principal had stopped him from singing the full song at an elementary school concert last month and he apologized. Some teachers at last week’s board meeting called it tone deaf.

Jan 20, 2026

The layoffs have slowed work at the Office for Civil Rights across the board, but it has an outsize impact on cases of sexual violence. Students who are mistreated by their schools — including victims and accused students alike — have few other venues to pursue justice.

Jan 20, 2026

The Sacramento City Unified School District will end its screening exams for admission to two desirable elementary schools after California Attorney General Rob Bonta found the tool discriminated against students with disabilities.

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