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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.

Oct 04, 2023

Stockton Unified was required to submit a response to the grand jury's 28 findings and 27 recommendations within 90 days of receiving the report. Of the 28 findings, the district said it agreed with one, "partially agreed" with another, disagreed with 12, and "partially disagreed" with 14.

Oct 04, 2023

The training will consist of five sessions from Oct. 2023 through Feb. 2024 to “provide legal and practical foundation for addressing and responding to bias incidents and creating a sustainable approach to system-wide practices based on a framework and internal accountability.”

Oct 04, 2023

A retired federal judge has brought a civil lawsuit against Orange County Board of Education’s Mari Barke for allegedly failing to disclose as much as $14 million in income and business interests since her election.

Oct 04, 2023

Solana Beach School District Superintendent Jodee Brentlinger has announced her plans to retire in January after a 35-year career in education. Brentlinger, who led the district for the last 5 1/2 years, is planning for her last day to be Jan. 2.

Oct 04, 2023

The family of Kevon DeLeon settled its case with the Vallejo City Unified School District after the teenager’s death in 2021 from a seizure when he was allowed to wander away from his supervised special needs program at Everest Academy.

Oct 04, 2023

Temecula teachers have had to adjust the content of the lessons they teach and how they teach them, from taking down posters of Black activists, veering away from discussing current events and even removing classroom libraries.

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