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Mar 27, 2026
San Luis Obispo schools and public agencies could see a major chunk of funding restored — that is, if a newly introduced bill passes the California Legislature.
Mar 27, 2026
A group of Marin County parents has won a partial victory in its campaign to preserve an outdoor education program.
Mar 27, 2026
In what prosecutors call one of the largest money-laundering schemes in Los Angeles Unified School District history, a former schools information-technology employee and a tech vendor are facing felony charges in connection with an alleged scheme that channeled more than $22 million in contracts to the vendor, officials announced on Thursday, March 26.
Mar 27, 2026
The town hall is the first of two planned as part of the monthslong process ongoing to determine whether the district will close any schools.
Mar 27, 2026
The district’s board of trustees voted unanimously March 25 to start the process of picking a new name for the school, which is a pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade campus in Oxnard’s La Colonia neighborhood.
Mar 27, 2026
Before the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education voted to approve an agreement with a consulting firm to help with its $108 million deficit, a firm representative offered a glimpse of how it might be able to help.
Mar 27, 2026
“I broke all law for you already lol,” an L.A. Unified employee allegedly texted to a co-conspirator amid what prosecutors say is the largest money-laundering scheme in the school district’s history.
Mar 27, 2026
San Jose Unified School District will shutter five elementary schools and relocate another by the end of the school year in an effort to address widespread declining enrollment, the district’s board of education determined Thursday.
Mar 27, 2026
California law requires public schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ people. Teachers say that's only getting harder under Trump.
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