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Jul 09, 2026
Through an unprecedented restructuring that included the closure of six schools, nearly 150 layoffs in two years and controversial cuts to site-based counselors, the district staved off the dire threat of state takeover.
Jul 09, 2026
A Marin County Superior Court judge has set a trial date for a school cafeteria worker accused of sexually abusing a student. Francisco Javier Herrera Cortez, 28, of San Rafael has pleaded not guilty to six charges, including unlawful intercourse with a minor and sexual assault by force.
Jul 09, 2026
The Pasadena Unified School District said on Wednesday that community and city pushback over the district’s efforts to remove trees on ground contaminated by toxins from the Eaton fire could delay ‘critical timelines’ to fully restore campuses by the start of the school year.
Jul 09, 2026
California lawmakers secured billions of dollars for public schools, community colleges, special education students and more in the 2026-2027 state budget. In all, the budget included $128 billion of the $350 billion budget package for a myriad of education priorities statewide.
Jul 09, 2026
On Tuesday, July 7, the Perris Union school board voted 5-0 to put a general obligation bond before voters. It would pay for repairs to aging facilities and build new schools to address crowding, among other facilities-related expenses.
Jul 09, 2026
The Los Angeles County Office of Education has placed the Los Angeles Unified School District under heightened fiscal oversight after determining the nation’s second-largest school district may be unable to meet its financial obligations in the 2027-28 and 2028-29 fiscal years, citing the cost of recently approved labor agreements, ongoing structural deficits and declining enrollment.
Jul 09, 2026
State schools chief candidate Sonja Shaw in a Fox News interview accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of making the “biggest power grab” in the state’s history after Newsom stripped oversight of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent to a new governor-appointed education commissioner.
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