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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.

Aug 14, 2026

Though timed to coincide with the beginning of the school year, Humboldt County Office of Education Superintendent Michael Davies-Hughes says the order will have no bearing on the county’s school vaccination policies or requirements for the year.

Aug 14, 2026

The Ojai Unified School District still wants to build apartments for its employees at its vacant former headquarters, but it no longer plans to ask taxpayers to pay for them.

Aug 14, 2026

Just in time for the new school year, Fresnans will start noticing reduced speed limits in school zones throughout the city.

Aug 14, 2026

Orange County had nearly 78,000 English learners – students whose primary language is not English – enrolled in public and private schools in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Aug 14, 2026

As students returned to campuses earlier this week to begin a new school year, the district’s worst-case scenario has not come to pass, although its apparent financial reprieve remains fragile.

Aug 14, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the final state budget of his tenure last month, allocating a record $128 billion for public schools and community colleges under Proposition 98.

Aug 14, 2026

Three years after voters passed an ambitious arts education funding measure, California’s K-12 schools were supposed to be awash in dance, music, theater and fine arts. But some schools are returning their arts money to the state.

Aug 14, 2026

As California students head back to school this month, new policies will strip many of them of their cell phones, with the devices off and out of reach for most or all of their time on campus.

Aug 14, 2026

When Alma Mendoza Tlachi’s work permit expired while she waited for the federal government to process her renewal, she had to stop teaching her high school students and could not return to work over the summer or prepare her classroom for the new school year.

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