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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.

Sep 28, 2026

As an initiative to enforce illicit cannabis use at Chico high schools, the Chico Unified School District board was asked to consider co-funding $2.5 million to employ school resource officers.

Sep 28, 2026

Thursday’s Pasadena Unified School District Board meeting saw more fervent support for its consolidation efforts – a move that some say could financially relieve the district at the cost of school closures.

Sep 28, 2026

Hoover has now closed — with students largely attending Bancroft Middle School, as well as other campuses — and LBUSD has also made several layoffs before approving its $1.26 billion operating budget this year, because of its ongoing deficit.

Sep 28, 2026

Nearly five months after declaring an impasse in contract negotiations, Ventura Unified School District and its two unions have yet to reach an agreement.

Sep 28, 2026

The elementary school district of San Rafael City Schools needs to continue “critical” monitoring of its budget, the Marin County Office of Education said in a warning letter.

Sep 28, 2026

A Sacramento charter school that the state auditor blasted last year for allegedly wrongfully receiving $180 million is seeking a new home — and a new name — in Sutter County.

Sep 28, 2026

In the state’s largest school district, making meals available to all students — breakfast, lunch and sometimes, dinner — is a massive operation. From Pepperoni Pizza to Birria Bowls, to vegetarian and vegan offerings, students have a range of options to choose from.

Sep 28, 2026

On day eight of the school year, Casey Ramirez’s ninth-grade Ethnic Studies class quietly discussed in pairs the parts of their identity they especially valued, that they would stand up and advocate for.

Sep 28, 2026

With school in session, students across California are adjusting to new cellphone use policies during class time. This summer, a new California law required all school districts in the state to have policies in place either limiting or prohibiting the use of cellphones in school.

Sep 28, 2026

In a major overhaul of a decades-old practice, nearly 1 million California students designated as English learners will no longer have to pass a battery of tests and benchmarks to move out of a program that advocates say has long been holding back their education, under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday.

Sep 28, 2026

In November, California voters will choose between two candidates vying to be the next state superintendent of public instruction. But this election comes with a plot twist: The job has changed.

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