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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.
Jul 10, 2026
A Northern California school district is moving to maintain a high school team nickname and mascot as a new state law goes into effect banning the use of derogatory terms depicting Indigenous Americans.
Jul 10, 2026
California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction will no longer oversee the Department of Education. That’s per a new law legislators passed last week.
Jul 10, 2026
Bed bugs continue to be a problem for employees at the California Department of Education (CDE) who say the building at 1430 N St. in Sacramento has been infested.
Jul 10, 2026
Chula Vista and Sweetwater Union High School District officials signed a 15-year lease Tuesday bringing the district’s Launch Virtual Academy to the city-owned Millenia Library, formalizing an agreement the City Council approved unanimously May 5.
Jul 10, 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday that includes a $2.4 billion increase for special education programs in California schools, calling the budget a step toward improving services for students across the state.
Jul 10, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District faces “severe” indications that it will be insolvent by November 2027 — falling $231 million into the red and unable to make payroll — county analysts have concluded, setting up a 45-day deadline for the school board to amend its budget or face losing significant future authority over spending decisions.
Jul 10, 2026
Hamstrung by a state charter school law and frustrated by its lack of clarity, the State Board of Education on Wednesday voted to take no action on Aspire Public Schools’ appeal of the nonrenewal of an Oakland charter school.
Jul 10, 2026
An Alameda County Superior Court judge denied a temporary injunction Wednesday that would have barred the state from distributing voter-approved state construction funding for school renovations.
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