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Jun 30, 2025
In a move driven by student activism, the Los Angeles Unified board earmarked $5 million in its $18.8 billion budget to help fund support centers for undocumented students in district schools.
Jun 30, 2025
About 1 in 3 students in California’s K-12 schools speak a language other than English at home and were not fluent in English when they first started school — 1,918,385 students — according to data from the 2024-25 school year.
Jun 30, 2025
Education will remain mostly shielded from the pain of weak projected state revenues in a 2025-26 budget compromise between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature.
Jun 30, 2025
Fresno Unified had only 40 students enrolled in its online eLearn Academy before 2020. Now, the district of 70,000 pupils enrolls more than 800 students from kindergarten through 12th grade at the rebranded Farber School of Online Learning, which has become one of the largest online programs in California.
Jun 30, 2025
According to a press release from the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, on May 25, 2024 the Salinas Police Department received a report that Alfaro had been sexually abusing three children who were members of his family.
Jun 30, 2025
California officials must rewrite state policy in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday supporting families that wish to opt their children out of lessons with LGBTQ+ characters and pro-LGBTQ+ themes.
Jun 30, 2025
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District board of trustees have unanimously approved an agreement with the Sonoma County Office of Education to provide consulting services for the selection of a new superintendent.
Jun 30, 2025
The Tamalpais Union High School District has adopted a $124.2 million general fund budget for 2025-26 that indicates a need for about $2 million in cutbacks next fiscal year.
Jun 30, 2025
The grants were meant to help schools hire more psychologists, counselors and other mental health workers, especially in rural areas. ... In California, West Contra Costa Unified School District will lose nearly $4 million in funding.
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