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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.

Oct 17, 2025

The Paso Robles school board will not consider a resolution restricting transgender students in the interest of protecting cisgender girls, it decided Tuesday night.

Oct 17, 2025

After 10 years of construction, the grand reopening of the east Salinas school, had finally arrived.

Oct 17, 2025

The buildings include space for arts and music programs, plus a multipurpose eating area and a flexible gathering space for students.

Oct 17, 2025

The superintendent of the Reed Union School District been chosen for a statewide panel with the California School Boards Association.

Oct 17, 2025

The new funding from the California Department of Education will let students take these college courses at Patterson High School instead of needing to drive to Modesto Junior College.

Oct 17, 2025

A small elementary district in northeast Santa Rosa has emerged as the latest Sonoma County school system to announce a multi-million dollar budget deficit that will require significant cuts.

Oct 17, 2025

Lawmakers’ attempts at enacting charter school and school accountability reforms in the wake of high-profile charter fraud cases have once again failed, after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have added a raft of oversight requirements.

Oct 17, 2025

Parents and students angry over the removal of two sixth-grade teachers from Phoebe Hearst Elementary School in East Sacramento voiced their frustration Thursday evening at the Sacramento City Unified School District board meeting.

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