California Education Policy Digest

At a rally outside a Davis school board meeting, a Davis Teachers Association representative linked the push for fair compensation and health care...

California's AB 2251, signed in September 2026, requires covered schools to explain their aid appeal process by 2027-28.

What schools must do:
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Sacramento City Unified leaders want city officials to tell schools when federal immigration agents are operating nearby. Superintendent Cancy McArn...

Nearly 300,000 California K–12 students experienced homelessness in 2024–25, the highest level on record.

• Persistent gaps: A UCLA Center for the...

As contract talks with Davis Joint Unified stall, the teachers union is pressing its case publicly:

• Over 50 demonstrators rallied outside district...

Assembly Bill 2071 requires the California Department of Education to construct a mental health curriculum on digital wellness and literacy, with...

San Diego Unified's leaders, in a letter to federal secretaries, say the fallout from ending TPS protections is reaching classrooms. They warn that...

California's late start law for middle and high schools begins today. High schools must start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. and middle schools no earlier than 8 a.m. The source is brief, so it doesn't explain how districts will carry out the change.

Undocumented students and students from mixed-status families often face fear and uncertainty when completing government financial-aid applications. The article's brief note points to this as a recurring concern for these students and their families.

California's Prop. 3 was a renewal win, not a new tax. Voters backed it 59% to 41%, making permanent an income tax that has generated up to 15% of...

This state profile pulls together fiscal, demographic, and performance data on California's K-12 schools, organized in ways useful for researchers:

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Google says schools that don't want its AI could lose Search for students entirely. Under the plan, there is no search option without AI...

The ETS incident shows how a testing contractor's breach can reach California schools even when their own systems are not the source. According to...

Oakland Unified administrators earn less than counterparts in nearly every nearby district, and principals' base pay falls below entry-level pay for...

USC's push for AI programs sits alongside classrooms where each professor sets their own approach.

• Institution: The AI strategy committee's initial...

The article argues that pension debt is squeezing school budgets. States have amassed nearly $400 billion in teacher pension debt, about $9,300 per...

Federal proposals on AI in schools are shifting from whether to use the tools toward how to use them responsibly.

• Student privacy: COPPA 2.0...

Per SDSU's Vinnie Pompei, the 2026 report card shows real progress alongside clear gaps:

• Suicide prevention gap: Many districts said their policies...

A 1998 rainstorm at Parking Structure 12 brought back memories for Michael Wickert. Seven years earlier, he had been a 19-year-old laborer on that...

Three professors from the Cal State system sued the National Science Foundation over grant terminations that followed a report by Sen. Ted Cruz.

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