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Los Angeles Unified Approves $19 Billion Budget, Warns of ‘Shifts’ for Staff

The Los Angeles Unified School Board last week approved a $18.8 billion budget for the 2023–24 school year that includes the last of its pandemic aid—and is beginning to prepare for operating without such funds. Over the next two school years, the district will invest $4.2 billion—most of which comes from one-time emergency COVID-19 relief…


LAUSD Board Approves Rescheduling of ‘Optional’ Instructional Days

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education unanimously approved an adjustment to this year’s academic calendar, shifting four optional instructional days designed to help recoup learning lost during the pandemic to winter and spring break periods. The district had originally sprinkled the optional instructional days into the school year, with the…


California Becomes Battleground for COVID Lawsuits and Legislation Surrounding Minors

In California, a state that has been continuously passing bills surrounding COVID-19 vaccine policies, attorneys are “chipping away at each part of this puzzle,” aiming to educate and empower people one lawsuit at a time. Nicole Pearson, the attorney and founder of Facts Law Truth Justice (FLTJ) has been filing and winning lawsuits against vaccine…


160 School Bus Catalytic Converters Stolen in LA Unified This Year

LOS ANGELES—School buses in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) have become the most recent target for catalytic converter thefts, rekindling a debate over whether the district should increase its budget for school police patrols. Catalytic converters—a device that mitigates toxic exhaust emission—have been stolen from about 160 LAUSD school buses since January, costing…


Los Angeles Gives $50 Savings Accounts to All First Graders in LAUSD

LOS ANGELES—A program to give first-grade students in Los Angeles a savings account with a $50 seed deposit was expanded to include all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) first graders, city and county officials announced Monday, calling it the largest program of its kind in the nation. The Opportunity LA program began in Spring…


LA Unified Enrollment to Drop Below 400,000 in 2 Years: Officials

LOS ANGELES—Enrollment for the nation’s second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)—is down by 40 percent from 747,000 students in 2003 to 437,000 this year. District officials project the district may continue to face steep enrollment declines in the coming years. Contrast that with twenty years ago, when LAUSD was so populated it…


LAUSD Must Negotiate with Teacher’s Union Before Dropping Mask Mandate

Though California and Los Angeles County announced it would drop its indoor mask mandate for schools by March 12, the LA Unified School District (LAUSD) must negotiate with its local teachers union before it can lift its mandate. In recent months, schools across California have faced mounting pressure to lift indoor mask mandates from students…


Los Angeles Unified Must Negotiate With Teacher’s Union Before Dropping Mask Mandate

Though California and Los Angeles County announced it would drop its indoor mask mandate for schools by March 12, the LA Unified School District (LAUSD) must negotiate with its local teachers union before it can lift its mandate. In recent months, schools across California have faced mounting pressure to lift indoor mask mandates from students…


LAUSD’s New Superintendent Begins Next Week, Outlines Plan for First 100 Days

Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) new Superintendent Alberto Carvalho will begin his new job Monday, Feb. 14, the LAUSD Board of Education announced this week. The Board, who initially set Carvalho’s first day for March 1, voted Feb. 8 to hasten his start by two weeks. “We are all very excited to welcome Superintendent…


LAUSD to Send Legal Aid to San Diego Unified for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Appeal

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is offering legal aid to the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) in its appeal of a ruling that struck down its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. The LAUSD Board of Education authorized on Jan. 25 its legal team to aid SDUSD in their legal appeal whose…