The bond money will pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 school and community college buildings.

Learning loss during the pandemic hit California's low-income students hardest. An agreement requires the state to focus spending on additional teaching.

Despite a few improvements, the data shows K-12 students are still struggling on several fronts.

A new law requires K-12 schools to add media literacy to curriculum for English language arts, science, math and history-social studies. Among the lessons will be recognizing fake news.

Under a system that has long prioritized local control for school districts. state officials now are fighting some recent board decisions regarding LGBTQ students.

The state budget approved last week includes $656 million in new ongoing funding for special education, including a 4.05% increase to the base funding rate.