Alex Stack, a spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom, has clarified that county health agencies will be responsible for ensuring the mask mandate is enforced in schools. Whether there will be any kind of state penalty is unclear.
California will require all students and school staff to wear face coverings indoors this fall, regardless of vaccination status.
El Dorado County leaders want their school districts to be able to ditch student mask requirements.
UC schools will require vaccinations regardless of whether the Food and Drug Administration grants the vaccines full authorization.
United Teachers Los Angeles reached a tentative agreement with the school district last week for safety protocols for the 2021-22 school year.
Ten local health officers from the San Francisco Bay Area released a statement last week endorsing the full reopening of schools this fall.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced a 27.2% net return on investments for the 2020–21 fiscal year, far exceeding the expectation of 7%.
California school districts will be discouraged from allowing students to take advanced math courses under proposed changes to the California Mathematics Framework.
California will spend a record $93.7 billion from its general fund on education this year under the 2021-22 budget bill passed by the Legislature.
California voters have rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have reinstated affirmative action in college admissions processes in California.
The state has found itself defending another lawsuit over coronavirus precautions and schools, only this time the issue is over face masks instead of closures.